There is an art, a science to gaining power. There is a natural force or inclination in all of our beings to accumulate power. The problem that we come into is conditioning.

If I have led my life totally deliberately, then when I come to the end of the diving board, I can just fall off the diving board and it will be perfect. I won't even remember what happened.

Don't be discouraged. At times the path to truth is circuitous. The point is not to succeed, only to smile eternally.

I live in the constant newness of aspiration. Whatever I think, I ignore. Whatever I feel, I don't trust. Yet I listen to my thoughts and follow my feelings.

We've developed a very complex filing system for existence. We see things in terms of good or bad. We feel happiness, joy, pain, loss, guilt and remorse.

Real samadhi is off the game board, friends. It is not something you are even aware of.

A great deal of humility is necessary in the process of self-discovery. Humility is the ability to accept what and who you are at this moment.