No responsible person spanks himself.
Civilisation requires compromises. In exchange for comfort, we lost our reason for being here.
Spirituality is either magic or it is ignorance. Ignorance demonstrably exists in this world; why is anything else needed?
The dreaming world is full of creatures that are self-delusional, reckless and wilful. Like you.
Not all sentient dream characters are nice. But they do obey the rules.
If zen is the enemy, what are we fighting for?
Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because they are self-modifying, they are to be taken more seriously than your waking experiences.
This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.
Making decisions is easy. Building the scaffolding for decision-making is hard.
It is possible for people like me to stumble into a heaven. But it is hard for them to stay.