Every thing unique, every thing everchanging. Can't know every thing, but can know nothing. The essence of every thing....

When we know the world solely by what we see and hear, we're out of touch and can't tell whether something doesn't smell right....

Some things high, some things low. We live in a vertical world. In sleep and at death, all things equal; the world is horizontal....

Stars seem motionless, with no sense of time. Randomly dispersed, without rhythm or rhyme. Yet, constellations tell time far and near. Hour of night and month of year....

Nouns are photos. Verbs are movies. Nouns are an it. Verbs are the is. Nouns are created by our consciousness. Verbs are the experience of consciousness....

Why is accidentally seeing our spiritual guru sexually engaged with a disciple in a meditation room funny, but not when the disciple is our spouse?...

The goal in the material world is self-actualization, realizing one's potential; like a seed becoming a fruitful tree. The goal in the transcendental world is self-realization, realizing we are the eternal soul manifested as an infinite number of everchanging things. There are two paths to both self-actualization and self-realization: the institutional path and the self-discovering path. The institutional path in the material world starts with a formal education and continues as one develops in a corporate or governmental organization. The self-discovering path in the material world is going it alone by starting a business. The institutional path in the transcendental world is marked by religious texts, codes of conduct, collective rituals and individual practices under the guide of a guru or spiritual leader. The self-discovering path in the transcendental world is sitting still, observing, asking questions.   The institutional paths limit risk and reward. The self-discovering paths are limited by the self. There are many institutional paths but only one self-discovering path....