The Transfiguration Of Matter Occurs Through Wonder.

The Idea Of Death Robs Inquiry Of Its Passionate Vitality And Empties Our Efforts Of Their Purpose By Coming To One Predestined Conclusion, Death. Why Inquire If You Already Know The Answer?

Art, For Example, Becomes "art Therapy." When Patients Make Music, It Becomes "music Therapy." When The Arts Are Used For "therapy" In This Way, They Are Degraded To A Secondary Position.

In The Cosmology That's Behind Psychology, There Is No Reason For Anyone To Be Here Or Do Anything.

In The Past, Friendship Was A Huge Thing. But It's Hard For Us To Think Of Friendship As A Calling, Because It's Not A Vocation.

It's A Terrible Cruelty Of Predatory Capitalism: Both Parents Now Have To Work. A Family Has To Have Two Incomes In Order To Buy The Things That Are Desirable In Our Culture. So The Degradation Of Motherhood - The Sense That Motherhood Isn't Itself A Calling - Also Arises From Economic Pressure.