Each time you meditate, you create a stronger connection with the world of inner light and happiness that exists within you.

You have to be courageous in life to allow a lightness to engage your being. It is easy to be a jerk. To be unhappy with all this weird stuff around us just seems to me to be such a waste. That's a jerk.

In Zen we have no gurus.

The description of the world that most people have is very limited. They are in the fog. Once in a while a genuine insight comes through.

The thousand petal lotus of light, the crown center, really does not become operative until one is on the verge of enlightenment itself. Then you really don't have to meditate on it. The thousand petals gradually light up.

I was a traditional teacher for a time, but my students would ride the energy. I wanted to free people not give them a placebo.

Programming will aid a person in developing their mind and will aid their meditation. I find that people who have pursued programming are doing much better in their meditation.