Lost in my own thoughts and in the thoughts of others, I now share these with you.
Who is to say what magic is?
-Jimmy Stewart in Bell, Book and Candle
If the doors of perception were cleansed,
everything would appear to men as it is, infinite.
-William Blake, the Marriage of Heaven and Hell
The only devils in the world are those running in our own hearts;
that is where the battle should be fought.
-Ghandi
Where shall we get religion? Beneath the open sky,
The sphere of crystal silence surcharged with diety...
The midnight earth sends incense up, sweet with the breath of prayer-
Go out beneath the naked sky and get religion there.
-Sam Walter Foss, Nature and Religion
The doorway of the Mysterious Feminine
is the base from which Heaven and Earth spring.
It is there within us all the while.
Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry.
-Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do we constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do we keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on my first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
