It is always possible to get into a higher state of mind. The way you get into a higher state of mind is by generating good karma.
The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.
Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does.
If you ever care about things, that means they have power over you.
As we hate ourselves less, we tend to hate other people less too.
We live in a world filled with automobiles, highways of the mind, urban disasters, billions of people living on a tiny planet, sharing the diminishing natural resources of the earth.