There is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people hold you in their mind a certain way making it difficult to change.

You need something. Not just to get through the day, but to get through the incarnation. You need to find that power, that perfect unity.

Dissolution means envelopment in Eternity.

When you meditate properly you are able to take your mind and merge it with the cosmos. Essentially, this causes your IQ to increase.

You see, Buddhists are optimists. We never saw sunsets in Atlantis like we do now. We didn't have those great chemicals in the air.

Practice mediation and concentration exercises, and begin to think more about regaining your sensitivity by avoiding draining situations. Not because of fear but because of intelligence.

Buddhism is not just going to temple, being at a ceremony and dressing up. That is the church of Buddhism. Esoteric Buddhism is to move beyond this world.