When we use power to cause someone else not to succeed so that we can succeed, it slows our vibratory frequency. It slows us down. When we slow down we experience unhappiness.

Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.

Success will come about because you are in a higher state of mind. If you create good karma, then you will go into higher states of mind.

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.

Buddhism leads you to the awareness that all things are holy. Everything is holy. The dark has its own light, in other words.

The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on the marvel of your own being.

It is best to study from a teacher of ANY subject, as long as you focus on the teachings and NOT on the teacher. All of the real important answers to life's questions lie within your own mind.