Everything that you have done has led up to what you are now. Everything you do now will lead up to what you will be.

Inwardly the sun also has an energy field, it has an aura, so does the earth, so does the moon, and so do all the planets. We're affected by those auras. It's not something that you really want to reason out.

I studied with a number of different teachers. But really, I've never studied with teachers. To be honest, the only thing that's ever interested me in life is eternity. Nothing else makes any sense to me.

A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think it should be. It's a study that you follow for the rest of your life.

Some people meditate because they need more energy and when you meditate you get a tremendous amount of energy.

You identify with your self. You have a personal history. You have commitments. There are things that you want to experience and other things that you want to avoid.

The highest teaching is never written down. It's only communicated from teacher to student because it's a "transmission of the lamp." It's a transmission of mind.