When society is not equipped to hold an accurate mirror up to you, you end up interpreting your reflection according to available lenses, structures, and terminology. But they’re often wrong and misleading, or, worse, harmful.
“That’s the key”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
“the great Czech psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, ‘The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual’s way of being in the world.”
― The Secret of Secrets
― The Secret of Secrets
“death is, quite possibly, an illusion…that our consciousness survives physical death and lives on. If this is true, and if we can prove it, then within several generations, the human mind will function under an entirely different premise—the belief that death is not so terrifying after all…”
― The Secret of Secrets
― The Secret of Secrets
“Normal is profoundly overrated.”
― The Secret of Secrets
― The Secret of Secrets
“Timor mortis est pater religionis, Langdon mused, recalling the ancient saying made famous by Upton Sinclair. Fear of death is the father of religion.”
― The Secret of Secrets
― The Secret of Secrets
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