...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters.

But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering.

The power of memories and expectations is such that for most human beings, the past and the future are not as real, but rather more real than the present.

Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

It is obvious that the only interesting people are interested people, and to be completely interested is to have forgotten about "I".

But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

Your world is all these elements. Of light and sound, of taste, smell, and touch, woven together in many dimensions on the fabulous loom of your brain. Your brain; the most complicated thing in the world, which you yourself grew...without even thinking about it.