Why should the peculiarities of human consciousness be the narrow standard by which other creatures are judged?

With no surroundings there can be no path, and with no path one cannot become free.

What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that's like wanting to clean up your dreams

stay together learn the flowers go light

Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you could split them up into different groups. And then, when we went out on tour and they [the record companies] would see us all up there together - we had five, six guitars playing at one time, not including the bass! -, they said: "Wait a minute, that's just one whole group, selling different names!" But it wasn't - we had enough people in the group that each member would have a section to be another group. So now we're finally starting to get them to understand that.

My Grandmother standing wordless fifteen minutes Between rows of loganberries, clippers poised in her hand.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.