We don’t realize that it’s not fame, wealth, or power that will make us happy, but our level of mindful awareness.

Then, with the energy of mindfulness, we can recognize and embrace our feelings of anger, fear, and despair and transform them. We don’t allow ourselves to become overwhelmed by these unpleasant emotions.

When we understand our suffering, it transforms.

Healing begins when you aren’t trying to do anything. This is the practice of non-practice.

With awareness of the Earth’s generosity, we can generate a pleasant feeling.

Mindfulness and a deep awareness of the Earth can also help us to handle pain, difficult feelings, and emotions.

We are sitting on an amazingly beautiful planet, which is revolving in our galaxy, the Milky Way, a river containing trillions of stars.

If we can acknowledge the fact that we’re suffering, then we have a chance to transform that suffering.

The more we think, the less available we are to what is around us. Therefore we have to learn to turn off the radio