Occupation: Writer Birth: 1962
The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare..
Nobody can give us what we really already are. Wouldn't it be terrible if somebody could give you what you really are? ...'cause if they could give i….
Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is al….
Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom..
I often describe the Absolute as Pure Infinite Potential, prior to being or becoming anything. It is forever unborn, yet gives birth to all of existe….
There is a very Simple Secret to being happy. Just let go of your 'demand' on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you somet….
As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation means that you st….
All you have to do is say "yes." Don't make some big project out of it. Don't make some big deal out of it. Just say "yes." You don't even know what ….
Our yearning for truth actually comes from truth..
As you rest into stillness more profoundly, awareness becomes free of the mind's compulsive control, contractions, and identifications. Awareness nat….
Many Sages have said, "Your world is a dream. You're living in an illusion." They're referring to this world of the mind and the way we believe our t….
Reality is always true to itself. When you're in harmony with it, you experience bliss. As soon as you are not in harmony with it, you experience pai….
How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of "spiritual life" and "everyday life." There is only life, undivided a….
Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a form of concent….
Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise..
Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It's not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and letting you see wha….
Thoughts in your head are really no different than the sound of a bird outside. It is just that you decide that they are more or less relevant..
Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to….
When you get out of the driver's seat, you find that life can drive itself, that actually life has always been driving itself. When you get out of th….
The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and ever….
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. I….