“In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.”

There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.

The body is a sensing instrument of consciousness. Without the body and mind, the trees could not see themselves.

Right now you can allow yourself to experience a very simple sense of not knowing – not knowing what or who you are, not knowing what this moment is, not knowing anything.

Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.

I often describe the Absolute as Pure Infinite Potential, prior to being or becoming anything. It is forever unborn, yet gives birth to all of existence. About our ultimate nature nothing can be said; it must be revealed.

Serving the Truth becomes our life instead of just an isolated event. It takes the abstractness out of spirituality. That’s the opportunity of real spirituality: to be in service to the silence of the heart.

The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things.

If moonlight does not flood the empty night sky and reflect in every drop of water, on every blade of grass, then you are only looking at your own empty dream.

Space and stillness is the light that illuminates the beauty of our soul’s being.

A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in it.

Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your life, lose.

With this love you can feel the walls of opposition come down naturally in the acknowledgement of deep connection. Not only do the walls of opposition fall, but love is felt for every human being and for life itself.

The paradox is that when resistance is fully accepted, the resistance disappears.

When we really start to take a look at who we think we are, we become very grace prone.

The true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is.

Silence is itself the eternal witness without form or attributes. As you rest more profoundly as the witness, all objects take on their natural functionality, and awareness becomes free of the mind’s compulsive contractions and identifications. It returns to its natural non-state of Presence.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

When you start with an idea, or something hits you, then you have to follow that through to the end, and it’s the following through to the end that makes the pattern. That, for me, is choreography.

Peace begins When expectation ends.

Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.

Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.

If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.

Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?