“I think Tim Leary was right. Everyone must create his own religion. You must start your own religion. I have my own religion. Every sadhu has his own religion in India. They say every lama has his own religion in Tibet. Find the way you can genuinely be you. What do you like to do? Find God there. Find out what your special gift is and where you find that connection, what really makes you happy, and follow that way.

The peace that comes from letting go and surrendering is incredible. Again and again it keeps coming back to letting go of our own will to have a plan about where we’re going and a goal. It seems that we spontaneously align with the Plan of God for us. I think that’s the whole “follow your bliss” thing. It’s really Thy will be done, not mine. Jesus said it all. Love the Lord with all your heart and soul, and your neighbor as yourself. That’s it. There is no one out there but us. And if we can just put God first, Om first—offer the food up, offer the day up—then there is peace.”

– Bhagavan Das, excerpt from It’s Here Now (Are You?)