When you focus on a chakra, it's very easy to bring subtle physical energies into your consciousness.

Who wants to be stuck in being religious and being spiritual either? That's not freedom. You've just exchanged handcuffs for leg irons - which doesn't mean that you should avoid enlightenment.

I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher.

The description you have been given of the world is an aberrant one. It does not accept and give proper place to the nagual, to the mysterious unknown that is our heritage.

Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided. They have a more evolved consciousness and can affect your attention field greatly.

Sensations of peace, joy, and love will enter into you. They will be very subtle at first. Then they will grow stronger.

We see an enlightened teacher to gain a sense of humor, to learn balance and proportion and of course to learn wisdom.