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“The dying sun will glow on you without burning, as it has done today. The wind will be soft and mellow and your hilltop will tremble. As you reach the end of your dance you will look at the sun, for you will never see it again in waking or in dreaming, and then your death will point to the south. To the vastness.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan

“In the infinite dark cosmos, a tiny ball called Earth is floating. Its surface is occupied by even tinier creatures called 'human beings', who wear fancy clothes and speak big words."---Shunya

"Earth is a place where language has literally become alive. Language has infested matter; it is replicating and defining and building itself. And it is in us."---Terence McKenna

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."----Douglas Adams

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“All emotions stem from beliefs. You can't feel something without believing something to be true first.”
― Bashar

Three moons arose over the cornfields that night while everyone slept. It was the dawning of a new era-- the birth of a new religion.

Everyone has some special gift. Some can dance really well in the rain while others can predict falling stars. Some attract randomly passing insects while others can see in the dark with their eyes shut. Find your gift!

The greatest gift of language was in awakening us to a noumenal realm without words--to a transcendent world that is here and now and yet innately beyond all description.

“The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, © run away from, and (d) rocks.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint is wet, and they have to touch it to be sure.”
—George Carlin

"What is best in life?

To crush your enemies. To see them driven before you. And to hear the lamentations of their women."

Conan the Barbarian