Our awareness creates life. Life does not exist independently of perception.

A war is an incarnation. A battle is a day of your life. So we do one day at a time in self-discovery.

It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.

A mantra is a very powerful word. It vibrates like music does, only not on this plane but on other planes of reality. It creates a powerful force. It starts the kundalini moving.

The only bad meditation is when you don't meditate.

Career success means making enough money to lead the kind of life you would like to lead as a practicing Buddhist.

You might wish to try Kali's mantra. Kali is another celestial being. She offers very fast spiritual progress through intensity. Her mantra is "Kring!" When you chant Kring, chant it very intensely and sharply. Only chant Kring when you are in a high meditation.