You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.

There are so many traps. There are so many opportunities. Life is a river and we take our boat and we go down it.

Lao Tsu always points a finger directly to us. He says we must begin with ourselves. It's impossible to bring order into the world unless we bring order into ourselves.

If you start picking up other people's impressions while you are meditating, then instead of clearing yourself, you are just going to completely glom yourself up to the point where there is no meditation.

I am a liberated teacher. A person who meditates with me, even though they may be thousands of miles away, will draw that light into them.

Intelligent martial arts is not getting in battles and winning them. Intelligent martial arts is avoiding battles because battles use up energy, and you can get hurt no matter who you are.

The mantra is a very preliminary exercise for the student to begin to grasp a sense of focus. When they are used by persons who have reached very high levels of attention, they can open up doorways to other worlds.