Storytelling

Our personal history emerges from the present moment. The retelling of own stories will reveal whether or not we were sleepwalking through life or fully aware of the adventure.

“You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.” ― Thomas Merton

Battering Ram

Marketers use the television as a battering ram in order to beat down the door to the subconscious mind. Once they gain access, they undermine the superego and exploit the hedonistic forces of the id for profit and gain.

The result is an inner emptiness and a spiritual desolation that will turn the human psyche into a devil's playground.

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
                                                                                                         ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

Cultivation

It is not that talent is rare in ordinary people, but that it is rare for ordinary people to cultivate talent.

Sudden Realization

If you cannot get along without hope then hope that you will realize the true meaning of your existence.

Fuel for Thought

Indignation fuels my criticism of American culture for no society murders the potential of her children with such alacrity and leads them astray.

The Wanderer

Stop your wandering, look penetratingly into your inherent nature, concentrate your spiritual energy, sit in zazen, and break through.--Bassui's Zen

It's a Fact of Life

The meaning of our lives lies not in the biography of our existence, but in the fact of our existence.