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Happy with a stone underhead Let heaven and earth go about their changes.",false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":35},3040712,"What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It’s not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that’s like wanting to clean up your dreams.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nGary Snyder, an American poet and environmentalist, likely penned this quote in the mid-20th century, reflecting on the human experience of spirituality and its intersection with psychology. During this time, Snyder was immersed in the Beat Generation, a literary and artistic movement that explored the intersection of spirituality, nature, and the human condition. His experiences as a logger, a poet, and a practitioner of Zen Buddhism influenced his perspective on the nature of spirituality.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nSnyder's quote reveals a paradoxical view of spirituality: it's both deeply personal and inherently flawed. By acknowledging that spirituality has \"psychological roles to fulfill,\" Snyder highlights the tension between the authentic, personal experience of the divine and the communal, ritualistic practices that often accompany it. This insight challenges the idea that spirituality must be a tidy, rational construct, instead embracing the messy, dreamlike quality of human experience.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn applying this mindset to modern life, consider that your spiritual or creative pursuits are not separate from your psychological needs, but rather intertwined with them. Instead of trying to \"clean up your dreams,\" acknowledge and work with the imperfections and contradictions that arise in your creative process, allowing yourself to tap into the messy, intuitive aspects of your psyche.",{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":39,"source":40,"quote_tag":41,"commentary":9},3040704,"I don’t know of any other city where you can walk through so many culturally diverse neighborhoods, and you’re never out of sight of the wild hills. Nature is very close here.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":45,"source":46,"quote_tag":47,"commentary":9},3040692,"Spring-water in the green creek is clear Moonlight on Cold Mountain is white Silent knowledge – the spirit is enlightened of itself Contemplate the void: this world exceeds stillness.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},3040680,"The other side of the “sacred” is the sight of your beloved in the underworld, dripping with maggots.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":9},3040675,"You run into people who want to write poetry who don’t want to read anything in the tradition. That’s like wanting to be a builder but not finding out what different kinds of wood you use.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3040673,"Wildness is not just the “preservation of the world,” it is the world.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":72},3040667,"There are paths that can be followed, and there is a path that cannot- it is not a path, it is the wilderness. 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The tension between these two poles – structure and freedom, path and wilderness – is what makes this quote so rich in meaning.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, one might adopt the strategy of \"embracing the edge\" – that is, cultivating an awareness of the limits of one's control and intentionality, while simultaneously allowing oneself to be guided by a deeper sense of curiosity and wonder. By acknowledging the intricate web of forces that shape our lives, we can begin to see ourselves as part of a larger ecosystem, rather than isolated agents with clear goals and outcomes in sight.",{"id":74,"quote_text":75,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":9},3040665,"Like imagination and the body, language rises unbidden.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":80,"quote_text":81,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":82,"source":83,"quote_tag":84,"commentary":9},3040663,"In the 40,000 year time scale we’re all the same people. We’re all equally primitive, give or take two or three thousand years here or a hundred years there.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":86,"totalPages":87,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":88},1,15,10]