Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.

Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.

“Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be referred to as spiritual materialism"

"Coming home to our True Nature"  Pt. 3
Spirituality is completely ordinary. Though we may speak of it as extraordinary, it is the most ordinary thing of all. Spirituality is simply a means of arousing one's spirit, of developing a kind of spiritedness. Through that we begin to have greater contact with reality.  If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can BE   so vividly and brilliantly.
                                                                                                        by  Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

If you look into the mirror, you see that [every part of you] belongs there and you belong there, as you are.  You begin to realize that you have a perfect right to be in this universe, to be this way, and you see that there is a basic hospitality that this world provides to you.  You have looked and you have seen, and you don't have to apologize for being born on this earth.

we must continue to be open in the face of great opposition.  No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.