Spiritual methods are tools for purification meant to be used and eventually abandoned once they have served their purpose in one's evolution.

“Appreciation first that every method is a trap. Methods are traps. The horror is somebody that merely ends up an expert in a method. Who are you? I'm a meditator. Well, that's interesting. How do you do? I'm Dick. Cuz beyond the method the hope is that your method will take you in, make you an absol”

True spiritual practice is an internal journey that requires constant dedication and guidance, not just superficial rituals.

“Go brother, go and do everything first, what can I do now?”

Engaging in activities like slow-motion rollerblading serves as a meditative form of worship that allows an individual to access a higher state of consciousness.

“the practice of living is performed in some way which is either falling into the non-zone or the zone and if you take a society you can look at the society itself and see where the dominant part of the society resides on that Spectrum”

The cultivation of mindfulness and wisdom allows one to move away from self-centeredness into the flow of the dharma.

“But when we cultivate a wise and sustained attention through the growing power of mindfulness, of concentration, of wisdom, we begin to leave this selfreerential orbit. We begin to could say fall into or enter into the gravitational field of the dharma.”

Anne Lamott claims that spiritual work involves intentionally shifting one's perception to see the inherent humanity in others rather than focusing on their external personas.

“Sometimes I think that heaven is just a new pair of glasses. I love the idea that we can put on a better pair of glasses and just see the deep dearest depth beneath everybody instead of their persona.”