The third stage is no thought.

Fear is just an idea in the mind that limits you. You cannot become enlightened if you are afraid, nor can you become happy.

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.

Now imagine that you are going beneath the surface of the ocean. Below the surface all is calm, silent, and serene. As you visualize yourself going deeper and deeper into the depths of the ocean, feel that a profound peace is entering you.

If you are smart, you never retire. You may retire from that job you have had for many years, but you will pick up another career for yourself of some type.

A walk in the woods can reveal many things, and it is a good time to practice transcendentalism. Look at a tree and realize it's not just a tree, its roots may go into the ground but it may also go into other worlds, other eternities.

You are no different in this lifetime than you were in your last lifetime. This lifetime is simply a continuation of your last lifetime.