Consider this:1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding entheogenic drug LSD?And here's a bonus question:2. Why does an expanded consciousness include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?

~ Brad Warner

Brad Warner Buddhism Consciousness Drugs Zen

The thinking brain influences the body’s responses and it makes a neat little loop.

~ Brad Warner

Brad Warner Buddhism Thought Zen

So I do fear death in the sense that I find the prospect of dying pretty scary. But I no longer fear that I will one day be annihilated and cease to exist.

~ Brad Warner

Brad Warner Buddhism Death

We always believe that there's going to be some high, just around the corner that's going to pull us way, way, way up, where we'll stay forever. If our current romance doesn't do that for us, we'll look for a new one. When the giddy high of the first date wears off, we're ready for another fix.There's no problem with loving something, we coupling up, with enjoying someone's company, and all the rest. But if you want to enjoy all that stuff to the fullest, the best possible way to do it is to stop looking for the big highs, peak experiences, and sweeping flights of blissful romance. All that stuff just causes its own counterreactions. Watch your own body and mind, and you'll see this for yourself.

~ Brad Warner

Brad Warner Balance