[Don't read if you're religious and/or will be offended by the following]
"I think God is something that People use to avoid reality. I think faith allows People to reject what is right in front of our eyes, which is that this thing, this life, this existence, this consciousness, or whatever word you want to use for it, is all we have, and all we'll ever have. I think People have faith because they want and need to believe in something, whatever that something is, because life can be hard and depressing and brutal if you don't."
"From where I sit, all Religion and Spiritual Thought are the same thing. They exist to make People feel better about living, to give them some kind of moral code, and to help them feel better about dying by promising something better when their life ends, provided they follow all of God's Rules."
"I'd rather have that than spend my life sitting in Church basements listening to People whine and b*tch and complain. That's not productivity to me, nor is it progress. It is the replacement of one addiction with another and if I'm gonna be Addicted to something, it's gonna be something I like."
I find that a very interesting point. He mentions at a part of the book how...he's addicted to drugs, crack, weed and all that so the people in the clinic trying to help him. They suggested he follow the 12 step program and try going to Church. The guy mentions how being religious is also like an addiction. So basically the passage above is him talking about how he would rather be addicted to something he likes instead of Religion and that what they're doing...isn't stopping or helping their addiction. They're just replacing one addiction with another.
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"...There is no good or evil, no Sinner or Saint. There is simply what is and that is it. You can use that to be and that is enough. Don't talk about it or question it. Just let it be. Just Be."
"They say in thinking keep to simple, in conflict be fair. They say don't compare or compete simply be yourself. They say fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill, keep sharpening your knife and it will dull. They say chase after money and your heart will never unclench. Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner."
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"...Tao is that which has no name and is byong any sort of name. It says that names are not necessary for that which is real and for that which is eternal. It says that if we are free from desire, we can realize mystery, that if we are caught in desire, we only realize manifestations. It says mystery and manifestations arise from the same source, which is darkness. It says darkness within darkness is the key to all understanding..."
"Number two. If there is beauty, there is ugliness. If there is good, there is bad. Being and nonbeing and difficult and easy and high and low and long and short and before and after need, depend , create and define each other. Those who live with the Tao act without doin gand teach without saying. They let things come and they let things go and they live without possession and they live without expectation. They do not need, depend, create or define. They do not see beauty or ugliness or good or bad. They just is. Just be.
"Number three. Oversteem men and people become powerless. Overvalue possessions and people begin to steal. Empty your mind and fill your core. Weaken your ambition and toughen your resolve. Lose everything you know nad everything you desire and ignore those who say they know. Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
"Four. The Tao is used, but never used up. An eternal void, it is filled with infinite possibilities. It is not there, but always there. It is older and more powerful than any God. It is not htere, but always there. It is older and more powerful than any God."
-AMLP / Tao Te Ching
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