I entered a spiritual community when I was 20, which I was in for 11 year, with very strict meditative practices, with an Eastern teacher. It was very much like a religious order.

When you go into the planes of light, all of the incorrect ways of seeing and understanding life that you pick up are washed away.

You can lead an uncommonly fine life. But it takes determination. You have to march to the beat of different drummer. You have to decide.

In meditation what you are trying to do is simply get rid of your own junk. You are trying to move all the confusion out of your mind, all the heaviness, all the emotional upsets, all the impressions that you have picked up since your last meditation.

Step one in overcoming fears is to make a fear list. Make a list of all the things that you are afraid of. Start out with the small fears and conquer them.

Sri Krishna's message is the message of anyone who comes from far away. His message is the same as Buddha, Lao Tsu, Bodhidharma, Milarepa, Padmasambhava.

What the teacher does is sweep all of the logic, order and reason onto one side and make that side very strong.