In Hindu philosophy the whole creation is regarded as the Vishnu Lila, the play of Vishnu. Lila means dance or play. Also in Hindu philosophy, they call the world illusion; and in Latin the root of the word illusion is ludere, to play.

Courage is the goal of cowards.

Society is our extended mind and body.

Spiritual awakening is the difficult process whereby the increasing realisation that everything is as wrong as it can be flips suddenly into the realisation that everything is as right is it can be. Or better, everything is as It as it can be.

Just as the ocean is waving so each one of us is a waving of the whole cosmos, the entire works, all there is.

Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic inseparability from the whole universe, and what that requires is that we shut up.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.