If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
Meditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we meditate on ourselves and on our own problems, reinforcing our self-clinging.
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income – which he then spends sending his son to college.
The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
