When you meditate you are accessing eternity. You are plugging yourself into that source which is all light and all beauty and all perfection.

In sanskrit they say: "Tat twam asi" - thou art that. You are God. The bubble of your awareness bursts and you're flooded with immortality.

When you are in a condition of light everything is ecstatic, everything is joyous, everything is beautiful. Your attention field is subtle. The ego is quiet. The mind is still. Your heart is happy.

Never expect anything from a particular meditation. Once you have gotten started, different methods get you into the stream, let the meditation take you wherever it would like to.

The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.

If you are happier than you have ever been, then your power is increasing. But is it a fast a rate of climb as you would like?

When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice.