The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level of existence.

In the process of self-discovery you will learn to be kind when you could be harsh. You will learn to forgive, mostly yourself. You will learn to be patient because you may have to wait quite a while to become that which you will eventually be.

People use ideas of non-duality as an escape from reality. It is very easy to say there is no winning and losing and justify the fact that you didn't do a very good job.

There is no future and there is no past, there never has been, there never will be. You just think there is. It's not life that moves; it's awareness.

The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma.

When I play sports, when I dance, when I teach mysticism, I cannot explain, even to myself, how I do what I do.

In Buddhism we meditate. We make our minds quiet by learning to focus on the chakras, release internal energy that we call kundalini, and bring ourselves into high states of consciousness.