There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute read more

There is only one way, really, to get into a state of living, and that's live! There is no substitute for an all-out, over-the-ramparts, howling charge against life. That's living. Living does not consist of sitting in a temple in the shadows and getting rheumatism from the cold stones. Living is hot, it's fast, it's often brutal! It has a terrific gamut of emotional reactions. If you are really willing to live, you first have to be willing to do anything that consists of living. Weird. But it's one of those awfully true things that you wonder why one has to say it. And yet it has to be said.

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas read more

Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand read more

We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn

His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.

His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.