In this life, in due time, in one form or another, and more-or-less as you’ve conceived it, you will receive what you ask for. Of this there’s no question...

I don’t want to walk in my own footsteps anymore. A fog I could never see before has lifted, and now I see where these footsteps lead: nowhere...

The best possible use of each day’s innumerable experiences -- the secret Good that lies hidden in some moment’s delight, or that we find ourselves driven to do -- is to realize, whenever possible, this one indisputable fact: one way or another, we have been “there” before...

Learn to see your attention as a form of "currency," for it's not just where you spend your time, but upon what you spend it that determines what you receive -- or don’t -- from this life...

We begin to work for ourselves when we are awakened to, and then start to struggle -- consciously -- with our negative reactions, including all their finite forms created by identifying with the useless suffering they engender...

Mind is not intellect itself, nor is (our) heart the seat of emotion alone. Real mind is the marriage of a higher order of intellect, heart, and body, wherein feeling is wisdom -- and wisdom is, in turn, the (awareness of) feeling all of what one is moment to moment...

Throughout time, the great sages and saints of the ages have taught that letting go is an inside job, a work of rigorous self-awakening that begins with self-honesty. The following quotations hint at the possibility of an unspeakable discovery that awaits all those who persist with their wish to be free.

As unbelievable as it may seem... The reason that we find ourselves re-living so many moments we swear we don’t want... is because we keep talking to ourselves about them!

What others may or may not think about us is not our business. Our business is being aware of the unconscious parts of us that fear we’re only as worthwhile as others agree we are. Worrying about what tomorrow may bring, or how to fix yesterday’s sorrow is not our business...

Has whatever I’m about to do ever brought an end to the compulsion to do it? Clearly I must be looking for something not of this world...

Whatever may be the nature of some reflection in our consciousness, regardless its character or quality -- even if it appears in the tempest of unexpected change... it is always silent. It is the purest form of communication because its native character is undivided. As such it is whole, holiness itself...

We have all heard the beautiful and timeless idea: "Know the truth, and the truth will set you free!” Without taking thought, we “feel” its actuality. Yet, so few will dare make this kind of discovery, preferring others do it for us...