At every stage of practice a price has to be paid for clarity. The price is the loss of an illusion. - Ken McLeod

Attention, attention, the key to practice, so many teachers have said. It’s true. When we come to know, even a little, this truly miraculous and open nature of our being, we begin to appreciate the jewels and riches in these very simple instructions that come down to us through our teachers.

When people thank and tell you how much you've helped them, what they say has nothing to do with you. This is just their way of expressing joy in their own experience. Remember this, too, when people complain or criticize.

When you read sutras don't seek to understand them. Stay in touch with precisely what they are eliciting in terms of experience in you.