Meditation is a process of liquefying the self temporarily and then allowing the self to rebind. The ice melts and then it comes back again.

In Buddhism we don't really believe in sin and salvation as Westerners would define them. We believe in the limitless possibilities of the present and of future moments.

In the training process, the teacher addresses two sides of your being. One is the tonal and one is the nagual.

Sensitivity is a too-way street. When you are sensitive you can feel and appreciate, but you can also be injured more easily.

If you are going to experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, it is not just going to be a phrase. You've got to work during meditation. So back to the navel center!

My problem with L. A. was that I could see the air I was breathing, I don't particularly like crowds, and I was much better at snowboarding than I was at surfing.

It is quite possible to speed up the healing process to the part of the body that is injured. This all has to do with the release of chi.