Winning is an approach to life. The place it starts is not on the playing field or in the business organization; nor is it competitive. We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.

With the power of one's will we stop thought and move into alternate forms of perception. We gain that power through practicing very, very, very hard each day when we meditate to stop our thoughts.

A person who is insane has no sense of their place; they've lost that ability, which our friend don Juan describes as the tonal.

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.

The Chinese used the symbol of tai chi, the undifferentiated reality - no separation, no left and right.

Go through the things that life gives you to go through, happily. You have to loosen the grip of time, gradually.

Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is out of balance.