All of us have an aura, a body of energy linked to different planes of awareness. Some have the ability to access more planes of awareness then others because of past lives, because of practice in this life.

Buddha indicated that the self, that part of you that incarnates from lifetime to lifetime was causal.

What is gone before is gone. All you have now are the results of your actions.

If you take the time to bring the light of the supra-conscious into your being, then automatically all blockages will go away. These are just ways of talking, there are no blockages, schematically I mean.

How do you deal with meditating when you stop breathing? The trick is to meditate just a little higher and you won't even know that you're not breathing.

The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.

Focus on the center of the chest, relax. Imagine a rose there. Feel it unfolding. Let yourself go and ignore your thoughts.