Nick Reynolds

“Mystics from all traditions have the common aim of cultivating wakefulness, while the common aim of all mainstream religions is to offer consolation and psychological support. To use a medical analogy, while mystics try to heal themselves (that is, to transcend sleep), conventionally religious people simply try to manage the symptoms. Near-death”
― Steve Taylor, The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

“To use a medical analogy, while mystics try to heal themselves (that is, to transcend sleep), conventionally religious people simply try to manage the symptoms. Near-death”
― Steve Taylor, The Leap: The Psychology of Spiritual Awakening

“Teach only love for that is what you are.”
― Helen Schucman