Occupation: Poet Birth: 1950
We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it..
Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do y….
Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness..
Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, th….
I've also learned that you don't always get to pick the people with whom you travel the journey. You sometimes may think you do, but don't be deceive….
Pray Meditate Be aware.Stay awake Bow Practise yoga Feel Chant and sing Breathe and smile Relax.Enjoy.Laugh.Play Create.Envision Let Go/Forgive.Accep….
Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity..
before speaking, notice what motivates your words..
We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch..
If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we live and spen….
You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occ….
I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to change, but it's not that….
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgment….
People who spend a great deal of time in their gardens attest to the natural mindfulness that gardening requires. What could be more naturally mindf….
Who's willing to face the unknown- the difficulties, the disappointments, the surprises of the unfamiliar. If you're going to change, you have to fac….
It almost seems as though this roiling world is conspiring to test our patience at every turn. In fact, it is. With this in mind, we would be wise to….
May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace in this world and th….
When the sunset of life arrives, and its twilight shadows fade away; while dreams of the next begin to appear more vividly; may the inner-light essen….
Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance..
The secret, or innermost, level of wisdom is pure intuition, clarity, lucidity, innate wakefulness, presence, and recognition of reality. This transc….
We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals..