We want to know what our self is. We are the sky. Our thoughts are the birds that come and go. You can enjoy the birds and their beauty, but it is the sky that lasts.

If you keep focusing, gradually thoughts will become quieter and quieter, gradually the images will disappear from the mind. What is happening is the kundalini energy begins to radiate and rise, it causes the mind to be quiet.

Nirvikalpa samadhi or sahaja samadhi is all the way up. You get above the cloud line to the land of eternal snows and it's ecstasy beyond ecstasy.

The trick is simply to avoid jerks. There are lots of them out there. Most people are unhappy.

The kundalini flows upward. It also flows downward in different ways. It is quite complex, actually.

Any of the exercises that you start out with will get the kundalini moving. You don't have to stay with them for the entire period of meditation.

Happiness does not mean that everything works out. Usually nothing works out, but you get a kick out of it anyway.