We are all but symbols of some greater thing—totems of ourselves--subject to change and growth. When we forget that metaphoric sense of ourselves, we lose sight of the overall path.

When we accomplish one thing, our ego wants to bask in the glory, though our soul is ready to move on to the next.

All wisdom contracts then expands, contracts then expands. That is how consciousness evolves.

Though it doesn’t feel like it, crisis places us front and center of desire, which is the force of power.

Healing is active involvement in your process, ongoing.

Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.

We don't heal in isolation, but in community.

The reality is, it takes daily cultivation of a spiritual path, preferably with spiritual kin in proximity, to sustain not the feeling of elation, but the focused, mindful path of steady growth.

When you are dealing with an invisible enemy, use most resources as shield, and a bit as a bait.

I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.

Learning to open the taps of your imagination leads to abundance & success unlimited.

Sometimes I get, "Have you ever thought about doing real music?" I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people.

I love to meet people for lunch at my favorite restaurant, the Loaded Goat. It is named after the Andy Griffith Show episode where a goat ate a bunch of dynamite.

I'm not stingy. I'm just afraid of being an easy mark. People wouldn't have money long if they didn't ask how much things cost.

I don't define myself by my body's ability to execute gorgeous asana anymore. I'm all about taking care of my temple and understanding that its requirements change with age and time.

The longing for paradise is paradise itself.

Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.