In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

The process is fundamentally flawed and must be reformed, and we need real independence and objectivity, protection against improper influences, ... I'm doing what I think is right and what best serves the interest of Connecticut citizens.

Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.

People inside of belonging systems are very threatened by those who are not within that group. They are threatened by anyone who has found their citizenship in places they cannot control.

It's not correct to say Jesus is God. Now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right? It's not correct to say that - Jesus is the union of the human and the divine. That's different.

Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.