Serving the emerging whole means paying attention to what's right here within my awareness, what's completely local, and surrendering to what's being asked of me now.

When you see what you're here for, the world begins to mirror your purpose in a magical way. It's almost as if you suddenly find yourself on a stage in a play that was written expressly for you.

What's emerging is a new synthesis of science, spirituality and leadership as different facets of a single way of being.

The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals.

Women are like sparkling diamonds, if you let too many hands touch it, not only will it get dirty with too many smudges and finger prints, it will also lose its shine and lustre.

God needs your obedience

When the self is not engaged in apprehending objects it becomes aware of itself.

After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun.

I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.

Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.

I never had credit card debt... I was very much about trying to gain my freedom, so it was about saving.

I strive to express the spiritual nature of the Universe. Painting for me is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.

Everybody loves birdsong. It's a human need... the sound of birds gives a deep, if sometimes almost unnoticed, pleasure

My thing is I'd love to be friends with Thom Yorke but if he wasn't a nice guy it would ruin everything for me, I probably wouldn't be able to listen to his music.