“Human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order.” ThinkingHumansStoriesOrderNaturalHuman BeingsAnimalHarmonyControlledNatural Order Author:Sam Keen
“I think we have to trust ourselves in the darkness of not knowing. The God out of which we came and into which we go is an unknown God. It's the luminosity of that darkness and that unknowing that is, I think, the most human - and the most sacred - place of all.” ThinkingHumansDarknessKnowingSacredNot KnowingUnknowingSacred Places Author:Sam Keen
“In a way, human beings have never been part of the natural order; we're not biological in the normal sense. Normal biological animals stop eating when they're not hungry and stop breeding when there is no sense in breeding. By contrast, human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order. For a long time, our unnatural beahvior didn't threaten the natural world, but now it does.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansLongDoeStoriesOrderNaturalHuman BeingsAnimalNormalEatingLong TimeHarmonyHungryControlledContrastNatural WorldUnnaturalBreedingNatural Order Author:Sam Keen
“Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life.” HumansHuman BeingsLove IsCompassionAwarenessPossibilityFoundationTragicAcknowledgment Author:Sam Keen
“We all yearn to fly. We are creatures of longing. We do not need to [physically fly] to be airborne. What I call the aerial instinct-the drive to transcend our present condition- is the defining characteristic of a human being. We are restless animals, eternal travelers who are forever in the process of becoming. Consciousness itself is a flight from the here and now to the beyond. Our reach always exceeds our grasp, which is what Heaven is for.” NeedsHumansHeavenProcessHuman BeingsAnimalConsciousnessForeverConditionsBecomingCreaturesEternalLongingInstinctFlightCharacteristicsTravelerRestlessDefiningExceedHere And NowAirborne Author:Sam Keen
“I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that much.” ThinkingKnowsTryingHumansBeliefRealizingMetaphysicalSteers Author:Sam Keen
“Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxiety that it rules your life from the shadows of the unconscious. We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.” HumansTogetherFormPracticeAnxietyShadowTerrorFearlessEach DayUnconsciousVagueBeing HumanMiscellaneousHuman WillLearn To Fly Author:Sam Keen
