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.

When our power level is down sufficiently, we die.

The purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved.

Don Juan speaks of the island of the tonal as something that's in the middle of the ocean ... the nagual.

Tantric Zen, and the people who practice it, of course, make some people feel extremely uncomfortable.

When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is another matter. I don't feel that's really up to us. That happens at a certain time when our being has gone through countless changes and refinements.