Real life never stops starting over; but, before one can dwell in this newness -- to know a freedom that is evergreen -- one must first see, and then consciously agree... to step out of the stream of thought and into living now.

One sure sign of progress along the spiritual path is the unthinkable understanding that no matter how, or why it's spoken (to you)... whatever someone says that's true about you... is good for you....

Refusing the urge to rush is the same as accepting an invitation to join yourself to a higher order of reality in which everything is always right where it needs to be in exactly the moment needed.

Here's the real reason why so many people tend to make mountains out of molehills: you can't magnify the size of any given moment without first having enlarged the false sense of self responsible for that perception.

Looking to any person, place, possession, or power to answer our longing to be whole and free . . . is like searching the back of our bedroom closet in the hope of finding the entrance to King Solomon's mine.

Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather by the degree to which we have put our fears behind us.

There does exist a Celestial Continent and a civilization of God. This life on earth is intended to be used to first remember this fact and then, upon its wings, to return there to our home known as the Kingdom of Heaven.

The storms of self never subside as they are an aspect of the souls earth nature, but within them and their raging rests the sound of silence; the still voice of spirit that resides in a world above all tempest.

The struggle for selfish things begins and ends in defeat even in the moment of seeming victory, while the struggle for victory over self and its longings begins and ends in triumph, even in the moment of seeming defeat.

The sun throbs with light-giving heat. The heart drums in a measured beat. Oceans ebb and flow, her tides without rest As the chest rises and falls, with each breath. Such is life. So am I; no fear dwells in what cannot die.

You’ve no doubt fought and won countless battles in life, yet repeatedly -- seemingly inescapably -- you continue to find yourself at war, not just with others but within yourself, as well. And so... I want to share seven of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my life...