Free will exists within each of us. Most people choose not to use their free will, so consequently they rarely alter their karmic patterns.

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.

As long as you are in the relative worlds, you should be realistic and know there is winning and losing here.

A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.

The condition of humankind is not good, in the sense that the illusory prisons we create for ourselves through our desires and our frustrations are unhappy.

Don't preach about meditation.

Everything depends on your state of awareness. If your state of awareness is low, then all the material success in the world won't help.