Buddhism leads you to the awareness that all things are holy. Everything is holy. The dark has its own light, in other words.

To become wise, meditate on the third eye, between the eyebrows and a little bit above. Focus on that spot, the Agni chakra.

You could use a flower, a candle flame, anything you want that's suggestive of beauty and eternality.

In the West people are basically oblivious to power, solstices, enlightenment and everything that matters.

In mysticism we have to take all the imprinting that has occurred to us and wash it. Then we need to be re-imprinted but in a different way. Without it, we don't survive.

The way our world is set up, a higher economic priority is given to things that bespeak a greater refinement. It is just a determination that was made, to make money.

Focus on the heart center and feel love. There is a flower there, but it's like a rose folded up. As you meditate, feel that the flower is opening. Each time you open a set of petals you're going deeper into eternal awareness.