The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first step. Once we have held ourselves with kindness, we can touch others in a vital and healing way.

I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.

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

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we realize the compassion and wakefulness that is our essence.

By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades.

It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.