The world won't necessarily change but your understanding of it will, and therefore the world will change. Your attention will no longer be confined to the physical body and the physical world.

The danger in mysticism is that you push yourself too far into the nagual too soon. This is obsession.

In Zen we have no gurus.

Now, stopping thought is only the beginning. As Brahmananda, who was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, once remarked: The inner life begins with samadhi. This is an awesome thought, I realize, for the average person who meditates, that it could begin with samadhi.

There are a lot of human beings out there who are very hostile towards anything that rocks their perceptual boat.

It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of the city.

You work many hours. It is the major activity of your life. You can lose a lot of energy or gain a lot of energy from it. Put your full attention into it and do a good job, because it is part of your impeccability.