Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind.

Your state of mind dominates your awareness to such an extent that you can't conceive of any other state of mind other than the state of mind that you're in.

His second cycle of teachings discusses the cosmology of the universes. But in his later years, he wrote the tantric texts.

The souls now incarnating are power souls. It is a dark age. To incarnate now one needs psychic self-defense.

There is another kind of wisdom, the wisdom of following - the wisdom of not taking the lead with your ego.

Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding.

Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control.