Spirituality is a kind of virgin wisdom, a knowing that comes prior to experience.

...As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because scientists become attached to the old perspective earlier in their careers.

The difference between transformation by accident and transformation by a system is like the difference between lightning and a lamp. Both give illumination, but one is dangerous and unreliable, while the other is relatively safe, directed, available.

only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise our crippling belief system.

We cannot leave the trap until we know we are in it.

Many artists have said that when life itself becomes fully conscious, art as we know it will vanish.

Our biggest failure is our failure to see patterns.