The practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it's perfect meditation. It's really that simple.

In lower levels things are dark, gray, experiences are shallow. You become alienated from those around you.

My teacher knew that I always had a girlfriend. For some reason, he never said anything to me about it.

A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part of their life.

There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is wisdom. That is a sign of a lack of wisdom.

You don't need to be able to absorb a tremendous amount of the mystical kundalini to realize God.

I would recommend, initially, if you are trying to increase your personal power level, to meditate on the navel center, not the lower two.