Frequently Asked Questions

First Education is the knowledge tradition. It focuses on facts and information.

Second Education is the wisdom tradition. It works on being (the inner Self) and empowers us.

We live in two worlds simultaneously: the outer world of people and objects and the inner world of thoughts and feelings.

The inner Self is our deepest nature, the core, and the source of our mind.

When the mind is still, the Self shines forth. The essence of meditation is to still the thought waves of the mind.

The traditional time for meditation is early morning.

By meditating every day you will become more and more sensitive to the tensions in your body. The first purpose of meditation is to become familiar with the inner world.

Mind is a fertile thought producing factory. Thought and feeling are inextricably linked.

When a thought arises in the mind it sets off a subtle chain reaction.

Thoughts create desire, desire creates action, action creates experience, and experience creates memory.

Meditation is not about beliefs. Meditation transcends the world of belief. It goes beyond the world of the mind. Meditation is about WHAT IS!

Self-inquiry is a classical means to investigate the inner world and to become the master of our self-talk.

Self-inquiry dissolves tensions and disharmonies.