Success and failure are terrible traps.

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

In advanced practice there is a sense of commitment to the study. It is happy; it's never forced. It is a natural evolutionary process of an evolved being.

Happiness is something that comes from creating good karma. The monk who feels that what they are doing is unpleasant is not really creating any good karma and will not have a better lifetime.

The kundalini is the energy that opens up the bands of perception. It is also the power that allows us to travel mentally from one dimension to another, from one experience to another.

We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

There are thousands of lesser chakras. Chakras are doorways to other worlds. When you focus on them, you step into something else.