I seemed to be leading a very incongruous life from the point of view of the definition of the community I was in.

You might wish to try Kali's mantra. Kali is another celestial being. She offers very fast spiritual progress through intensity. Her mantra is "Kring!" When you chant Kring, chant it very intensely and sharply. Only chant Kring when you are in a high meditation.

There wasn't a single day in which the world was created. It's created anew at every moment. The structures of eternity are completely fluid but they are bound together by the mind forming a nexus point so reality comes into being.

Just to exist, just to be, to take a breath, to feel that, whether its pleasure or pain, loss or gain, just your experience in life is unique to you. No one sees life like you do.

What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power over us.

I learned about the benefits and the vast limitations of such types of exploration, as did all my generation.

Nirvana is outside the fun house. You are walking around in the fun house forever.