The work that most people do in the world tends to deaden them, deadens their mind, uses up their energy and they get a paycheck and old age and not much energy. You get the check and they get your energy. That energy is translated into corporate dollars.

A Buddhist is working not just to get paid, but working to advance spiritually. You shouldn't create a syntactical break in your mind between your career and your religious practice.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is another matter. I don't feel that's really up to us. That happens at a certain time when our being has gone through countless changes and refinements.

There are billions of people on the earth and there are billions of earths, billions of universes. It is endless.

When you cause something to happen it causes a shift in your awareness. Shifts in your awareness ultimately will result in a pattern shift in your life.

Certainly, I am aware that there have been a number of articles written about me and television shows in which I have been featured and referred to as a "cult leader."

Even though it's not perceivable to the mind or senses, it's there and enlightenment is absolute freedom.