Each of us is the best we can be when we are fully present, focused yet relaxed, curious yet non-judgmental, committed yet flexible.

You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.

When you are present, you are not needy.

When you are authentic without an intent to harm others, you give yourself an awesome feeling which is the feeling of self-love.

There is one undeniable truth about our body: it only exists in the present moment.

The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220

...as long as you are motivated by the approval of others, you cannot know with confidence whether the decisions you are making in your life are what's right for you... pg 102

Learning how to recognize and act on your Inner Knowing is the greatest tool for discovering what's important now by living in the present.

When you are living in the present, you know what's important now for you and you act on that knowing.

Some people would not be dead if they have not gotten the things or people they had prayed for.

The best way to transform ourselves is by transforming our consciousness and awareness.

It’s safer/ easier to follow the script and complain how broken some things are in that script, than to attempt to change those things.

Simulant - something that doesn't exist but pretends to....Dissimulant - an object that exists but pretends not to.

So, with all this time on my hands, I decided to start a revolution.

The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.

At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.

The state or global forms of power that seek to protect populations considered in danger may well extend their own power through those acts of protection.

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife.

When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.