If it weren't for desire, the formless would not have come into form and engage creatively.

If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.

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

The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.

You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding - seeing yourself for who you truly are - and relating to what you see with unconditional love.

Nothing is wrong - whatever is happening is just "real life."

Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance. If we are holding back from any part of our experience, if our heart shuts out any part of who we are and what we feel, we are fueling the fears and feelings of separation that sustain the trance of unworthiness. Radical Acceptance directly dismantles the very foundations of this trance.