How do you know you were in samadhi? You know when your awareness returns to the plane of self and ideation that you have been beyond it.

There is a lot of opposition. You will experience it. But the joys that come from the study, more than compensate for the opposition, in my opinion. It's a personal choice.

Time is not a movement in space. Space is a movement in time.

In the universe, there is darkness and light. We call this duality. When you seek knowledge and power, there are forces and people that will oppose you.

The deeper inner teachings are presented to very few because few would understand them. The exoteric teachings are presented to many.

One function of the intellect is to catalog. But cataloging doesn't change anything. If we call it a rose, or by any other name, it still smells as sweet. The name doesn't really matter. It is convenient for us.

Computer science really involves the same mindset, particularly artificial intelligence.