When we feel that we’re fragile, not stable or solid, we can come back to ourselves and take refuge in the Earth. With each step we can feel her solidity beneath our feet. When we’re truly in touch with the Earth, we can feel her supportive embrace and her stability. We use all our body and our mind to go back to the Earth and surrender ourselves t

Each breath contains nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor as well as other trace elements,

—John Muir, Travels in Alaska, 1915

We know that understanding our suffering gives rise to compassion for ourselves; compassion is essential for our happiness.

If we’re able to have this awareness when we sit, then what else do we need to sit for?

That’s why listening deeply to our own suffering is crucial. Then compassion will arise in us and we will suffer less and be able to help others more.

Anyone who cultivates love and offers a lot of happiness to others is a bodhisattva.

Every second of life is filled with precious jewels. Those jewels are our awareness of the sky, the Earth, the trees, the hills, the river, the ocean, and all the miracles around us.

When you are completely relaxed, healing will take place on its own. There’s no healing without relaxation.