“There is no such thing as an ideal state of meditation. Awareness allows us to relate to our mental processes and to see the fundamental expression of mind as it is, including our thoughts. The mediator may find that many thoughts recur during the meditative state. These thoughts could be seen as waves on the ocean.”

“In this dream I was a songwriter and an artist.I fell madly in love with you.Do you remember how hard it was?What we went through to find one another?I am always so reluctant to do this over and over again.There is always that fear that I won’t find you.Though I always trust the process,still there are powerful illusions in this world.But none could keep me from you.At times I feel like I dug through stone with my bare hands to find you.Other times I laugh at how perfect it all is, and at the worrythat I may never lay eyes on you again.How foolish.You can’t separate water from rain.”

“It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.”

“The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it.”

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.”

“But don’t chase these mystical experiencesor feelings of light.They are meant to be rungs on a ladder.And like most things they will change. They will disappear.They aren’t meant to stay.They are meant to be teachers.They show us what is possible,and give us hope thatwe can find our way home.”

“You will go,and you will forget.We all do.It’s part of our way.To be thoughtless.To simply pass through beauty,and leave it behind.
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“Well here we are.You wouldn’t believewhat I’ve been through.It was like trying to wear shoes that didn’t fit.But I found you.You should have seen megoing from face to facelooking into each set of eyeswaiting for you to stare back at me.
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“The greatness of Americadoes not lie in its ability to kill.But rather in the heartsand mindsof its citizens.It lies in the brilliant ideasand ingenuity of the average man and woman.It lies within the ideasthat feed familiesand opens doors for strangers.The greatness of America will never stand on the backsof those who are brokenand hunched over.The greatness of America is found in the warm hugof those who will neverbe willing to let others starveand die alone.Do not worry about your history.Let go of your cultural identity.It’s spotty at best.Concern yourself with today.The willingness to shareis the greatness of America.It will never lie in thegreen hands that strangle single mothers and desperate fathers.Your wealth will not define this country.America will be definedby love.”

“You know, once Dad passes you will be able to heal and move on.”To think of what I said now makes my stomach hurt.My Mother looked and me and said, “I would take care of him in that statefor the rest of my life if I could. That’s my guy.”At that point I realized that, that was my Mom’s love.At one point they were boyfriend and girlfriend.That was who she fell in love with.That was probably the first time I saw my parents as two kids that fell in love.”