Energy is gained by giving energy. When we give energy, we gain energy. This is different than having someone manipulate you and take your energy.

A categorization implies a hierarchical way of seeing things. Life is really relational, not hierarchical. Hierarchical is a human way of looking at things. Relational is much more the way things are. Everything is connected.

As we go deeper and deeper into the world of meditation, we are able to travel along the luminous bands, just like you travel along a highway or road.

Very few individuals have the tenacity and the love to propel them beyond everything they know and can trust to face the unknown, let alone be absorbed in it.

Initially the student, in some traditions, is given a mantra, a particular word of power to focus on. While thoughts are cascading through your mind during meditation, you should be absorbed in the repetition of a mantra.

Enlightenment is a timeless void. It's an emptiness that's filled with the most excellent light.

If you keep focusing, gradually thoughts will become quieter and quieter, gradually the images will disappear from the mind. What is happening is the kundalini energy begins to radiate and rise, it causes the mind to be quiet.