If you could leave others with one bit of advice or words of wisdom, what would you have to share?

As people much smarter than I am have reminded us throughout the ages, the only life you have is what is taking place now. The past is gone and the future never quite arrives; it only becomes the present. Yet most of us are have our minds mired almost exclusively in the past or the future. Think about your happiest moments, and I bet they were times when you were totally immersed in the present – looking at a beautiful landscape or enjoying a movie or whatever. I’m beginning to think that’s what enlightenment is – just having the ability to exist fully in the moment. I’m working on that.

As we wrap up this interview, tell how we can learn more about your books, and future projects and how teachers and your fans can contact you.

Lately I’ve become more interested in landing film/TV rights for my books, and we’re getting some interesting nibbles in that regard. I think it would be fun to write (or at least help to write) screenplays based on my books. And, of course, I hope to write many more books, and I hope people continue to want to read them.

You can always reach me through my website. I love to hear from readers, so feel free. I do answer all my email. (Although to be completely truthful, I don’t answer the ones from the sons and daughters of the recently assassinated leaders of third-world countries who are trying to sneak money out of their countries and only need my bank account number so they can deposit their millions that we can then share.)