Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching.

The Buddhist mindset seeks to eliminate the self. That is to say, what we want to experience is life, not self. When there's less self and more life, we're very content, and when there's more self and less life we're quite unhappy.

Reincarnation is a dance. It is a movement of life to the rhythm of the universe. Spirit and matter join together as one dancing partner. They dance and it goes on forever.

All the past has done is generated the you that you are now. Dwelling on the past isn't going to change anything.

Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise, whatever happens.

Meditation is the freeing of ourselves from all mental states and concepts of self.

People you are emotionally open to can drain your power level or raise it tremendously, depending on what their intentions are.