we so often activate a physiological system that has evolved for responding to acute physical emergencies

In the depths of meditation, we sometimes have an experience of ourselves well beyond the grasp of language.

neuroscience research shows that very few psychological problems are the result of defects in understanding…

It is still beautiful to hear the heart beat

In order to change ourselves, to take on different ways of thinking about the world, we need new ways of seeing it.

Two truths approach each other. One comes from inside, the other from outside,

What emerges in its place is invariably a broader, more openhearted and altruistic idea of what matters in life.

Traits don’t change, states of mind do.

Awareness spritzes us awake.

Even mountains erode, and the ground below us moves in giant plates.

Acceptance of the composite nature of the individual revolutionizes our concepts of evolution.

Trees and the sky were not a backdrop to life, but they were equally life.

in our culture, our desire for order can transform into harshness.

Joyful—now there’s a word

we haven’t used in a while

We grow and evolve like growth rings in a tree.