The three principal samskaras have to do with sex, money and power. In all those countless incarnations that one goes through in the religious practice, the avoidance is tremendous. We brand those things as evil.

Illusions are shadows moving endlessly across the ground. The shadows are quite real but they're shadows. They have very little substance.

The nagual is the unknown. It cannot be talked about, it can only be witnessed.

What you gain in internal knowledge goes from one lifetime to another. It is not wasted. Unlike those stone edifices that will fade, your internal knowledge will stay with you from one incarnation to another.

Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power.

If you'd like to have a better incarnation, then have one now. If that's your attitude, just let go and meditate and try to be as wise and compassionate, as understanding as you can.

In Zen we have no gurus.