“I see my life as an unfolding set of opportunities to awaken.”

“We're here to awaken from the illusion of separateness”

“Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.”

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.”

“The dance goes from realizing that you're separate (which is the awakening) to then trying to find your way back into the totality of which you are not only a part, but which you are.”

“It's only when caterpillarness is done that one becomes a butterfly. That again is part of this paradox. You cannot rip away caterpillarness. The whole trip occurs in an unfolding process of which we have no control.”

“Death has such great importance in this society that it affects everything. I learned from my guru that death is not the enemy, I see it as another moment. Yet it's the end of an incarnation and means going on to other incarnations.”