We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.

One doesn't actually meditate on the navel. The chakra is located about two or three inches below the navel, at that point there is an energy access sphere in the middle of the body.

When there is time, there has to be suffering. Because in time there's desire and attachment and transition. This is the world of experience.

The Zen master walks in his garden, alone. There is no traffic there. There is no shopping there. There are only the flowers.

I no longer teach meditation, only software design.

All the universes are bound together by a web, a matrix, which is our perception. And our perception actually has colors; it has bands. We call them bands of attention.

Love has very little to do with a person. It comes from us. You can love a surprisingly great number of people.