If you look at all the notions we accept about who we are, you find that they are all based upon our perceptual experiences.

The inner experience of meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline. The outer trappings - how one sits, breathes, dresses, and so forth - are irrelevant.

In the now, time ceases to exist and we experience a presence that is all-absorbing, completely at peace, and totally satisfying.

Fear is the emotion behind hatred. Fear comes when you are threatened either physically or emotionally or psychologically.

A psychologically healthy person can, in fact, be defined as someone whose desires actually produce happiness.

Sleep and meditation are key. Natural sleep for 8 hours will help remove toxins from the body, help consolidate memory, create order from chaos. Sleep activates good hormones that are associated with rejuvenation and slowing down the ageing process.

Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides.