Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state of mind in which you begin.

If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring.

There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to do so if the people are sincere.

What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is a state of no mind, beyond the ten thousand states of mind, where there is nothing but perfection, where the self no longer exists...the ego dissolves into immortality.

Something in you wants to go beyond, wants to be free from this endless round of perception. Enlightenment is that.

A great deal has been written about personal power by Carlos Casteneda, and I find his first four books valuable. Of the experiences themselves, who knows? But the principles that are presented are quite valuable for one who seeks power.