At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just be dead.

To perfect your nature doesn't mean to have some idea of what a perfect person is and to simply be that. That doesn't work.

Zen is not a religion. There is no room for a cult. There is no dependence on a teacher. There is only learning how to use your own mind and making it strong.

There are certain protective forces in the universe that do watch over us, but the innocent die too.

When you focus on a chakra, it's very easy to bring subtle physical energies into your consciousness.

When you go to a power spot, and you think negative or depressing thoughts they tend to grow stronger. Whereas, if you think more positive, happier thoughts, they tend to increase in strength.

A teacher will alter the balance of power by actually lifting a person into other states of mind. In those states of mind the teaching will take place in non-verbal ways through direct experience.