In samadhi, in the highest form of meditation, the same thing happens: the mind stops functioning... but you are conscious. That is the only difference, but the difference that makes the difference. One is fully alert, luminous. One is there witnessing, watching, but there is no cloud of thought. The sky is utterly empty: as far as you can see you cannot see any content.

Don't cling to anything. Clinging is the cause of our being unconscious.

Laughter is such a healthy exercise. Somebody is laughing - that's perfectly good exercise, join him. Somebody is being playful - if you have time, join him.

Seeing means that you don't condemn fear as bad from the very beginnings

Only silence communicates the truth as it is.

The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.

Freedom is not to be destroyed in the name of love. Freedom is a far higher value than your so-called love.