The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought. — Chogyam Trungpa - Ram Dass

Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?

A moment’s reflection will show you that you play many roles in the course of a day . . . and that who you are from moment to moment changes. There is the angry you, and the kind you, the lazy you, the lustful you — hundreds of different you’s. Gurdjieff points out that sometimes one “you” does something for which all the other “you’s” must pay for years or possibly the rest of this life.

affluence has bought us privacy, and the apparent power to guard it against the encroachments of other people’s adversity.