Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.

To open in a loving way is to let awareness notice that tightening.

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.

Our kids go to school and they come out feeling not intelligent, not desirable, not attractive or appealing to others.

I don't believe I'm bad, and I do believe I'm good.

Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.