Forget willpower. Fill your days with being willing. To be willing to do something doesn't involve thought at all once you're willing.

I can be spiritual, or I can be a pain in the neck to life on earth. Choose love, peace, silence, compassionate action, regenerative words.

To linger is about living in the moment, being present, living consciously, being in the space of no thought.

Accept what happens, even Alzheimer's disease. Accepting what happens opens a doorway into the now for you to work with what is.

Use hindsight to see synchronicity in your life, the strange confluence of events that fell into place because of decisions you made.

Being in the doldrums is time out from intense living, an important part of the cycle of life when new seeds can grow and be noticed.

You don't need to go somewhere over the rainbow to experience wonder and happiness. They are found amongst the dirt of everyday existence.

Acceptance of loneliness turns it into solitude, which leads to reflection, peace, space, spiritual growth, silence, self-acceptance.

Suffering ceases when we accept what is and begin to work with it. Suffering teaches us what we need to know.

Feel the oneness of yourself with all things. Love without thought. Love without limit. That's what everyone and everything is waiting for.

Don't let what others may do to threaten human existence change your love for and connection to all things.

Communion is the highest form of prayer. It's a whole-being expression of unity, intimacy, empathy, and relationship with all things.

Why you should pay attention. Nothing matters when you pay attention. Everything matters when you don't. Mindfulness means a worry-free life

Fear of snakes. Fear makes us freeze. Awareness is better than fear. The Upanishads say to lose all fear by seeing all beings in ourselves.

Sapiens: A Graphic History, by Harari about the emergence of humankind, from ape to genetic code manipulator, reminds me how brief life is.

There is no long and winding path. The path and the goal are one and the same. There's no journey, just this moment. We are the cutting edge

Physical life is a grand play. Thich Nhat Hanh's golden yellow leaf reminds us that we are physical expressions of the ultimate dimension.

Everything that exists is in a process of giving. Giving ourselves to others through simple acts of kindness.

What happens when you live in the context of eternity? You calm down. You are at peace with yourself and life events. You become mindful.

Mindfulness is living each moment with alert, unbiased curiosity, as if you’ve just been born. Let go of repetitive, stale thoughts.