Of all the phenomena we seek to understand, we are the
most phenomenal. And the least understood


Ideas which are merely articulated, but not internalized, are
ideas that are not lived. And ideas that are not lived makes of
us pretenders


The first principle of learning is curiosity. The second is teachableness. Lacking the first one becomes a mere depository. Lacking the second one can become rigidly opinionated, thus blinded to a new and different kind of evidence


One of the most insidious fallacies we must unlearn is the
notion that we are by nature permanently depraved and cannot change or rise to higher levels of being


To live what we desire to become and not merely articulate what
we know is living the authentic life


Getting hit in the head with a rock will get our attention.
But, is it necessary


When, and if, you change, you are not changing who you are,
you are becoming more of who you are


The practice of sex in our world is an inept expression of
an insufficient consciousness. People know how to do it,
and they do it often; indeed they seem to be addicted to it,
but they know virtually nothing of its meaning


We need to develop a philosophy of sex, not just knowledge
about it