What I quickly learned after my diagnosis is that the world of a cancer patient has many parts and a good deal of uncertainty.

Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind. Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and takes us from mentally fat to fit.

Meditation is the freeing of the mind from all motives.

I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

“Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.” 

“If you are quiet enough, you will hear the flow of the universe. You will feel its rhythm. Go with this flow. Happiness lies ahead. Meditation is key.”

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

Meditate… do not delay, lest you later regret it.

I have firmly resolved to bite the dust, when my time comes, with a minimum of medical assistance, and up to then I will sin to my wicked heart’s content.

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

I used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I'd get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother.

At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything.

There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.