On matters of spirituality you may well question my authority. On matters political you may well discredit, discount and deny and/or stupify my *opinion*. That is all as it should be and I readily invite it.

No one has the objective grip on reality. That’s just reality. What we know and what we think we know as reality differs (sometimes fundamentally) from each perspective. And, moreover, the reality of the physical world is a product of the broken, dysfunctional dreams and the ugly consequences of perceived suffering of a critical mass of multitude.

I do not expect nor demand anyone adhere to my spiritual disciplines or believe a thing I believe.

By a reasonable facsimile of a token, though, no amount of your coercion, shaming, tough love, “principle” — or whatever it is you want to call it — can ever make me ‘do’ or ‘believe’ by “your” “book”.

You can never make me fear your hell, even if you are totally projecting your “reality” of hell fear fire fear on to me, no matter how stubbornly you deny it all.

You will live alone in hell. I am not your company.