The danger in mysticism is that you push yourself too far into the nagual too soon. This is obsession.

I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker.

I teach Zen, tantric mysticism, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, Tibetan mysticism, occultism and psychic development. I also teach poetry and literature, film and many other different things.

There are those who feel that meditation is unrealistic or takes them out of the world, and if that was your experience with mediation, you weren't meditating.

From my point of view, which is the point of view of no illusions, there is only winning and losing. You might as well be a winner.

While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of these things are transitory and will fall away.

Ecstasy should not be viewed as an unusual experience, but rather a natural experience - feeling all of the living matrix of existence around us.