When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states.

...primal people see the objects of this world not (or not only) as solid but as open windows to their divine source.

The word translated, koan, it means a problem. But it's a very special problem. And to strip it down to the way it works, you are given a problem which has no rational solution. There is a contradiction built into it. One standard - one is this is the sound of two hands clapping. What is the sound of one hand clapping? And so on. All right, so the first thing is that it brings your rational mind to an impasse.

We are born in mystery, we live in mystery, and we die in mystery.

I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know.

...the single destination of sanctity could admit of so many different avenues leading to it.

We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees and feels one is the other.