Our present situation is that we have cumulatively developed an excellent knowledge of many aspects of our environment, without achieving a comprehensive knowledge of all its dimensions. Yet based on this partial knowledge, we have intervened deeply in the processes of nature. . . . In essence, our powers to affect the outer reality have far outstripped our powers over ourselves. This is the key point.
p. 55-56
Robert A. F. Thurman "Tibetan Psychology: Sophisticated Software for the Human Brain"
MindScience: An East-West Dialog
Wisdom Books, 1994

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