“An old joke puts its thus, "when a man speaks to a god its prayer , when a god speaks to a man its schizophrenia"... Many people hear voices without suffering any of the debilitating and dysfunctional effects associated with schizophrenia, some treat these as sources of inspiration of develop religious ideas around them, others become mediums or occultists.” PeopleMenIdeasInspirationSufferingSpeakVoiceReligiousPrayerEffectsSourceJokesTreatsMediumsSchizophreniaSource Of InspirationOld Jokes Author:Peter J. Carroll
“Flat Earth theory serves well enough for a trip from the cave to the water hole and back, and a third dimension going up into the sky and down underground serves to accommodate gods and devils A lot of people still think like that, believe it or not.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsStillsEnoughEarthWaterSkyTheoryDevilThirdsHolesDimensionsFlatsCavesAccommodate Author:Peter J. Carroll
“Junk food, junk religion, and junk products just leads to excessive numbers of junk people living junk lifestyles.” PeopleNumbersProductsLifestyleJunkJunk Food Author:Peter J. Carroll
“So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just end up bored with themselves, bereft of any depth of inner resources, suffocated by the inhibitions that defend their own monolithic identities.” PeopleLifeTryingEndsSelfSeemsIdentityNormalResourcesDepthAppealsBoredLive LifeConsistentSurroundConsistencyHuman BehaviorPredictableNormal LifeNormalityInhibitionsSuffocatingBereft Author:Peter J. Carroll