Our Deepest Need Is For The Joy

A Calm Mind Releases The Most Precious Capacity A Human Being Can Have: The Capacity To Turn Anger Into Compassion, Fear Into Fearlessness, And Hatred Into Love.

In The Confucian Tradition Is A Simple Formula That Appeals To Me Deeply: 'if There Is Righteousness In The Heart, There Will Be Beauty In The Character. If There Is Beauty In The Character, There Will Be Harmony In The Home. If There Is Harmony In The Home, There Will Be Order In The Nation. If There Is Order In The Nation, There Will Be Peace In The World.' I Urge Everyone To Reflect Deeply On These Words, As Simple As They Are Profound.

The Ancestor Of Every Destructive Action, Every Destructive Decision, Is A Negative Thought.

We Have No Need To Teach Pure Motives To The Mind. All That Is Necessary To Make The Mind Pure Is To Undo The Negative Conditioning To Which It Has Been Subjected; Then We Will Be Left With Pure, Unconditioned Awareness.

We Look At The World Through Our Likes And Dislikes, Hopes And Fears, Opinions And Judgments. We Want Everyone To Behave As We Think They Should; Otherwise We Get Agitated. But We Are Here To Accept The World As It Is, Even As We Work To Make It Better.