| Age 1 |
Ice cream tastes good. |
| Age 9 |
Alcohol tastes bad. |
| Age 11 |
Altered states of consciousness exist. |
| Age 18 |
Humans are hardly the most powerful beings around. |
| Age 20 |
The FBI indirectly caused my father's death –
how far the tentacles of Big Brother extend! |
| Age 23 |
There's a healing alchemy to love. |
| Age 25 |
Observing a dead corpse closely is an excellent meditation &
chance to reflect on the fate of our own bodies. |
| Age 27 |
One of the most precious gifts you can give is trust. |
| Age 28 |
Falling in love is easy; staying in love takes disciplined work. |
| Age 48 |
For brief moments, we can be like gods. However, most of the time humans are so utterly blind and petty. |
| Age 36 |
Shopping is a form of voting: each time you purchase something you "vote" for it and help it manifest. |
| Age 38 |
After people are convinced their story is right, it's hard for them
to see alternatives. |
| Age 48 |
The whole notion of "self" is an invention: a useful myth, but nonetheless fiction. |
| Age 48 |
No human is infallible – to worship another as "enlightened" is idolatry. |
| Age 49 |
To be human means to negotiate with many selves on many levels – it's
often tough and we seldom do it perfectly. |
| Age 51 |
Even after a person passes away, if you remember their love they're still
with you. |
| Age 52 |
It's better to understand your enemies than to condemn them. |
| Age 55 |
Too much intellectualization cuts us off from direct experience. |
| Age 56 |
There's still have so much to learn . . . |
