“Reality cannot be explained by words, because it lies beyond the realms of the senses and the intellect,’ said the monk. ‘It can only be intuitively experienced. When the rational mind is quietened, the intuitive mind awakes.”
― Keepers of the Kalachakra
― Keepers of the Kalachakra
“A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obliges people to realise some possibilities while forbidding others.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“We are not rational creatures who feel; we are emotional creatures who rationalize.”
― My Gita
― My Gita
“Like animals that seek food for their survival, humans yearn for meaning for their sanity: what is our value, our purpose and our identity in this world?”
― My Gita
― My Gita
“Sapiens can cooperate in extremely flexible ways with countless numbers of strangers. That’s why Sapiens rule the world, whereas ants eat our leftovers and chimps are locked up in zoos and research laboratories.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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