Nirvana has nothing do with any of this. None of this is there.

Neither is detrimental, but the mystical kundalini is a bit more raucous.

Anyone who meditates for a period of time will gradually become more sensitized to all of life.

When you eneter into samadhi and seek to make that magical walk between salvikalpa and nirvikalpa samadhi, it's necessary to focus your awareness not on being or nonbeing.

Keep a sense of humor, that keeps you balanced, and you'll do quite well with it all, I'm sure.

Start a meditation session by repeating a mantra, perhaps, "Aum", which is the most powerful of all mantras. Then, after repeating the mantra perhaps a dozen times, focus on a yantra.

Happiness is in the mind and the mind is the universe. Your mind is the universe, not just this physical universe that you perceive through your senses.