“We're being trained through our incarnations--trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.”

“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”

“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”

“What we're seeing "out there" is the projection of where we're at--the projection of the clingings of our minds.”

“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.”

“Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we're so deeply interconnected with one another. Working on our own consciousness is the most important thing that we are doing at any moment, and being love is the supreme creative act.”

“The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.”