Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up our experien….

The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re seeking inner peace or global pea….

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kin….

Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening..

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we fin….

Blaming is a way to protect your heart, trying to protect what is soft and open and tender in yourself..

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?.

What happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic, notice when you instantly grab for something. (51).

Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have..

Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away..

It's hard to know whether to laugh or to cry at the human predicament. Here we are with so much wisdom and tenderness, and—without even knowing it—we….

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply hav….

Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this….

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others..

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best..

My moods are continuously shifting like the weather..

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can..

Relaxing with something as familiar as loneliness is good discipline for realizing the profundity of the unresolved moments of our lives. We are chea….

You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that and….

Compassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you c….

I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process….