It is necessary to be focused. This is the raison d'etre of career.

There is an alternative. It's an old alternative. It's not for everybody. It's only for people who are smart, limited market. It's enlightenment.

There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and ruthless.

The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation.

Find things that make you feel still, that make you feel good.

Make lists. Write down the things that give you power. Write down the things that take your power away also. Make lists of people close to you. Are you associations raising you to a higher level of attention?

While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of these things are transitory and will fall away.