“ As we live out of such a mind, we become generous, with no sense of tolerance. We become patient, with no sense of putting up with anything. We become compassionate, with no sense of separation. And w… Steve Hagen
“ [W]hen you practise right meditation, you 'cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words and following speech, and learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to i… Steve Hagen
“ [F]ocus not on ourselves as a force in charge of the manipulation of others, but on how our lives interpenetrate those of others – and … all creatures of a dynamic universe. Steve Hagen
“ To forget the self is to remember that we don't exist alone, but in relation to other people, to other creatures, to the planet, and to the universe. Steve Hagen
“ We imagine that things come into existence, endure for a while, and then pass out of existence Steve Hagen
“ There's nothing you can find - … nothing you can even imagine – that doesn't originate, develop, or exist in relation to other things. Steve Hagen
“ Belief may serve as a useful stopgap measure in the absence of actual experience, but once you see … [it] becomes unnecessary. Steve Hagen
“ We have all sorts of stories about heaven and hell, about oblivion and nothingness, about 'coming back,' and so on. But they are all stories. Steve Hagen
“ [E]ven in getting the wonderful things we long for, we tend to live in want of something more[.] Steve Hagen
“ Good and bad aren't absolutes. They are beliefs, judgements, ideas based on limited knowledge as well as on the inclinations of our minds. Steve Hagen
“ If your idea of good opposes something else, you can be sure that [it] is not absolute or certain. Steve Hagen
“ [A] view of the world is nothing more than a set of beliefs, a way to freeze the world in our mind. … [T]his can never match Reality, … because the world isn't frozen. Steve Hagen
“ Truth is not … something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.] Steve Hagen
“ How can a hard and fast view of a world that is never hard and fast possibly be accurate? Steve Hagen
