Occupation: Writer Birth: 1962
Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because of this, it makes the mind feel….
A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything..
Truth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or not at all..
Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise..
The ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant..
One doesn't stay in a state of nirvana by hiding from difficulties. You stay in nirvana by lavishing nirvana on everyone you meet, by giving it away ….
Thoughts are just moving through consciousness. They have no power. Nothing has reality until you reach it, grab it, and somehow impregnate it with t….
One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying... If you want to see what you truly are, open the wi….
You will only lose when you resist reality; you will only struggle when you disagree with what is..
As you peel it back, in the heart of nothing, that is love. You are what you are seeking. Life is a set up so that each of us can actually see in our….
True love has nothing to do with liking someone, agreeing with him or her or being compatible. It is a love of unity, a love of seeing God wearing a….
The light of consciousness has no mind to change or alter anything. There is no sense that anything needs to change, but it does change..
Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your lif….
Retreat is a response to the call of the heart-that call which beckons us toward reality, to the truth of our being, to that which is truly sane, rea….
Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine you knew that anything that would tell you other….
If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen..
Deep down we all suspect that something is very wrong with the way we perceive life but we try very, very hard not to notice it. And the way we remai….
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christian….
Stop all doing and be still. Let the fire of stillness burn everything and reveal That which is Openness..
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….
As soon as the mind pulls out an agenda and decides what needs to change, that's unreality. Life doesn't need to decide who's right and who's wrong. ….