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“Our entire purpose is to solve the ultimate problems of existence. The task of the meditators and the mindfulness advocates is to flee from every problem, solve no problems, and become animals, devoid of consciousness, untroubled by judgment. They dream of living non-judgmentally in the moment. That’s what cows do. The message of Eastern mysticism and New Ageism is Become a Cow!”

“Suggestion is the greatest power in human culture. The sooner people understand that, the better. Let’s not bother teaching “mindfulness” to children in schools. Instead, let’s teach them the secrets of the mind, including the vast power of the subjective mind, and how it can be controlled by the objective mind and the extraordinary potency of suggestion, of authoritative command.”

“The hilarious irony is that Buddhists - who deny the existence of the self - are the most self-obsessed people you can find. The idea of karma is a clear marker of self-obsession. People actually believe that the vast cosmos is infatuated about what they do - as opposed to completely indifferent - and goes to all the trouble of rearranging itself to teach them personal karmic "lessons.”