Enlightenment is already there inside us and all things. All we have to do is get something out of the way that is causing us not to see that.

Some people are drawn to meditation without knowing why. Their inner being realizes that they've totally fouled up their life so far, and now it's just going to drag them to the local meditation hall.

In the beginning, when you are meditating, just ignore thought. Shine it on. Then after you are comfortable sitting there, try selectively eliminating negative thoughts, thoughts that agitate the mind.

As you sit in this light from week to week, you will transform and grow and develop. It washes away the samskaras, the past-life tendencies. It washes away the karmic tendencies from this life.

Someone who really wants to discover themselves has to be particularly careful about the use and abuse of power. But even your average human being just passing through another life has to be careful.

It is better to agree with a "wrong" idea than to press a "right" idea on other people.

Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges.