What makes us happy is to have a spiritual experience ... that experience of ecstasy in the deepest meditation; that's happiness.

Advanced yoga is not withdrawal from the world. That's a preliminary state.

In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them.

The mystical kundalini is very different. It is a much more intense transformative energy which, when used, allows a person to make tremendous spiritual leaps in a short period of time.

People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing and justify the fact that you didn't do a very good job.

If you'd like to have a better incarnation, then have one now. If that's your attitude, just let go and meditate and try to be as wise and compassionate, as understanding as you can.

At these crossover points, there are a lot of beings, nonphysical beings that cross over back and forth constantly.