Some have declared that it lies within our choice to gaze continually upon a world of equal or even greater wonder and beauty. It is said by these that the experiments of the alchemists of the Dark Ages…are, in fact, related, not to the
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“Human beings cannot live without challenge. We cannot live without meaning. Everything ever achieved we owe to this inexplicable urge to reach beyond our grasp, do the impossible, know the unknown. The Upanishads would say this urge is part of our evolutionary heritage, given to us for the ultimate adventure: to discover for certain who we are, what the universe is, and what is the significance of the brief drama of life and death we play out against the backdrop of eternity.”
― The Upanishads
― The Upanishads
“Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing.' Between the two, my life flows.”
― I Am That
― I Am That
“The larger the soul the greater the suffering. From suffering comes beauty.”
― My Mysterious Son: A Life-Changing Passage Between Schizophrenia and Shamanism
― My Mysterious Son: A Life-Changing Passage Between Schizophrenia and Shamanism
“Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“Aristotle said29 that "the greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others; and it is also a sign of genius, since a good metaphor implies an intuitive perception of similarity in dissimilars.”
― Embodiment: Creative Imagination in Medicine, Art and Travel
― Embodiment: Creative Imagination in Medicine, Art and Travel
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