People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves. They have this feeling that the teacher will just take care of them.

It's considered very, very bad karma, if I can cut to the chase, to take power from a teacher and not use it for something very positive.

The causal structure determines the rate and method of evolution, your awareness of the universe.

Money is very useful in this particular world to buy you space. In the old days, there were not too many people on the planet. Today everybody owns the forests and woods and there are "No Trespassing" signs everywhere.

Practice meditating on the heart chakra. This is only one of them, but it's quite good for the first few years of your meditative practice.

There is no such thing as completion. These are only stages in an endless progression. There are no final outcomes or decisions, since nothing ever stays the same.

Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse.