At the umbilical region we actually network with people. Picture that you are cutting those cords to everyone you know. It doesn't mean you don't love them; you are just cutting down on the negative energy pickup from people.

What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power over us.

I meditated on my own for some time, read spiritual books, became a vegetarian and had incredible experiences every day, every meditation, where I was just thrown into the infinite - never realizing that other people didn't necessarily have those experiences in meditation that quickly.

Wisdom is something that seeks itself. The wiser you become the more you'd like to know.

The trick in life is to find out where you belong. Once you find out where you belong, you will be happy there.

When you are subjected to this light, depending on how strong the dose is, you will have two or three days in which you can make tremendous changes within your self, in the structure of your being.

If you act impetuously, it will be uncertain, and you'll know it. It just won't feel right. It is better to wait.