peace is like the sun: it is always there, but sometimes we turn away from it; usually we ignore it...but we can consciously choose to drop all running away, and focus inward, toward the center of being, and experience the calm stillness that is always there...i do this many times throughout the day...as many as i remember to...it is not yet a permanent state...practice practice practice...more aware, more aware, more aware...

nothing compares to touch...it is immense...to touch another, to be touched by another: it is 2 universes in communion, boundaries dissolve, identity expands infinitely, eternity opens...to touch is divinity meeting itself, again...it is always new...

god is not something to be believed in, or thought about...god is too big to fit inside our heads...too big even to be constrained in our infinite hearts...god is to be tasted...god is to be experienced in every moment, with every breath...god is the absolute which contains all...god is the all...god is you...god is your neighbour, your neighbour's dog, barking all night long, keeping you awake...god is a flower, its scent, the breeze, the sound of the leaves, the sky, the clouds...god is even the ego, which has forgotten all of this...

i do not believe in god...i drown in god...i sink in god...i am inundated by god...i am pervaded by god...i disappear in god...there is nothing but god, everywhere, in everything, as everything...this is the kingdom of heaven of which jesus spoke...

the mind is a tool, like a hammer...when you need it, pick it up, do the job, then put it away again...but the general habit is to let the mind go on and on and on and on, until we've lost the knack of silence and inner stillness...we end up not only believing the non-stop muttering of the mind, but identifying with it as well!...with continual practice, however, we can disassociate from mental processes and (re-)learn to observe our own thoughts as they occur...