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A wonderful variation of shadow work... loving the reality-shifting perspectives it offers and very practical stances one can take with the ups & downs of your own psychology

A koan is a kind of technology, a hack for the mind. It strips our opinions and views away. Unlike some other technologies, koans don't work in a linear fashion. They surprise you by transcending the terms on which you took them up. They draw you into a different way of seeing and experiencing your world.

"Infected by the genius of the artist, the audience recovers their own genius, becoming beginners with nothing but possibility ahead of them."

"Deviancy is the very essence of culture. Whoever merely follows the script, merely repeating the past, is culturally impoverished."

frodo: "but in the meantime what course am I to take?" gandalf: "towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight"

Under the watercress stones in the clear flowage cluttered with periwinkles. A salamander, troutspeckled. Leaning to suck the cold and mossy water. A rimpled child's face watching back, a watery isomer agoggle in the rings.

"But compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us."

"We're awakening to the irony of seeking out shampoo that's not tested on animals while at the same time (and many times a day) buying meat that's produced in profoundly cruel systems."

moved by this amazing book to become vegetarian again ... probably vegan at some point too ... the state of meat production today has really deteriorated and there's no real justification for participating in the animal-for-food industry anymore ... it's corrupt, unsustainable, and just plain bad for ya