What’s more, all the choices I’ve detailed in this book? They are all fulfilled when you return to Zero. Everything – a choice for peace, to own a conscious, accepting, appreciative, bold, loving, giving and present life is all contained within the one choice to be Zero.

None of this matters because you will recreate the same problems, every time, simply because no matter where you go and what you do, you take your head with you – and your head is the source of all of your problems. “You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.” - Bob Proctor, self-help author and coach

be thankful now, secure and stable in the knowledge, even the assumption, that the future turns out in the best possible way for you.

The worst thing about emotion is the judgement that it shouldn't be there. Or the “Oh no, here it is again, will I ever be free of it!?” kind of thoughts. Don’t put yourself under any pressure. Let the emotion “float” – don’t try and do anything about it. Don’t resist.

What’s one of the most effective ways of not only getting deep rest and recharging and learning not to let situations overwhelm you? Meditation.

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, 'I used everything you gave me’.” - Erma Bombeck, American author and newspaper columnist

Maharishi Sadashiva Isham, the teacher of my Bright Path Ishaya teacher once said: “The simple guiding principle here is this: if we are sowing division, preaching destruction, seeking or finding evil in the world (even if we are looking for it with the intention of removing it!), then we are part of the problem, not the cure.”

the ratio for a successful, thriving relationship is 5:1. This means five positive comments to every negative comment. Praise and gratitude far exceeds anything else.[7]

“If you want to give me something, give me your greed, your lusts, your weaknesses. That is what you really hold dear above all else. Give me everything that stands between you and God.” - Brahmananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual teacher