The kundalini flows upward. It also flows downward in different ways. It is quite complex, actually.

The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection is not clear. We lose the clarity of the perfect reflection.

If your awareness was strong enough, you could change the fate of a whole world without ever leaving your room.

You're going to go to stillness. When that happens, the world collapses. There is no time, no space, no viewer, no viewing, no object in view.

Zen students see themselves as athletes. Their competitive sport is enlightenment; only with enlightenment do we compete.

I realized that my friends in the ashram needed to be celibate because, for them, sexuality was a very tacky issue.

The essence of the teachings is to lose self importance and to care more for the welfare of others and the magical world around us, than we do for ourselves and our own self images.