Only the yoke for the thousand necks is still lacking: the one goal is lacking. Humanity still has no goal.”1
“In 1875, when young Max Planck announced his interest in physics, the chairman of his physics department suggested he study something more exciting. Physics, he said, was just about complete: “All the important discoveries have already been made.”
― Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
― Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness
“As Robert Rabbin stated: Here it is, my opinion: existence, creation, the cosmos, whatever the hell you want to call this incomprehensible mystery in which we live and of which we are a part, this thing is so huge, so vast, so complex and multi-dimensional that no one, no one, not even the latest guru du jour, not any scientist, saint, or sage, not any writer or artist, not any one who ever lived at any time in any place — no one knows nor can say the whole truth of the whole thing. They can only say, Hey, I’ve got my hand on one cell of this enormo-gigan-tic beast of being and it feels like such and so.9”
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
“As a friend of mine put it, “Feeling that something is wrong with me is the invisible and toxic gas I am always breathing.” When we experience our lives through this lens of personal insufficiency, we are imprisoned in what I call the trance of unworthiness. Trapped in this trance, we are unable to perceive the truth of who we really are.”
― Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
― Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
“As Plotkin reminds, “Your soul is transpersonal and other because it is deeper and far more expansive than your conscious mind…. The soul is the sacred realm of our most heartfelt purposes, our unique meanings, and the ultimate significance of our individual lives.”
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are really princesses who are waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. RILKE Letters to a Young Poet”
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
― Red Hot and Holy: A Heretic's Love Story
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