You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.

In India when we meet and part we often say, Namaste, which means: I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.. Namaste.

Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.

When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.

The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look at all that's happening around us without freaking out, where we can be quiet enough to hear our predicament, and where we can begin to find ways of acting that are at least not contributing to further destabilization.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not.

Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.

I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

Our culture's zeal for longevity reveals our incredible collective fear of death.

What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.

My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.

When you begin to awaken, you see how caught you have been in the prison of your mind about certain reality… and how caught everybody else seems to be.

Cosmic humor, especially about your own predicament, is an important part of your journey.

Be patient. You'll know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.

Prolong not the past. Invite not the future. Do not alter your innate wakefulness. Fear not appearances. There is nothing more than this.

You may have expected that enlightenment would come ZAP! instantaneous and permanent. This is unlikely. After the first ah-ha experience, it can be thought of as a thinning of a layer of clouds.

I am not this body. I am in this body, and this is part of my incarnation and I honor it but that isn't who I am.

I've got to love the souls of people. Because I can't love every incarnation. To love their souls, I have to identify with my own soul.

In mystical traditions, it is one's own readiness that makes experiences exoteric or esoteric. The secret isn't that you're not being told. The secret is that you're not able to hear.

Caring is a reflex...You live, you help.