My colleagues thought I was an embarrassment because I was talking about mind, body, spirit. So I was called a quack. I was called a fraud, which I initially resented, but then I got used to it.

Remember this: Beliefs divide, values unite. When we go to the values that underlie so many religious beliefs, they unite us.

Rather than looking for another religion, look for the values that are in every religion.

Replace fear-based thinking with love-based thinking.

Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all.

A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement.

Self-awareness moves us beyond the old, well-worn pathways in the brain that support fixed, unconscious habits.