“Whenever a set of unusual circumstances is presented , it is in the nature of the human mind to analyze it until a rational pattern is encountered at some level . But it is quite conceivable that nature should present us with circumstances so deeply organized that our observational and logical errors would entirely mask the pattern to be identified . To the [ genuine ] scientist there is nothing new here .”
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“I think everything begins and ends with philosophy. Philosophy is not appreciated and is marginal now.”
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“That the divinities can do little for men, that man is fundamentally the artificer of his own destiny, even of his development beyond this world—this characteristic view held by original Buddhism demonstrates its difference from some later forms, especially the Mahayana schools, into which infiltrated the idea of a power on high busying itself with mankind in order to lead each individual to salvation.”
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
― The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist Texts
“Not by caste is one a pariah, not by caste is one a brahmana; by actions is one is one a pariah, by actions is one a brahmana.” –Suttanipata, 1.7.21”
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“In the absence of The King the Warrior becomes a mercenary, the Magician becomes a sophist (able to argue any position and believing in none), and the Lover becomes an addict.”
― King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
― King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
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