I'll Put It To You This Way:

Our Self-expression Is Meant To Be A Manifestation Of The Silence Of Our Hearts.

By Cutting Ourselves Off From The Rest Of Creation, We Are Left Bereft Of Awe And Wonder And Therefore Of Reverence And Gratitude. We Violate Our Very Beings, And We Have Nothing But Trivia To Teach Our Young.

The Prophets Preach . . . That Pleasure, Not Will-power And Coercion, Is How You Most Deeply Transform People.

Healthy Mysticism Praises Acts Of Letting Go, Of Being Emptied, Of Getting In Touch With The Space Inside And Expanding This Until It Merges With The Space Outside. Space Meeting Space; Empty Pouring Into Empty. Births Happen From That Encounter With Emptiness, Nothingness. . . . Let Us Not Fight Emptiness And Nothingness, But Allow It To Penetrate Us Even As We Penetrate It.

Humor And Paradox Are Often The Only Ways To Respond To Life's Sorrow With Grace.