I don't see money as evil or good: how can illusion be evil or good? But I don't see heroin or meth as evil or good, either. Which is more addictive & debilitating, money or meth? Attachment to illusion makes you illusion, makes you not real. Attachment to illusion is called idolatry, called addiction.

~ Daniel Suelo

Daniel Suelo 2012 Addiction Attachment Drug Addiction Drugs Good And Evil Idolatry Illusion Illusory Attachment Money

Wasn't that what Jesus said: do what I do? He was here as an example for us to follow. Same with all prophets. Didn't the prophets tell us to be like them? That's what's wrong with Christianity. They make Jesus and the prophets into icons, take them off of earth, and put them in heaven to worship them, so they're no longer accessible. You've taken a reality and made it into a worthless idol. Christians talk about the idolatry of other religions, but when they no longer live principles and just worship the people who taught them, that's exactly what they're doing.

~ Daniel Suelo

Daniel Suelo 2012 American Christianity Asceticism Christian Nation Do As God Would Do Hypocrisy Idolatry Poverty

I wanted to be a sadhu. But what good would it do for me to be a sadhu in India? A real test of faith would be to go back to one of the most materialistic, money-worshipping countries on earth [America] and be a sadhu there.

~ Daniel Suelo

Daniel Suelo 2012 America Materialism Renunciation Sadhu

I know whether of not your statement is true, and you know that I know whether or not it is true, because it is about me. But do you know that your statement is true? This is what I mean by passing judgment.

~ Daniel Suelo

Daniel Suelo 2012 Counterarguments Criticism Passing Judgment

The oldest profession [prostitution] is the most honest, for it exposes the bare bones of what civilization is all about. It's the root of all professions.

~ Daniel Suelo

Daniel Suelo 1997 2012 Civilization Commerce Commercialism Prostitution Sex Work