The price of witnessing the grandeur of the Great Mystery is the sacrifice of one’s ego.
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Human Condition
"I shouldn't have relied on the decency of people. But damned if that isn't a lesson I'm loathe to learn."
"Sacred ground. No one was touching anyone. But the point hovered aloft in the air, polluting the pure singularity of purpose intrinsic to the act of prayer."
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"After all, how well would know ourselves if we weren't tested?"
If someone poses an immanent threat, you kill them! A whole lot! You kill them until their dead, then kill them some more!
And the steel mesh fell away, along with the room, leaving her growling, the quick rhythm and depth of it like claws ascending chakras. Then she spoke to me.
From the TEDx talk to interviews and even the cover of the comic books you may have ordered, this sonofabitch is scattered like glitter at a strip club.
"It can be my own private place, where every cigarette is a middle finger to a species more focused on self interest than the betterment of the world that made them. So I’d say about a pack a day."
"I know it seems callous. That’s because it is. One giant callous. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, excellent! You’ve just won the human lottery! "
Many people suffer from one or more of these issues. I'm a bipolar writer and war veteran with PTSD, who was also a bartender. That's 4 red flags at once. When I realized I had a problem, it still took two years...
"When I find this guy, I'm not going to hit him with a fist, I'm going to backhand him, slap him, then pull him close to let him know why. And I'll be smiling Cheshire while I'm doing it."