"Presence is our natural state. Just being. Very rare. Most of the time we are doing - and don’t realise we are doing. We ‘do’ to escape; to get approval; to avoid disapproval."   (Paul Lowe)

       "We dwell intimately close to a door of revelation we are afraid to pass through. Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are."   (David Whyte)

       "Liberation is possible. It is grounded in humility; in admitting exactly where we are powerless. Mere comfort is not a goal worthy of your sincerest efforts."   (Steve Armstrong)

       "It was more like having had a cataract taken off my brain, letting me experience the world and myself properly for the first time, for that dark radiance seemed to reveal the essence of everything."   (John Wren-Lewis)