You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple.

It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.

It is only when we are by ourselves that we can know others. When we are with other human beings we are distracted. People try and dream us into their dreams.

There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's a lot of risk in the world of enlightenment.

Meditation is wondering. It is both wondering and wonder.

It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.

Illusions are shadows moving endlessly across the ground. The shadows are quite real but they're shadows. They have very little substance.