Honesty heals; lies hurt. In these four words lives all one needs to know and practice, that is, assuming one wishes to be whole, harmless, loving, and true.

Selfishness is ignorance of the True Self; it is to live from a compulsive and fearful nature that can never quite satisfy its hunger for more... regardless the cost to all who suffer for its appetite.

The only way to be free of whatever it is that troubles you about someone else is to be free of that trouble within yourself.

No one is moved to lie to another without first having lied to himself... about himself.

Any form of measuring yourself by an unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror and then blaming yourself for the shattered image that you see there.

One of the greatest awakenings in this life is to see through the painful illusion that the faster you rush through something -- anything -- the sooner you'll reach a place of peace.

Exercise: As soon as you feel yourself resisting something, remember that resistance is actually the avoidance of suffering. Be determined to find out what happens if you don't avoid the moment. Accept the invitation to enter into a relationship where suffering is already a part of a greater reconciliation.

Exercise: When life brings you an unwanted moment, work to be 'the one in-between' -- the part of you that is aware of both what is being stirred within you as well as what is revealing it to you. Exchange your 'no' for 'let us see!'...

Exercise: Make it your intention to observe the 'wants' that push you to rush, blame, etc. By producing a pause before you act, you will bring an awareness of the 'wanter' into the moment and will see the need to die to that self.

Exercise: When you start to feel a reaction, come to a dead stop. Let nothing convince you that you have something more important to do. Be an observer of the reaction instead of being carried away by the negative state and sense of self it produces.

Exercise: Catch 'Little I' when it starts talking to you. 'Leave the room' of your noisy thoughts that are giving you a big sense of self, and deliberately go into stillness, where you can have direct communication with Truth.

Exercise: When you feel resistance against an unwanted moment, don't try to escape the state but work to explore it instead. Don't run from resistance by quitting on your interior watchfulness and taking the easy way through whatever solution your mind offers you outwardly.