I explored alternate states of consciousness at one period of my life through psychedelics, as was the fashion with all my friends.

A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?

Lao Tsu says the way of life is water, to be fluid.

You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have had it with the human world.

Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach everything backwards or inside out.

Move beyond the limited parameters that most human beings have and realize that there are thousands and millions of worlds beyond this world.

The Network of Enlightenment watches over a world and guides it, tenderly. Not interfering in its natural course of evolution is our way.