There is a subtle but inescapable connection between the "sacred" attitude and the acceptance of one's in most self.

A Christian is committed to the belief that Love and Mercy are the most powerful forces on earth.

Prayer is an expression of who we are...We are a living incompleteness. We are a gap, an emptiness that calls for fulfillment.

There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.

It seems to me that the darkness that has troubled you ... comes from one very serious source. Without wanting to be in conflict with the truth and with the will of God, we are actually going against God's will and His teaching.

To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.

Zen insight is not our awareness, but Being's awareness of itself in us.