A Conspiracy Theory If life is but a dream, to what do we awake? The central premise of Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory, is the…
(includes audio) “How can you determine whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are…
“This was an airy and unplastered cabin, fit to entertain a travelling god, and where a goddess might trail her garments. The winds which…
“You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn…
“This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer is at once scene, actor, prompter, stage manager, author,…
A conversation between protagonist Larry Darrell and Somerset Maugham, author as himself, from The Razor’s Edge. Larry begins. “According to the Vedantists, the self,…
“I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” Lewis Carroll “Are there any lions or tigers about here?” asked…
“Things are entirely what they appear to be and behind them, there is nothing.” Jean-Paul Sartre Here’s a fun question: Does intelligence exist? If…
“All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle. There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snowstorm.…
“A point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its…
“I quite agree with you,” said the Duchess; “and the moral of that is – ‘Be what you would seem to be’ – or…
“I am not quite sure whether I am dreaming or remembering, whether I have lived my life or dreamed it. Just as dreams do,…
“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the…
(includes audio) “Granted, granted I’m a babbler, a harmless, irksome babbler, as we all are. But what’s to be done if the sole and…
“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside of them, not realizing on the contrary…
“Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.” Rainer Maria Rilke We’re…
“How can the coyote reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the roadrunner is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes…
“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.” George Bernard Shaw…
“What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it.” Ramana Maharshi One belief-based objection…
MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true…
“If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both its surfaces, as if…
“Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but…
How queer everything is today! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me…
“Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.” Rupert…
“We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different.” Kurt Vonnegut Thought is the great equalizer. Anyone who…
Fool and Wise Man, hand-in-hand, Set out to settle a flap. “There’s trouble ahead,” the Wise Man said, “So don your thinking cap!” At…
“The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few, is to be found in their industry, application, andperseverance under the promptings of a brave,…
“Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your…
“All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent…
“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it’s real because that’s…