Stillness, in its most spontaneous and authentic sense, is a state of nonresistance. It is not stillness in the conventional sense of non-movement, but in the sense of non-interference by the ego-self.

Sacred inquiry is using the power of focused attention and curiosity in order to spark greater insight and experiential understanding. It is a way of using the mind in order to go beyond the mind.

The problem is that behind both of these masks lies not another or better or more spiritual mask, but the direct experience of no mask. And the direct experience of no mask is something that most people avoid with great resolve, because the familiar and morbid comfort of a known identity is preferable to being stripped down to our unknown radiance.

The anger that you mentioned, which arose from the insight that “my entire life, as it is, is my doing,” is coming from your mind’s resistance (conscious or unconscious) and judgment of this very insight. Imagine having the exact same insight with absolutely no resistance and no judgment. Take a moment now to imagine it. To take full responsibility

It means to stop defending yourself against your own pain and allow your point of view—your narrative story about your suffering—to open up to new and unexpected perspectives. Holding your suffering in the felicity of love instead of the self-justifying or self-loathing narrative of ego protectionism is the key that unlocks the door to greater free

We meditate to realize the source of our being. And the quickest way to do that is to be still, with a curious mind and an open heart.

It is useful to understand that enlightenment itself is not fixed. It is not limited to any particular insight or moment of awakening; it is also the fluid and dynamic functioning of the totality of conscious life. That is why, with the dawning of enlightenment, there is nothing to attain or grab hold of—there is only the truth as it appears and fu

I want to bring your attention to the fact that grief is itself a form of loving. Of course we grieve when we experience loss, but within the experience of grieving loss, there is love. After all, we grieve for what we love, and part of love is letting go. Even letting go can be an expression of your love. To let go is as much an expression of love

It is often the case that when beginning to open to the perspective of “only awareness,” old toxic emotions and thoughts will arise, sometimes vehemently, as the mind and body seek to release old, painful, and dysfunctional aspects of the emotional pain body.