Mysticism is an eclectic mixture of various forms of self-discovery that's primarily experimental.

The trick in life is to find out where you belong. Once you find out where you belong, you will be happy there.

Every new movement or group of people who seek to explore awareness is considered a cult. The United States was founded by several cults. They felt that Protestantism had become much too lax, so they came to America and set up a hard line religious cult.

I was a traditional teacher for a time, but my students would ride the energy. I wanted to free people not give them a placebo.

Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.

Now, stopping thought is only the beginning. As Brahmananda, who was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, once remarked: The inner life begins with samadhi. This is an awesome thought, I realize, for the average person who meditates, that it could begin with samadhi.

What goes on in this one little lifetime is not so important as you might like to think it is because you're in it. When you can see the larger picture, it's just a tiny breath in a succession of breaths.