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“Everything in the universe is connected Everything is osmosis You cannot separate any part from the whole Interdependence rules the cosmic order.”

Book:The Way of True Zen

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The Way of True Zen

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Taisen Deshimaru

Taisen Deshimaru was a significant Japanese Zen master, born on November 29, 1914, and passed away in 1982. His life and contributions had a profound impact in the Zen community. more

“The Earth is a paradise, the only one we will ever know. We will realize it the moment we open our eyes. We don't have to make it a paradise - it is one. We have only to make ourselves fit to inhabit it. The man with the gun, the man with murder in his heart, cannot possibly recognize paradise even when he is shown it.”

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Book:The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

Source: The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

“Smythies, you recall, considered hallucination to be a normal part of every child's psychological life.”

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Book:The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality

Source: The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality

“A mirror has no heart but plenty of ideas.”

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Book:Magical Science

Source: Magical Science

“Only.”

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Book:Other Voices, Other Rooms

Source: Other Voices, Other Rooms

“And it's special meaning for me was this: It is proof that sometime back when my father was a young, young man, he must have had a moment or two when he felt that he might have reason to take himself and his life seriously.”

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Book:Deadeye Dick

Source: Deadeye Dick

“Twenty-fours hours of sleeplessness had made her, in my eyes, anyway, and idealized representation of compassionate, long-suffering women of all ages everywhere.”

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Book:Deadeye Dick

Source: Deadeye Dick

“The picture is supposed to go up just inside the front door, so it's the first thing you see when you come in. It's green. It's about the size of a barn door. It has one vertical orange stripe, and it's called 'The Temptation of Saint Anthony.' Mother wrote a letter to the paper, saying the picture was an insult to the memory of Father, and to the memory of every serious artist who ever lived.”

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Book:Deadeye Dick

Source: Deadeye Dick

“Gordon watched them go. They were just by-products . The throw-outs of the money-god. All over London, by tens of thousands, draggled old beasts of that description: creeping like unclean beetles to the grave.”

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Book:Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Source: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

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