It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt

If you are ready to wake up, you are going to wake up. If you're not you are going to stay pretending that you are just a poor little me.

Our normal sense of the person as a lonely island of consciousness, is a dramatic illusion based on theological imagery.

Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it.

A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.

Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.