We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

You come back to the beginning. That's why in the "Searching for the Ox" sequence, at the very end of that sequence of the Zen paintings, we're back in the world again.

There is a time you can't turn it back. When a person is very destructive, when they hate you tremendously, you have to disassociate with them.

Yantras are specific designs that have a great deal of power in them, as do mantras, which are words of power. Yantras are designs of power that tap into other levels of attention. They remind us of things in other worlds.

The tantric path involves taking the mind and directing it beyond the senses.

Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when strong emotions strike, you will gain the ability to not be swayed by them.

If you go to a lower crossover point, a negative place of power, then the beings there are very unevolved, very demonic, crazy, lower than the people of this world.