Quotes From "Unspirituality: Permission To Be Human" By Christopher Zzenn Loren

Our species is angry on a deep level. We know something has been wrong for a long time. We are tired of being thrown the scraps. This is primal, guttural; the scream of an exhausted humanity who will not take no for an answer. Christopher Zzenn Loren

When we begin to see the equality of our biology then our ideology is exposed, Christopher Zzenn Loren

Our unfathomable evolutionary past paints a picture vastly more immense than any spiritual story could ever create because it is raw and real, violent, dirty and beautiful–and because of that–it's spectacular! Christopher Zzenn Loren

We do not have bodies–we are bodies! What could possibly be wrong with that form of consciousness? It is all energy anyways. Christopher Zzenn Loren

Our religious systems have taught us to “train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) I couldn’t disagree more. How about, “feed a child what it needs, so when it gets grows up, it will “be” its own unique unpredictably creative self. Christopher Zzenn Loren

Children are defenseless to the ‘virus of dualism’ in whatever form it comes in - which is why [religious ideas] should not be introduced until [children reach] a cognitive age. Religious indoctrination is not required to raise healthy children. Their imagination should be nourished… but not invalidated or shamed. [The result can] be a neurosis, which I believe, is why [people] go to religion and metaphysics when they get older.. In the best scenario, children would grow through their imagination into creative adults in an environment that is based on current psychology and a science-based education. Christopher Zzenn Loren

Once the wounded child awakens to its human self, a primal scream emerges from the depths of denial like the Kraken released from its underwater prison. Christopher Zzenn Loren

May all beings be free of pretended happiness. May all beings find their deepest lie. May all beings see the nature of their inner turmoil. May all beings realize what they are not. And through this, may all beings become who they already are. Christopher Zzenn Loren

It is my belief that when a child has been robbed of their visionary rights that they gravitate toward religion and spirituality in an effort to regain their Subjective autonomy. Christopher Zzenn Loren

I believe religious indoctrination is child abuse. Christopher Zzenn Loren

The inner imaginary universe of the human primate is the battlefield of the ages Christopher Zzenn Loren

One of the dangers of the spiritual story is that it disassociates humans from reality. Relieving world hunger, crime and suffering are replaced with fantasies of other worlds, dimensions, gods or forces that will magically take care of humanities plight. I once asked a metaphysical friend of mine what she thought of rape. She replied, “People choose these experiences before birth to learn human lessons of rape.” I asked her about world hunger, sex trafficking, genocide, and torture, and she replied with the same logic. At that moment, I realized the dangerous implications of esoteric ideology in our world. Christopher Zzenn Loren

Separating one's “self” physically from the world (as an unseen entity) alienates the human being from the facts of a sensual world and its realities. In order to have a self, you must provide a story for that self. Whether it is the tale of past pain or future fears the etheric self requires a story because it is hitchhiking on the natural. Christopher Zzenn Loren

Let me make this radiantly clear–if you believe in spirits and the metaphysical world, your biology will create the illusion that these things are real. Christopher Zzenn Loren

I believe emotional suppression fueled by a shamed imagination lies at the root of society's ailments. It is the believing leaders of religion that keep the “denial circus” going decade after decade. We have, for too long, supported this tyranny of delusion. We have given the guru and the preacher the stage one too many times. It is time to wake up and replace the preacher with the human teacher–a human who is the intelligence of their whole organism. Christopher Zzenn Loren

The importance of awakening to our evolutionary origins is paramount because irrational ideas about “who we are” fuel our sense of separateness Christopher Zzenn Loren

I Am PrimateI was once taught, that I am a soul in a body. I once believed I was separate from the earth. A stranger in a strange land, a sinner in need of a Savior.But, isn't this my home? This beautiful world? Isn't this my form? These hands, these eyes, this touch? Am I to believe I have violated a rule, just by being born? Who claims this right to judge, and on what authority do you stand? The truth screams out from my cells. I am not the imagination of a God, I am a voice in the earth, I am that which you deny! The earth is my home and the stars my destiny. I will touch the planets throughthe hands of my children. not the will of your ghost! I am a voice in the evolutionary continuumand I claim the right to be alive, without your story. For I Am Human, I Am Proud, and I AM. PRIMATE!. Christopher Zzenn Loren

I suppose the spiritual trance is harder to break than the religious one because the delusion is more difficult to distinguish. You have a quasi-cloud of ideas that include wonderful concepts of openness and altruism without the blatant anthropomorphism of religion. Christopher Zzenn Loren

I do not see the value of separating humans into a body, soul and spirit. We don't do this with any other mammals, so why do we do it with ourselves? Thinking and fresh ideas arise naturally from the rhythm of one’s internal felt-sense. It is the process artists demonstrate to humanity–to express our individuality in real-time, as a living process, rather than a “copied” idea. Christopher Zzenn Loren

It is suspected, by some, that spiritual beings are extremely jealous of the natural world because they are nothing more than a figment of the imagination. This might explain their compulsive and obsessive behavior in trying to convince others they are real, and that the natural world is an illusion. The end of the world scenarios they conjure up reveal their Napoleon whit and superiority complex. Christopher Zzenn Loren