Many people believe Eric’s contempt and angry writings are just raving lunacy from a madman, but it’s what kids relate to because they’re in the same prison.
Category: Quotes
Stop agreeing to disagree
“I agree to disagree” is a weak statement made when someone can’t support their argument and are looking for the back door.
Life is What it Is
“What if the point of experiencing sadness is to experience sadness? What if the point of experiencing anger is to experience anger? And yet, here we are, trying to get away from and avoid reality. We spend our whole lives running from reality…”
I Want the Fire of Life to Destroy Me
“I am willing to be as critically pessimistic about everything as I have been enthusiastically optimistic. What’s on the other side? What if? What’s it all about? I want to see clearly, not through clouded lenses. I want to charge into my fears no matter what’s inside. I don’t want the fire of life to consume me, I want it to destroy me.”
You Are the Wind
Billy: “so you’re basically telling me I should just go wherever the wind blows…?”
Sam: “You are the wind. You have no choice.”
When you know what you are, going with the flow isn’t disempowering. You are the flow. There is nothing else. Resistance is your prison. Realizing choicelessness is liberation.
You Cannot Escape the Matrix
“You want to escape the Matrix. Enlightenment is the truth of knowing you can’t. You only have two choices in life: you can play the game or not, play your part or not.
The moment you escape the Matrix, you become not you.
When you become not you, you aren’t playing the game… because you must be you to play the game.
When you aren’t you, theres no game. You disappear. Karma disappears. The idea of reincarnation disappears. Who is there to reincarnate?
You are the matrix. You cannot escape what you are.”
Freedom is Not a State of Mind
“When you stop navigating life according to your likes and dislikes, then you are free.”
Why Get Rid of Ego?
“Why is everyone trying to get rid of their ego? Don’t they know ego is what allows us to participate in the dreamstate?”
Be Fueled By Discontent
“You can be fueled by desire or discontent. Discontent is more powerful. Desire is weak. The focused intent of a discontented person is strong.”
The Fire of Life
“I don’t want the fire of life to consume me, I want it to destroy me.”