Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have.

I think there is a tendency for people to become more isolated as they move along a spiritual path. With more development, people get more isolated. Also, as they have more wealth, they get more isolated.

When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.

Initially, you have to live a period where you are developing your attitude. I would consider that a meditation: determining what you want to do. You have a period where you meditate and you get the strength.

Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.

Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.