In other words, the key to feeling more whole and less shut off and shut down is to be able to see clearly who we are and what we’re doing.

The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.

The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It’s who we are right now, and that’s what we can make friends with and celebrate.

being as precise as you can and simultaneously as kind as you can, the ability to let go seems to happen to you.

Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are.

It does take coming to know your anger, coming to know your self-deprecation, coming to know your craving and wanting, coming to know your boredom, and making friends with those things.