Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was all there was.

Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of.

A great deal has been written about personal power by Carlos Casteneda, and I find his first four books valuable. Of the experiences themselves, who knows? But the principles that are presented are quite valuable for one who seeks power.

If you are truly wise, then you reflect the universe and you are relational in your approach to things. You are a mirror of infinity. That is wisdom.

They too wonder about the nature of existence, where they've come from and where they're going to and how much time they have.

It is always possible to get into a higher state of mind. The way you get into a higher state of mind is by generating good karma.

The dialectical change of mind that occurs in Buddhism is not simply the assimilation of a new philosophical basis or religious basis for viewing and interpreting experience. Rather it is the complete structural revision of that which is.