The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be harder for people to work in teams, more difficult for people here to live in harmony, in a monastery.

In meditation, when your mind becomes perfectly still and calm, you will experience the golden light of eternity.

You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy affects everyone on the whole planet, in subtle ways, perhaps, but it does.

If you have the sense of participation in sports or athletics, of being a player, then you are not really into the Zen mind. In Zen mind there is no sense of self in the play.

Learn the motions of infinity within your mind. Your mind becomes a perfect mirror to the motions of infinity.

There are physical karmas. They are reactions and results from actions. But those are bound to a particular lifetime.

Mysteries are not riddles. Mysteries are places to go with your mind. You go into mysteries.