In mysticism, there's more of a sense of adventure, of camaraderie.

You are down in the valley and the valley is filled with smog. You can't see too well. When we meditate, we are going beyond the smog to the top of the mountain.

The kundalini is so strong you must have a strong phsyical body.

You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.

You can summon up power from past lives and bring them into this life. That can give you a boost into the next state of mind or further up.

Most people are fragile. They're fragile in the sense that they're afraid of the unknown, so they cling to each other. They cling to families, traditions, ways of seeing life that protect them from the immensity of the unknown

I have found that meditation has helped me with my academic career and has given me insights into musical composition and software design.