…Obviously, the earth has achieved great things outside the human realm, but within the human realm. Mozart and Bach and Milton and Rumi, all of this stuff has been achieved. And it represents an epigenetic accomplishment. It is not part of the gene swarm…

…he gave it to him and the broker betook himself to a hashish seller, of whom he bought two ounces of concentrated Rumi Opium and equal parts of Chinese Cubebs, cinnamon cloves cardamoms, ginger, white pepper and mountain skink, a lizard, and pounding them…

…three ounces of male frankincense impregnants and a couple of coriander seeds and macerating the whole, made it into an electuary with Rumi Bee honey. Then he put the confection in the bowl and carried it to the merchant, to whom he delivered it, saying:…

…about the need for the psychedelics is I see us as in a situation of considerable urgency. I mean perhaps the reading of Rumi or Kierkegaard will eventually lead you to these places but we haven't got forever. We have to move quickly and so far the…

…like to lead with good news so let me assure you that at no point this evening will I read from or quote the poet Rumi: It's a pleasure to be in Sacramento It's a pleasure to be in California. I lived here for about 30 years before moving out about…

…its trace in every subset of experience, and this is almost like a rational basis for mysticism. It means that looking for was it Rumi or who was it said, you know looking for god in the cabbages is a purely legitimate enterprise and in fact god is in…

…we are entering into the narrow neck. At the end of history, we will need every tool in our toolkit from the poetry of Rumi to vermeul and beyond. This is going to push us to the limit. Nothing human should be alien to us, and these technologies that…