Introduction
1. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Pocket Chögyam Trungpa (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2008), 14.
2. Matthew Fox, Meditations with Meister Eckhart (Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Company, 1983), 4.
3. “Das Wesen der Materie” [“The Nature of Matter”], speech in Florence, Italy (1944) (from Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abt. Va, Rep. 11 Planck, Nr. 1797).
4. Zach Lind, interview by Chris Grosso, Mantra Yoga + Health magazine, 2014, mantramag.com/interview-zach-lind-jimmy-eat-world-chris-grosso/.
5. Chris Stedman, Faithiest: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious (Boston: Beacon Press, 2012), 15.
6. Matthew Fox, Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times (Novato, CA: New World Library, 2014), 41.
7. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Berkeley: Shambhala Publications, 1973), xii.
8. Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1997), 110.
9. Father Thomas Keating, interview by Chris Grosso, December 22, 2010, theindiespiritualist.com/2010/12/22/keating/.
Chapter 1: The Goddamn Red Pill
1. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, quoted by Jack Kornfield in interview by Robert Forte, “Psychedelic Experience and Spiritual Practice: A Buddhist Perspective: An Interview with Jack Kornfield,” 1986. lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Misc/buddhism.html.
2. Afzal Iqbal, The Life and Work of Muhammad Jalal-Ud-Din Rumi (Selangor, Malaysia: The Other Press, 2014), epigraph.
Chapter 3: The Hope and the Hurt
1. “Death Experience,” on Sri Ramana Maharshi website, sriramanamaharshi.org/ramana-maharshi/death-experience/.
2. Ken Wilber, The Pocket Ken Wilber (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2008), 90–91.
Chapter 4: Breathe in the Fire
1. “Research FAQs” on Institute of HeartMath website, heartmath.org/support/faqs/research/.
2. Lama Shenpen Drolma, ed., Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku (Junction City, CA: Padma Press, 2003), 138.
3. Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2001), 4.
4. Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, trans. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy (New York: Riverhead Books, 1996), 119.
Chapter 6: Last Night of the Earth
1. LIFE magazine, “The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture,” December 1988, 8.
2. Charles Bukowski, The Last Night of the Earth Poems (New York: HarperCollins/Ecco, 2002), 120–121.
Chapter 7: Blood, Broken Bones, Violence, and Other Joys of Meditation
1. Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies & the Truth about Reality (Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2003), 198.
Chapter 9: Death in the Air
1. Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision: A Very Short Introduction to the Revolutionary Integral Approach to Life, God, the Universe, and Everything (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2007), 187.
Practice: Shadow Self
1. Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision, 191.
Chapter 12: The Chemistry of Common Life
1. don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997), 48–49.
Chapter 14: Mastodon, King Kong, and Inspiration
1. Brann Dailor of Mastodon, interview by Chris Grosso for Suicide Girls website, July 23, 2013, suicidegirls.com/girls/jessxdavis/blog/2680488/mastodon/.
2. Ibid.
Chapter 15: In All the Worlds until the End of Time
1. Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision, 222–223.
2. Ibid.
Chapter 16: Love. Serve. Remember.
1. Ram Dass, Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Heart (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2013) 52.
2. Andrew Harvey, The Hope: A Guide To Sacred Activism (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 2009), 13.
3. Kabir, Kabir: Ecstatic Poems, trans. Robert Bly (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004). Reprinted with permission.
1. Alison Luterman, “What We Came For,” The Sun, Issue 250, October 1996, thesunmagazine.org/issues/250/what_we_came_for?page=2.
2. Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Universe, Season 1, Episode 14: “The Big Bang,” televised on The History Channel, 2007.
Practice: Inner Body Awareness
1. Eckhart Tolle, Oneness With All Life: Inspired Selections from A New Earth (New York: Penguin Group, 2009), 148.
Chapter 18: In Pieces
1. Thich Nhat Hanh, Awakening of the Heart: Essential Buddhist Sutras and Commentaries (Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2012), 421.
2. The Dalai Lama, The Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama’s Heart of Wisdom Teachings, trans. and ed. Geshe Thupten Jinpa (Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2002), 30.
3. John Daido Loori, Zen Mountain Monastery Liturgy Manual (Mt. Tremper, NY: Dharma Communications, 1998), 27–28.
4. Thich Nhat Hanh, Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2011), 195.
Practice: The Five Remembrances
1. Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation (New York: Broadway Books, 1999), 124.
Chapter 19: The “End of My Rope” Is a Noose
1. Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman, The Dude and the Zen Master (New York: Blue Rider Press, 2012), 29.
Chapter 20: At the Mountain of Madness
1. Barry Magid, Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide (Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2008), xiii.
2. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2002), 106.
Practice: Die, Die, My Darling
1. J. Krishnamurti, television interview by Ross Saunders, Sydney, Australia, November 1970, youtube.com/watch?v=YAJjAuRl0Qc.
2. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (New York: Borzoi Books, 1951), 81.
Chapter 21: No Apologies
1. Andrew Harvey, Adam Bucko, and Chris Grosso, “Finding Your Own Path,” for SynchCast website, December 2014, synchcast.net/#!finding-your-own-path/c1zdh.
2. Ibid.
3. Talking Leaves: A Journal of Spiritual Ecology/Activism, Volumes 10–12 (Deep Ecology Education Project, 2000), 20.
Chapter 23: On Suffering (And How to Fit the Entire Human Race into a Single Sugar Cube)
1. Ram Dass, One Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life (New York: Bell Tower Publishing, 2002), 79.
2. Marcus Chown, “Top 4 Bonkers Things about the Universe,” Physics.org, physics.org/featuredetail.asp?id=41.
Practice: One with the Eternal Everything (Guided Meditation)
1. Ram Dass, Polishing the Mirror, 9.
Chapter 24: Bleed Into One
1. Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha (New York: Bantam Books, 2003), 73.
Practice: Maranatha Mantra
1. Andrew Harvey, Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1998), 202.
1. Father Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel (New York: Continuum, 2006), 138.
2. Father Thomas Keating, “The Method of Centering Prayer,” on Contemplative Outreach website, contemplativeoutreach.org/category/category/centering-prayer.
Chapter 26: Truth Seekers, Lovers, and Warriors
1. Ram Dass, Be Here Now (Hanuman Foundation, 1978), 78.
2. Andrew Harvey, The Essential Mystics: The Soul’s Journey into Truth (New York: HarperCollins, 1996), 53.
3. “Pope Francis on Gays: Who Am I To Judge?” article on Huffington Post website, July 29, 2013, huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/pope-francis-gays_n_3669635.html.
4. Aldous Huxley, introduction to Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God, trans. Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood (Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press, 1987), 7.
5. Ramakrishna, quoted by Huston Smith in The Illustrated World’s Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions (New York: HarperOne, 1995), 56.
6. William McKeen, Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009), 350.