"When all thatâ€™s left of us is the pure untainted consciousness without form, weâ€™ll know what it means when the last human breath expires."

-- Zeena Schreck

#Mean Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
“If you sincerely desire a truly well-rounded education, you must study the extremists, the obscure and "nutty." You need the balance! Your poor brain is already being impregnated with middle-of-the-road crap, twenty-four hours a day, no matter what. Network TV, newspapers, radio, magazines at the supermarket... even if you never watch, read, listen, or leave your house, even if you are deaf and blind, the telepathic pressure alone of the uncountable normals surrounding you will insure that you are automatically well-grounded in consensus reality.”
“Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no existence without the rites of friendship. Social rituals create a reality which would be nothing without them. It is not too much to say that ritual is more to society than words are to thought. For it is very possible to know something and then find words for it. But it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts.”

Source : "Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo".
“Protein synthesis is a central problem for the whole of biology, and that it is in all probability closely related to gene action.”
“I thrive on change. That's probably why my chord changes are weird, because chords depict emotions. They'll be going along on one key and I'll drop off a cliff, and suddenly they will go into a whole other key signature. That will drive some people crazy, but that's how my life is.”
“You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff”
“Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And He invites us all to forgive each other.”
“Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get you beggars to quit begging until a little faith moves in your souls.”

Source : John G. Lake (2009). “John G. Lake On Healing”, p.32, Whitaker House

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