Traditions cannot themselves, simply with their own powers, do what needs to be done. These earlier experiences and accomplishments were dealing with other issues, providing guidance for different worlds than the world of the early twenty-first century.

Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.

We might sometimes reflect and recall that the purpose of all our science, technology, industry, manufacturing, commerce, and finance is celebration, planetary celebration. This is what moves the stars through the heavens and the earth through its seasons. The final norm of judgment concerning the success or failure of our technologies is the extent to which they enable us to participate more fully in this grand festival.

Diversity is the magic. It is the first manifestation, the first beginning of the differentiation of a thing and of simple identity. The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.

We will go into the future as a single sacred community, or we will all perish in the desert.

The universe is the primary revelation of the divine, the primary scripture, the primary locus of divine-human communication.

Survival in any meaningful sense is the key issue of our time