"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.”            —  Robert A. Heinlein

 "Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman

It is the task of Paganism today to give to those who seek its ways the inner knowledge, light, energy and peace with which to live our lives in harmony with one another and with all living creation and to answer the eternal questions of humankind:  "Who am I?  What must I do to to live well and honorably?  What is the meaning of the mystery of life and of the Divine?”           — Vivianne Crowley [ vcrowley@cherryhillseminary.org]

A somewhat different version of this litany was used in the Dune miniseries and Children of Dune miniseries:

"I will not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

I will face my fear.

I will let it pass through me.

When the fear has gone,

there shall be nothing.

Only I will remain."

The litany has also appeared in other non-Dune related media. For instance, it was frequently recited by Pete, a supporting character in Earthworm Jim, the animated series based on the video game of the same name.

FROM : http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear

“Now we [the etherial guides of Paul Selig] are not religious.  We do not attend your churches.  We may have founded some of them once upon a time, and moved beyond that structure because we no longer attend to discipline that is born in punishment.  We have no need to punish you, but you still have great need to punish yourselves for your belief in your sinful nature.  The telling of you, to each of you, that you were not worthy of the kingdom and that you must earn it in supplication was a tragic mistake, because it keeps many of you from standing up and saying.  “May I?  I may.”  “May I? I may”  May I? Yes I may.”  You are the one who gives yourself permission to call yourself forward.  We only extend the hand.”    FROM : The Book of Knowing and Self-Worth by Paul Selig

Judgments in the common sense world are at the base of blessings, curses, marriage proposals, safety equipment, appointments, and most anything important. But if you are convinced that judgements in essence are of the devil, once you break the habit of making them on yourself, I’m sure the whole world will notice.

Axiom 1: A society organizes itself around its ability to exert force, but its culture is rooted in how it perceives beauty.

Axiom 2: Life is a series of unintended consequences,.. as control is not a human possibility..

Axiom 3: All parameters are permeable.

Axiom 4: The unexpected always happens. — MICHAEL VENTURA, Austin Chronicle – Oct. 17, 2014

I [ J. Krishnamurti ] maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others. This is what everyone throughout the world is attempting to do.

     —  J. Krishnamurti,  "Truth is a Pathless Land”, 1929 

 When I realized that Wikipedia was doing for the whole planet what I was doing for myself with my clip collection,  which is awaiting digitalization, I felt very satisfied that I had started working on something in the 70s that is now coming to fruition for everyone. If we attract to ourselves what we constantly think about, then in some sense I attracted to the planet what I was creating for myself, and I'll bet millions could say the same thing. 

Modern Western medicine has a monopoly on pathology, but it can make no claim of absolute authority on health.  although it does.. 

                                     

I had a dream about my mother. I threw her from a speeding train we were on. The next day, there she was, waiting for me at the train station that was our destination. 

Plato said “The unexamined life is not worth living. I say the unlived life is not worth examining. 

CM Winter 2016

The quantity of your life is determined by the focus of your oppressor’s attention, but the quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention. 

                                             CM  5.27.2017

Hamlet: “ by indirections find directions out”