To be afraid of our next life because we don't feel we've done a good job with this life is not wise. It creates unhappiness now.

In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity.

You can go to India and you can see gurus go into samadhi. But when they come out of samadhi, they're nasty. They're egocentric. They don't have a deep regard or understanding of what life is. It's just a little trick they can do, a one-trick pony.

People don't necessarily take power from you for themselves. It just means they are operating at a lower attention level and you got pulled down by it. You are not sufficiently strong enough to be with someone and be unaffected.

The essence of all reincarnation is to have the best lifetime now that you've ever had, no matter what's going on.

I have graduate students who have developed this ability to love and want to perfect it. Those are the students I spend a lot of time with because at this time they need that.

Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts