None of this has ever been or will ever be; all is an appearance, all is an illusion. Illusions are truth. All illusions are real. We say illusion, meaning that they're shadows.

No one's lazy. What we would call the laziest person on earth expends a tremendous amount of energy to not do things.

At the time of death, whatever you have focused on the most will determine your next life.

If the world does not shine brightly, even just the physical, sensual perception after meditation, you have not meditated. You have sat and thought of things that were not real.

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

As we slam you with more and more devastating blows of the nagual, at the same time, we strengthen and clear the tonal so that it can easily withstand them - so there is no loss in continuity of consciousness.

The Zen master walks in his garden, alone. There is no traffic there. There is no shopping there. There are only the flowers.