An excerpt from the chapter 'Orienting Mind to Joy'

Our body is our vehicle, and our sensory faculties can open windows to a paradise of unimaginable beauty. ............ Wherever we go, we can dwell serene and content, nourished by pleasure and satisfied by meaningful intimacy with ourselves, others, and the environment we inhabit.

As we release the tension of perception, description, and possession, we move further, beyond tension, beyond feeling, beyond even the faintest tones of feeling by letting feelings dissipate into awareness like clouds thinning in the sunlight and trailing off into space.

From chapter 'Bringing Up the Agent of Awareness'