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“The root cause, simply put, is globalization, and the resulting monopolization of wealth by a global elite.”
― Paul Mason, Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions

“Man’s mastery over nature, then, is a mastery which has less and less control over itself. . . . A world where techniques are paramount is a world given over to desire and fear; because every technique is there to serve some desire or fear.2 —Gabriel Marcel”
― Stephen Batchelor, The Faith to Doubt: Glimpses of Buddhist Uncertainty

“The function of the zazen and koan is to undo the system that contains them.”
― Ray Grigg, Tao of Zen

“The situation demands effort but thwarts trying.”
― Ray Grigg, Tao of Zen