The thing with the question of oneness or non-oneness is that you can literally discuss it forever. You can go into the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe-… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I mean Godzilla is eternally pissed off at everything but of course he's gonna be because every time he pops out of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
When I first started watching Godzilla, I was a kid and a big dinosaur freak and was like, "Oh my gosh, there's… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I used to worry when I was a teenager, even into my twenties, after I'd heard something about schizophrenia and how people… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
There's also an aspect which I tried to express yesterday by saying the same "something" that looks out through Curlys eyes is… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The obvious example would be Jesus. Jesus is an object of fascination for me. He's an interesting historical character because we don't… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
A lot of seriously insane people have managed to acquire huge followings based on the idea that their insanity is a kind… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Jesus was probably a guy who thought, "This thing that I've discovered can save the world and everybody is miserable without it."… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
True nonattachment is understanding that you are fundamentally attached to everything and, through that understanding, dropping your attachment to the view that… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So it's a dangerous thing and conversely, the other thing I mentioned in that post was that people see guys who are… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
They really make sex into such a horrible thing and how terrible anything related to sex is, but isn't that why we're… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Sometimes people pick up pet worries that they'll entertain themselves with and that was my big one. So as far as thinking… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
People will come and give you sandwiches every six hours but you're really of no use. A lot of people get excited… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Godzilla also represents the fear of nuclear annihilation, which was something that was big in my mind at the time. It was… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Since then, my approach to all things spiritual is rather cynical you could say. When somebody present something to me as spiritual,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
It's crazy to me how concerned people get with what it looks like and what you can do there. People may as… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people trying to follow Buddhism these days are getting confused about sex and they don't understand what's… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
There's also something that is often mistaken for enlightenment which is a kind of insanity. Often, people will have some kind of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The real goal of Zen is to find a way of life that's easy and undramatic. Strong attachments lead to upset and drama. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
If he'd [Jesus] been a little more concerned for his own safety and well being he may have toned things down a little bit… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I was living in Japan at the time, Shoko Asahara was an important figure and you could say his name and people would immediately… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
So that's Godzilla, he's ultimately going to get you regardless of what you do. Maybe the people who made the American Godzilla film were… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
We always imagine that there's got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now; this is the Great Somewhere Else we… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Thus a person can be a Buddha one minute and a jackass three minutes later. You don't just become Buddha at the moment of… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“It’s hard for most of us to admit, but when you start paying attention you’ll notice that you actually enjoy being angry. There’s this… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
I really thought Reagan was going to push the button and blow us all up. It was scary. So when they did the 1998… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“This world is better than Utopia because - and follow this point carefully - you can never live in Utopia . Utopia is always… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
The state of ambiguity - that messy, greasy, mixed-up, confused, and awful situation you're living through right now - is enlightenment itself. — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
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