So I made the standard deal with the universe. If you want the book written, lay it out in front of me and I’ll write it. I’m not going to chase it, I’m not going to struggle to come up with stuff to write about. That would be artificial and egoic.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. Aldous Huxley

When you reach the top, keep climbing. Zen proverb

What is the greatest thing ye can experience? It is the hour of great contempt. The hour in which even your happiness becometh loathsome unto you, and so also your reason and virtue. Friedrich Nietzsche

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates

‘In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.’ That’s an eyes-open statement. It’s not his world that’s different, it’s him; his undistorted, unfiltered perspective. He has removed the artificial barrier of ego from the perceiver-perception-perceived union and so the three become one and perfection is the certain result.”

To surrender is to relinquish the illusion of control, which initiates the death part of the death/rebirth process, which is the transition from the bondage of the womb-like Segregated State to the freedom of the ever-expanding Integrated State. No faith or belief is required to accomplish this act of surrender, only clear-seeing. When one begins

Sad to say, but yes, I enjoyed having my nose rubbed in my own shit, and yes, I think it’s a pre-requisite for any form of growth in life. Man is a self-fertilizing animal. We rise up out of our own shit, or not at all.

We don’t want to awaken from the dream; we want to dream that we are awake.