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

Everything we love goes. So to be able to grieve that loss, to let go, to have that grief be absolutely full, is the only way to have our heart be full and open.

Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.

When I'm attached, I find that I don't see the other person as clearly because I'm more caught up in what I'm wanting.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.

The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.

If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.