I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal.

I'm not a proponent of staying together and being miserable and damaged and coming through actually a more battered person.

'Liberation' is an interesting word because you can be liberated from external things and also from your internal dialogue.

when somebody plays music, you listen. you just follow those sounds, and eventually you understand the music. the point can't be explained in words because music is not words, but after listening for a while, you understand the point of it, and that point is the music itself. in exactly the same way, you can listen to all experiences.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

By living mindfully, you understand that there are many transitions in life. You just go through them.