The surface personality is only the beginning of what we are. So as we meditate, we still that surface personality, we can see beyond it, and we see that we encompass multitudes.

The three principal samskaras have to do with sex, money and power. In all those countless incarnations that one goes through in the religious practice, the avoidance is tremendous. We brand those things as evil.

We see a lot of people who decide to go out and teach meditation. They become so wrapped up in it that they stop progressing themselves and they really don't have that much more to teach.

When you become angry at someone, your anger will actually have a power. You can hit somebody in a non-physical way and it can injure that being.

You are not what you seem to be. You are one of God's endless dreams in search of wakefulness. Meditation is wakefulness.

I never considered myself to be special. If anything, I considered myself to be awkward, and still do sometimes.

As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal mind. You will love more and be kinder to those around you.