“In all situations, we can find out what is true simply by studying ourselves in every nook and cranny, in every black hole and bright spot, whether it’s murky, creepy, grisly, splendid, spooky, frightening, joyful, inspiring, peaceful, or wrathful.  We can just look at the whole thing.”  Pema Chödrön

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really want.  It will not lead you astray.”  Rumi

“Devotion to that which is the highest and best, without neglect of the physical, will result in the awakening, which will give light and peace and freedom to help the soul to go forward fearlessly.”  Myrtle Fillmore

” ‘Enlightenment’ is not a personal possession of the ‘me’.  It is precisely an awakening from the illusion of the ‘me’ as a separate entity that has no connection with anyone else.”  Francis Bennett

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.  And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When there is no fixed destination, you cannot ever lose your destination, so you cannot ever lose your path, so nothing that happens in your life can take you off your path.  Your path IS what happens, and what happens IS your path.  There is no other.”  Jeff Foster

“If you realize that you’re lost in a story, that you’re disconnected, that you’ve forgotten the moment, celebrate.  You have just woken up from a dream.”  Jeff Foster

“… if you notice thoughts, if you are mindful of them, you are not trapped in them.  They do not define you.  You are the silent container, not the contained.”  Jeff Foster

“The mind can only guess at a future.  Be willing to not know, to stumble sometimes, to bow before the unknown.”  Jeff Foster

“How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty?  It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise we all remain too frightened.”  Hafiz