“May I be free from danger. May I be free from mental suffering. May I be free from physical suffering. May I have ease of well-being. The idea is to wish these states first to yourself, then to an ever-widening circle of people: loved ones, acquaintances, the difficult people in your life, and then finally to all beings.”
― Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
― Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
“The line between insanity and mysticism is thin; the line between reality and unreality is thin. Liminality as a spiritual concept is all about the porousness of boundaries.”
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
― The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
“In fact, we have lost touch so badly that we often feel a kind of loathing for genuine 'living live,' and hence cannot endure being reminded of it. We've reached a point where we virtually regard 'living life' as hard labor, almost servitude and we all agree in private that it's much better 'according to books.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“One of the consequences of surviving schizophrenia for fifty years is that sooner or later, the cure becomes as damaging as the disease.”
― Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
― Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
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