The final battles are the samskaras of good karma. They prevent Samadhi. Naturally for a religious person the avoidance is intensive. They are so hung up on good karma and on method.

In the beginning we define what is spiritual. But as you go on, you see that everybody and everything is an instrument of infinity.

You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple.

When you could be sloppy, you're not. When you could be indulgent, you're not. When you could be sad, you laugh instead. If you fall down, you pick yourself up again and again and again.

God, Atlantis was only yesterday. Let alone Los Angeles. Remember that incarnation in Los Angeles?

Each one of you has created a sense of self. That's what the tonal does. Each one of you is taught a system of maintenance that has been developed by humankind from your birth till your death.

I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself.