When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.

There is competition in Zen. Let's not be ridiculous. There is competition in everything in life; being a winner in Zen means, competing and winning in the world of enlightenment.

One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point there is an energy access sphere in the middle of the body.

Change is continuous and the aggregate of the self is constantly shifting.

Most individuals on earth are not drawn to the higher light at this time. That doesn't make you superior to anyone else. If you are in the eighth grade you're not better than someone who is in the fourth grade.

If you want to be liberated, if you choose to be what I am, then you've chosen freedom. You can do this.

If you suspect someone is draining you, generally you should not confront them, but be nice, relax them, and then see what they are doing.