Perhaps imagination is to intellect as body is to embodiment.

Everything I think I know is a mere prop supported by a deep faith in what I have learned.

There is no winning in war, only losing less.

We have no proof whatsoever that objective reality, if it exists at all, bears any resemblance to our experiential reality.

To be of this world but not in this world, that is the essence of mind.

"The Dogma Catastrophe": A story about this, this and the "other", by Reuben Steiger open.substack.com/pub/reubenstei…

It is a profound revelation to behold that the external world is only partly happening to you & around you and instead is primarily happening from you & for you. Tat Tvam Asi

There’s a comic tragedy in the futility of seeking meaning in life beyond what is inherent. There is no level of success that can surpass in splendor the sights & sounds beholden to you with eyes & ears open. With open heart & mind, no depth of despair makes you unrecoverable.

We’ve certainly come a long way since the Philosopher King, haven’t we Marcus?

There is no life without death. There is no rebirth without dying. Sometimes the only way to significantly & fundamentally construct a better world view is for the old to be painfully destroyed so that the next can be built upon its ashes.

Hate is not the opposite of love. Fear is not the opposite of joy. Fear is the opposite of love. Hate is the opposite of joy. Fear & love are root emotions. Hate & joy are derivative emotions. #fear #love #hate #joy

One’s death throes, another’s birth pangs.

Reflected in the eyes of the reckless Adolescence of Man is the raging fire of a blaze lit by a single spark from His Hand. And below, a grin.

Never have you seen your true self, only ever but a reflection. Never either have you seen a true thing, only the perception of light reflected off it.