I too have experienced the extreme pain of living, but I have also experienced some of its remarkable ecstasy.

To become wise, meditate on the third eye, between the eyebrows and a little bit above. Focus on that spot, the Agni chakra.

Life has no meaning. It doesn't need a meaning. A meaning is an arbitrary thought formulation that we affix to it because we are in the mood. Life is its own raison d'etre.

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.

Anything that you might want to be is around somewhere. You can become it. You just have to get into the state of mind that allows that to occur.

Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.

Male and female are the first things we learn because they represent the polarity of existence.