Mike Reid

“The villainous sun and the starved bank did not seem related—yet.”
― Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

“The bordos and the Six Realms are the testing grounds for the mind of the deceased. It gives the consciousness that has been liberated from the physical body another chance to realize its essential nature. If this realization does not occur, the consciousness will resume its journey through the bardos. It will be reborn in one of the Six Realms and continue the karmic cycle until it discovers this truth.  Until then, the self-imposed limitations of sentient beings will prevent the Buddha’s guidance from liberating them.”
― Tibetan Yoga Academy, The Tibetan Book of the Dead - Bardo Thödol: Secrets of Life, Death, and Rebirth: Spiritual Guide To Tibetan Buddhist Practices–LiberationThrough Understanding Life, Death and Everything in Between!

“Since the Industrial Revolution, we’ve treated our world like it was a hotel room and we were rock stars. But we aren’t rock stars. In the scheme of evolutionary forces, we are a weak, fragile species. Our genome is corruptible, and we so abused this planet that we ultimately corrupted that precious DNA blueprint that makes us human.”
― Blake Crouch, Pines

“Surely, if we have learned nothing else, this war has taught us pity—pity for those witless souls that suffer our dominion.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds