Somewhere there is an essence. It is not a physical somewhere. There is no sense of world, of time and space. That is nirvana.

They presented a description of the world to all of us which was very limited and narrow.

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.

I've moved a lot of my students into a high state of mind, but they don't do the things I have shown them how to do. So then, they drop down into a lower stage of attention.

What you gain in internal knowledge goes from one lifetime to another. It is not wasted. Unlike those stone edifices that will fade, your internal knowledge will stay with you from one incarnation to another.

I never considered myself to be essentially different from anyone else. Although I knew I was.

It is silly to drain others; for when you drain others, you also pick up their vibratory force.