We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self in the story and more ability to rest in the awareness that is witnessing what’s happening. You become more able to abide in compassion, to remember and trust your true home. Rather than cycling repetitively through old conditioning, you are actually spiraling toward freedom.

With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly are - not an entrapped self but the radiance of goodness.

If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation.

Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing.