In different lifetimes, you incarnate in different dimensional planes, let alone in different universes in the physical universe.

Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand.

Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear.

It is is easy to smile. It is an act of self-giving. When you smile you are at your best and you give that best to others.

In Tantric Buddhism our feeling is that there is no problem with the sensual world unless you have a tremendous attraction or aversion to it.

In this world we see more passion than dispassion. We see more fear than knowledge. Armies rule the world. Fear-net is happening. Consequently, everyone is raised with fear embedded in their consciousness.

You're thinking that you shouldn't have sex because you're celibate. So you just keep thinking about sex instead of enlightenment.