"We can think of ourselves spiritually as being somewhere on a continuum between one and zero. One is the full embodiment of the "I" separate from all things, and zero is emptiness and the unconditioned. Spiritual practice is supposed to move us from one to zero.

This continuum can also be thought of in terms of time, with zero abiding within the timeless and one firmly entrenched within the ideas of past and future."

Stepping out of self-deception - p. 215

"Spiritual practice is discerning the difference between the absolute reality and the mind's imposed reality."

Stepping out of self-deception - p. 183

"A espiritualidade é apenas a consciência da unidade com o todo."

Budismo: psicologia do autoconhecimento - p. 216