The spine should be empty so that energy moves up and down. I always felt this way as a child.

I call children "our ultimate investment."

Ignorance, according to the Buddha, is our basic difficulty. Psychedelics and the process of aging make that clear to me all the time.

I have seen several deaths, too many deaths in my life, and they were all different. Each one was different. It didn't seem to be necessarily connected with the life of the person. Some people that were not particularly developed or outstanding or spiritual died very easily. Some other people were on a very high level and had a difficult time in dying.

Everything has to come through the senses, as though the soul is speaking out through the senses.

The way that the soul is expressed now, and the only way it expresses itself in this age, is through the senses.

You would think that as you get older you would be more disciplined. As I get older I get less disciplined. I just play around!