Torture is abominable, things like ripping out someone's nails, or burning someone with a blowtorch. And those who practice it feel a certain power b….
The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderst….
I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy..
I complete what I start..
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all rig….
We have learned nothing..
Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing..
The pursuit of enlightenment is for the purpose of the world, not merely for the purpose of the individual. Practices for enlightenment must lead to ….
The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but….
The headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be..
The love of every single one of my lives..
The State practices "violence," the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence "law"; that of the individ….
When we practice dying, we are learning to identify less with Ego and more with Soul.
The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything..
Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices….
I'm a micro-celebrity, about as small a celebrity as you can be..
Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing..
Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life..
If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to f….
Everything that's old is new, and everything that's new is old..
The more things you own, the more they own you..