"The first part of the spiritual journey should properly be called psychological rather than spiritual because it involves peeling away the myths and illusions that have misinformed us."

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Source : Sam Keen (1995). “Hymns to an unknown God: awakening the spirit in everyday life”, Bantam

Sam Keen

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“Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie.”

Source : Siri Hustvedt (2010). “The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves”, p.137, Macmillan
“(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.”

Source : Kevin Henkes (2013). “Bird Lake Moon”, p.6, Harper Collins
“Warden Baggett, thank you so much. You have been so good to me. I love all of you very much. I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you.”
“It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war.”
“I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.”
“It is not about surpassing the masters who preceded us but more about opening new artistic vistas. It is about doing the things they didn't have a chance or the time to do.”

Source : Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25 2010.
“The brain happens to be a meat machine.”
“No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.”

Source : William S. Burroughs (2007). “Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader”, p.78, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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