I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.
Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past and not enough presence.
Wherever you are, be there totally.
Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there.
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind.
Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within and available to you now.
When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.
Awareness is the greatest agent for change.
The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there ever is.
All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that you don’t know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten.
Recognize the ego for what it is: a collective dysfunction, the insanity of the human mind.
