The people that hurt you are the ones you love because you are the most open to them.

Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.

Meditation is a very powerful time and you are very psychic. It is most important to not allow your attention, your mind, to wander.

By perfecting the practices of zazen and mindfulness, by learning patience and love and by realizing the essential emptiness of all phenomena, you will discover nirvana.

There is a still center of the universe. Within that still center are all things, all achievements, all loses, everything and nothing exist there.

In lower levels things are dark, gray, experiences are shallow. You become alienated from those around you.

Real meditation engenders humility and purity, always. Yet I don't really think it demands any kind of lifestyle.