When There Are Miles To Go Before

Ancient Wisdom And Quantum Physicists Make Unlikely Bedfellows: In Quantum Mechanics The Observer Determines (or Even Brings Into Being) What Is Observed, And So, Too, For The Tiwis, Who Dissolve The Distinction Between Themselves And The Cosmos. In Quantum Physics, Subatomic Particles Influence Each Other From A Distance, And This Tallies With The Aboriginal View, In Which People, Animals, Rocks, And Trees All Weave Together In The Same Interwoven Fabric.

I Would Not Say That Ethical Behavior Is Not Possible For The Atheist Or Agnostic. It Is. A Couple Of Pretty Good Examples Are Bertrand Russell And Jean-paul Sartre. However, I Will Have To Say That If We Take The Human Lot As A Whole, These Two Men Must Be Seen As Exceptions.

I Think It Matters Almost Infinitely That We Practice One Of The Authentic Religions. But If You Mean Does It Make Any Difference Which. The Answer Is No, As Long As Each Is Followed With Equal Intensity, Sincerity, Dedication.

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.

The Sufis Say There Are Three Ways To Know Fire - By Hearing It Described, By Seeing It, Or By Being Burned.