The popular prophets have underestimated how strange the truth can be. The human brain, that 'perfect instrument,' that 'fabulous electronic dance,' can be our open sesame to an infinitely richer life than we have believed possible. The fluent, liberating, creative, healing attributes of the altered states can be incorporated into consciousness. We are just beginning to realize that we can truly open the doors of perception and creep out of the cavern.

Many artists have said that when life itself becomes fully conscious, art as we know it will vanish.

An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles.

The beginning of personal transformation is absurdly easy. We have only to pay attention to the flow of attention itself.

The mind aware of itself is a pilot... vastly freer than a passenger mind.

Uncertainty is the necessary companion of all explorers.

Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.