Answers from the Heart: Practical Responses to Life's Burning Questions

Your sorrow and anger will give you a lot of wisdom. Have the courage to look deeply, to accept these feelings and say, “Hello my pain, my sadness, I know you are there, I want to take care of you, I want to understand you, and I want to learn together with you.”

When we’re at peace with ourselves, the elements of our body and mind will work together harmoniously, and that is the foundation of health.

possible. Happiness is possible only when you stop running and cherish the present moment and who you are. You don’t need to be someone else; you’re already a wonder of life.

Awakening means to see that truth—that you want to know how to enjoy, how to live deeply, in a very simple way. You don’t want to waste your time anymore. Cherish the time that you are given.

Loving one person is really an opportunity to learn to love all people.

If we’re able to change our mental formations, we’ll know how to relax, how to embrace and transform our worries and anxieties.

We all have a natural tendency to avoid suffering, and that’s not good for us. Without suffering we can’t grow as human beings, we can’t learn to become more understanding and compassionate.

Doing nothing brings about quality of being, which is very important. So doing nothing is actually something. Please write that down and display it in your home: Doing nothing is something.

Your body, your presence, and your consciousness overlap and occupy all of time and space. In that sense there is no “before” and “after” we die. We should generate enough of the energy of mindfulness and concentration so we’re able to have this awareness. Then we’ll transcend the notion of birth and death.

Only the person who is empty of self is happy; he has no jealousy, no hatred, no anger, because there is no self to compare.