“The phenomenon of dreaming ... helped to build up the notion of an unreal or spiritual world; and in general, all the conditions of savage dawn-life so strongly conduced toward a feeling of the supernatural, that we need not wonder at the thoroughness with which man's very hereditary essence has become saturated with religion and superstition.” MenWorldNeedsFeelingsDreamSpiritualWonderConditionsEssenceNotionDawnPhenomenonSuperstitionsSavagesUnrealHereditarySaturatedThoroughness Book:Delphi Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Illustrated)
“love is so very subtle an essence, such an indefinable metaphysical marvel, that its due force, though very cruelly felt by the sufferer himself, is never clearly understood by those who look on at its torments and wonder why he takes the common fever so badly.” LooksForceFeltLove IsCommonWonderUnderstoodEssenceDuesSubtleMetaphysicalTormentFeverSufferersIndefinable Book:Lady Audley's Secret Source: Lady Audley's Secret
“Real happiness comes from having an unassailable connection to the deep state of unbounded awareness at our core. This state of being is our own inner joy that expresses the exuberance and wonder of being alive at this moment; it is our own self-luminous essence made conscious of itself.” MadeRealSelfStatesMomentsJoyWonderAliveAwarenessConsciousConnectionsEssenceCoreLuminousExuberanceReal Happiness Author:Deepak Chopra