The zen of bad puns and throat punches.

Intention is the core of all conscious life. Conscious intention colors and moves everything.

Now in Arabic countries, where the Islamic religion prevails, a person whom we would define as mentally deranged is regarded with a certain respect. The village idiot is looked upon with reverence because it is said his soul is not with his body, it is with Allah. And because his soul is with Allah, you must respect this body and care for it, not as something that is to be sort of swept away and put out of sight, but as something of a reminder that a man can still be living on Earth while his soul is in Heaven. Very different point of view. Also in India, there is a certain difference in attitude to people who would be called nuts, because there is a poem–an ancient poem of the Hindus– which says ‘sometimes naked, sometimes mad, now’s a scholar, now’s a fool, thus they appear on Earth as free men.’