It doesn't matter what your work really is. It is exciting to do well at something. It empowers you.

All of the previously described techniques can be practiced with your eyes open and closed. Most people find that it is easier initially to practice meditation with their eyes closed.

Now, stopping thought is only the beginning. As Brahmananda, who was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, once remarked: The inner life begins with samadhi. This is an awesome thought, I realize, for the average person who meditates, that it could begin with samadhi.

I have had several offers to make the book into a film. I don't know if the message could be accurately transmitted, and so I have been somewhat hesitant in granting film rights.

There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go down it.

How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power.

Many people who help me encounter a lot of resistance from other people and from forces.