What we are seeking to do is not melt the map of America. We are seeking to melt the self, the solid form that we consider ourselves to be.

Take out two pieces of paper. One piece of paper, list all the people you know who are adding to your life.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is a state of no mind, beyond the ten thousand states of mind, where there is nothing but perfection, where the self no longer exists...the ego dissolves into immortality.

You're composed of an aggregate of different forms and energies, the samskaras. These are lines within your own being. When you go into samadhi, these lines dissolve gradually so you become less formed.

I have been sought out by a number of people who would have felt uncomfortable coming to a large public meditation. They don't want people to come up and ask for autographs.

Any avenue that you follow leads to light. All roads lead to Rome.

Water uses itself to go beyond whatever it needs to go beyond.