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[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.

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Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness.

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In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.

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The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

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There is in all our strivings a profound homesickness for God. When we touch another we touch God. When we look at a flower, its radiance, its fragrance, its stillness is another moment's experience of something deeper within. When we hold a baby, when we hear extraordinary music, when we look into the eyes of a great saint, what draws us is that deep homesickness for our true nature, for the peace and healing that is our birthright. This homesickness for God directs us toward the healing we took birth for.

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Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.

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Nothing is more natural than grief, no emotion more common to our daily experience. It's an innate response to loss in a world where everything is impermanent.

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