Christianity is in its nature revolutionary
Happiness is something that you don't postpone. If you are postponing happiness - it is something you will probably never experience much of.
The balance and patience factors are much more critical in surfing than they are in snowboarding. . . if you're out surfing serious waves and you wipe out, you don't land on soft snow. It's usually either very sharp coral, or you get raked across the beach gravel and sand while you're tumbling underwater.
As the kundalini energy increases, as the energy of the psyche becomes more pronounced, which it does as thought becomes eclipsed by silence, all the variant mind states burn away.
Energy is gained by giving energy. When we give energy, we gain energy. This is different than having someone manipulate you and take your energy.
The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time -- a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.
Samadhi is not going to take away your humanity. It will give it to you. You will become more cosmopolitan, more conscious, and more infinite.
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out.
The biggest thing I did was that I used to go to the library. I fed my mind every day.
There are always going to be encounters that you kind of wish went differently. But the average fan really isn't fanatical.