Religion Is The Call To Confront Reality;

The Word Translated, Koan, It Means A Problem. But It's A Very Special Problem. And To Strip It Down To The Way It Works, You Are Given A Problem Which Has No Rational Solution. There Is A Contradiction Built Into It. One Standard - One Is This Is The Sound Of Two Hands Clapping. What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping? And So On. All Right, So The First Thing Is That It Brings Your Rational Mind To An Impasse.

Poetry Is A Special Use Of Language That Opens Onto The Real. The Business Of The Poet Is Truth Telling, Which Is Why In The Celtic Tradition No One Could Be A Teacher Unless He Or She Was A Poet.

When There Are Miles To Go Before We Sleep, Altered Traits Are More Important Than Altered States.

Love Is The Movement Within Life That Carries Us, That Enables Us, That Causes Us To Break Out Of What Alan Watts Calls The “skin-encapsulated Ego.” Without Love, We Are Self-centered, But Love Enables Us To Move The Center Of Our Lives Outside Our Ego. Therefore It Expands Our Lives And, Needless To Say, Enriches It. Any Human Being Would Give Anything To Love Or Be Loved. When It Really Happens, It Is Like Heaven On Earth.

...the Only Thing That Continues Is The Consequences Of Our Action.