I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

Wisdom, in the world of enlightenment, is not gained through conversation. Wisdom and enlightenment is something that you gain by making the mind still.

Our spirit grows and develops traits in each incarnation that it passes through, and then collects and carries the essence of those traits into future lifetimes. In Buddhist Yoga we refer to our multi-life karmic traits as samskaras.

Tantric Buddhists don't believe in sin. Stupidity, yes, meaning we make ourselves or others suffer.

As we grow older and mature in each incarnation, we are drawn back to samskaras, to previous interests and pursuits.

Meditation will bring back the powers and awareness from the past; more importantly, it will expand your consciousness today.

One function of the intellect is to catalog. But cataloging doesn't change anything. If we call it a rose, or by any other name, it still smells as sweet. The name doesn't really matter. It is convenient for us.