Sheila Ballantyne
Sheila Ballantyne
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access available channels given information people regular trust truth
You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels
skills survival training
The freeway is the last frontier. It is unsurpassed as a training ground for the sharpening of survival skills.
ideas years waiting
I can’t wait fifteen years to do my work: Because my ideas are coming now.
moon imagination chemicals
The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images.
expectations differentiate
It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.
california doubt secret
in California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery.
change feelings rapids
It's unbelievable the primitive feelings that are aroused by rapid change.
earthquakes planning californians
Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.
oysters pearls aces
There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes oysters to produce pearls.
humor ghetto miracle
Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.
maintenance illusion function
illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions ...
dry-up demand natural
Inner resources are like natural resources; they both dry up eventually when the demands on them are heavy.
forever life-is-like goes-on
Life is like a great jazz riff. You sense the end the very moment you were wanting it to go on forever.
skills credit way
everything is ambiguous. It's exciting, in a way, if you can tolerate ambiguity. I can't, but I'm taking a course where it's taught, in the hope of acquiring the skill. It's called Modern Living, and you get no credit.