The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.

People inside of belonging systems are very threatened by those who are not within that group. They are threatened by anyone who has found their citizenship in places they cannot control.

It's not correct to say Jesus is God. Now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right? It's not correct to say that - Jesus is the union of the human and the divine. That's different.

Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.

Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.