Mindfulness is like entering a darkened room and turning on the lights of perception.

Suppressing emotion is like holding a basketball under the water.

Emotion is a human-made concept.

Unconditional acceptance allows you to use the energy of emotions, rather than feeling bad by suppressing and rejecting the emotional you.

When you rely on others for how you feel, you have to keep going back to them to feel differently. You become more effective when you go to yourself to regulate affectivity.

Suppressing emotions is like suppressing energy because the energy is still there when it is suppressed. Avoidance always requires something to avoid – something to first focus on. It’s that ‘something’ that stands out.

Emotions become a wonder of your world once you have goals to channel your passion into.

Like parables of meaningful relationships, your inner relationship demands you awaken to yourself.

Know you are perfect, just as you are, and that what you consider to be imperfections help make you the unique individual you are.

Emotion is the bridge between thinking and sensation.