We can always begin again..

The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything..

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way..

Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from..

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding..

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go..

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way..

Some other people think that awakened consciousness is really about fullness or presence, being completely present for every moment, but these experi….

Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves..

Refraining from false speech: speech from the heart. Undertake for one week not to gossip (positively or negatively) or speak about anyone you know w….

To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit..

You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are ….

Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts..

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else..

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?.

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being..

The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to t….

Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious re….

Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment..

We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life..

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free..