“All of us react to our anxiety by “partializing” our world, by restricting our consciousness within narrow bounds, to areas that we can more or less control which provide us a sense of self-confidence.” — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“Far away in the heavenly abode of the great god Indra, there is a wonderful net that has been hung by some cunning artificer… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“our most problematic dualism is not life fearing death but a fragile sense-of-self dreading its own groundlessness, according to Buddhism. By accepting and yielding… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“You must be emptied of that with which you are full, so you may be filled with that whereof you are empty. Augustine” — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“People are "punished" or "rewarded" not for what they have done but for what they have become, and what we intentionally do is what… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“For Becker, this is literally true: Normality is our collective, protective madness, in which we repress the truth of the human condition, and those… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“Our problem today is that we no longer believe in things but in symbols, hence our life has passed over into these symbols and… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“According to my interpretation of Buddhism, our dissatisfaction with life derives from a repression even more immediate than death-terror: the suspicion ‘ that “I”… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“Uncomfortable with our sense-of-lack today, we look forward to that day in the future when we will feel truly alive; we use that hope… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
“All of us react to our anxiety by “partializing” our world, by restricting our consciousness within narrow bounds, to areas that we can more… — David R. Loy Copy Share Image
