The astral is the supporting ground for the physical dimension.

Meditation is when we go beyond incarnation, beyond all cycles, to immortality, to something that is not transient.

Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts

At an early age I found the world a very natural place to be. I was always in a meditative consciousness as a child, which children are.

The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.

A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.

When you live in a psychic state of mind, you are happy. You don't have to do anything. Life is always beautiful, but we don't see it when we enter into lower states of mind that are, in effect, cloudy.