Be here now.                   Ram Dass (1931-2019) American spiritual teacher and psychologist “These words by Ram Dass are all about living in the present, living in the now, not worrying about the past, not imagining what the future might be if…

  Our problem is to live what we pray, how to make our lives a daily commentary on our prayer book, how to live in consonance to what we promise, how to keep faith with the vision we pronounce. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1910-1975) author of Man’s Quest For God…

  People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It’s a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is — just be a little kinder. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) author of The Doors…

Every act is an act of love or a cry for love. Stan Dale, radio talk show host and founder of The Human Awareness Institute   “What I hear in that statement is the compassion for the whole. It is about being aware of when things are happening, even things…

My life is my message. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1883-1944) Indian activist, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule   “When Gandhi finished giving a talk to thousands of people in India, he got on the train and as the train started moving away, the people were waving and…

We can’t solve our problems with the same thinking that created it. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Theoretical physicist   As someone who works with transforming our negative and fear-based thoughts, this quote is very inspiring to me. I believe that transformational thinking is the only way that we can change, not…

Thanks to impermanence anything is possible. Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and teacher   “Impermanence makes a lot of people nervous. Yet things are changing all the time; nothing stays the same. We don’t really know what’s going to happen next; life is temporary. On the positive side is…

As the bonfires of knowledge glow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes. Terrence McKenna, American ethnobotanist, mystic, and psychonaut “When I first heard this, which I think was actually on New Dimensions Radio, I liked the poetic sound of it. But the more I thought…

The universe is alive and has fire in it and it’s full of Gods. Thales of Miletus a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.   “This, for me, means our world is far more alive, far more brilliant, luminous and…

In the presence of extraordinary actuality consciousness takes the place of imagination. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) Pulitzer Prize winning American poet   “This quote begs the question, what is extraordinary actuality? As I contemplate this quote while writing Making Contact, I ponder the possibility of the presence of beings that exist…