Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discove….

As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people..

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind..

In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can ….

Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep..

The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God. . . Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there's s….

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enoug….

When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless..

Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego..

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly w….

To live is to be willing to die over and over again..

Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think form….

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?.

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality..

Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with others. Rejoicin….

Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are w….

Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know..

Take three conscious breaths. Just pause. Let it be a contrast to being all caught up. Let it be like popping a bubble. Let it be just a moment in ti….

Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results, but las….

Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples..

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves..