“For Becker, this is literally true: Normality is our collective, protective madness, in which we repress the truth of the human condition, and those who have difficulty playing this game are the ones we call mentally ill.” — 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
