In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference between them.

When there is no thought in the mind, no thought of thought, when the mind is quiet but fully alert, we experience a little bit of enlightenment.

When you change your state of mind, your whole life changes, nothing remains the same. Nothing looks the same, because you have changed.

For most people this is not a conscious process, it's an inner pull that takes place, that simply draws them there.

It is necessary to bring our life in order, to examine each thing, and ask ourselves if it is bringing power into our life or if it is draining us. Ask yourself, is your life taking power from you or adding power to you?

For years we practice meditation, like any art, and we get better at it each day. In the beginning it's just enough for us to sit down and focus our attention.

The essence of your awareness field definitely goes on after death. It goes through death, it goes into non-physical states for a time, and then eventually is pulled back and it reincarnates.