and the piper will lead us to reason....

93 :)

>> i've had my copy of " Book Four - Parts 1 and 2 " for years now, and i'm still amazed at how i can open to a page at random, and be blown away by the sheer depth of information contained within. <<

Truly a great spiritual classic. I need to read it again!

"A nobody goes away, and comes back a somebody. This is not to be explained in any of the ordinary ways."

"Theorists have not been at a loss to explain; but they differ."

"Even if epilepsy were the cause of these great movements which have caused civilization after civilization to arise from barbarism, it would merely form an argument for cultivating epilepsy."

"The methods advised by all these people have a startling resemblance to one another. They recommend "virtue" (of various kinds), solitude, absence of excitement, moderation in diet, and finally a practice which some call prayer and some call meditation. (The former four may turn out on examination to be merely conditions favourable to the last.)"

"Like every other physiological process, consciousness of it [thought] implies disorder or disease."

"And there is this anchor for the beginner, that his work is cumulative: every act directed towards attainment builds up a destiny which must some day come to fruition. May all attain!"