There are billions of people out there walking around and they don't meditate. You can tell. They are not having a good time with their lives. People are not happy.

When you meditate deeply, you will see beyond life and death. You will see that you can't die and you can't be reborn. You are existence itself.

No lifetime is a loss if you've leaned something, because that learning stays with you. There is no such thing as a wasted life, if you have learned.

I have seen people who practice yoga and Buddhism who are scared to death of the sorcery powers of others. This is absurd.

If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.

The teaching process becomes most interesting for spiritual seekers once they've managed to hit the lower samadhis. However at that point many seekers become very egotistical.

As you study computer science you develop this wonderful mental acumen, particularly with relational databases, systems analysis, and artificial intelligence.