There is no end and there is no beginning. There is only eternity. Eternity can be warm. eternity can be cold and ruthless.

People focus on things that vibrate very slowly during meditation and because they are so open they make themselves really sick, psychically.

When you think an angry thought about someone, it's like hitting them.

Self-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment.

In the Upanishads they talk about the path of the sun and the path of the moon. The path of the moon is rebirth. The path of the sun leads to self-knowledge, from which there is no return.

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

Several very good friends of mine have died of AIDS. I spent a great deal of time with them when they went through that process.