The December - January period is the strongest time of the year. It is an easy time to shift states of mind.

Reason is a terrible trap because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you are satisfied with answers, you'll never come to know what life really is.

I had been pretty well made a prisoner by school, by society. I had been given this description of the world that I couldn't accept.

Meditation is not for everybody. When you meditate you become conscious. Most people don't want to be too conscious because they are afraid of awareness, of death, and of being happy.

You get to the point where you have to wash the dishes. That's the fun in life. Being behind the scenes and doing things for others; being an instrument of that cause. That is the secret teaching.

At a very early age I was attracted to light, as most children are.

When you start to meditate, if you stick with it, you will see tremendous changes in your life and state of mind.