“Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.”

“If you want to have peace of mind, you need to listen to your heart or your inner nature. If you want to have peace of mind, you need to listen to your heart or your inner nature.”

“The grasping mind holds on to everything – beliefs, people, possessions – so that it seems as though there is hardly any room to breathe.”

“Ironically, we often spend a great deal of time and effort trying to control our external conditions, while letting our internal reactions run wild.”

“Habits of the mind also provide our mental framework – the way we see the world”

“We all have this restful mind, but sometimes our fears and our ego mind get the better of us and we can’t see it.”

“The Appreciation Meditation is the first step towards allowing and encouraging your inner nature to come to the surface of your mind.”

“The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.”

“Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.”

“Before any change for the better can take place, a level of understanding is always needed; because without understanding we tend to fall back on the automatic responses and reactions that we have built up over our lives.”

“Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.”