Eastern mysticism, Descartes, Saint Theresa, action, misanthropy, and God

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Eastern mysticism has disproved the only sound, workable hypothesis in western philosophy, which is Descartes' "I think, therefore I am." The easterners would say, "I think, therefore I damn."

Saint Theresa (the Little Way): the task at hand was the most important thing to be doing at that moment, and each task was a part of the total harmony of the universe (ie reductionism synchronized with an holistic spirituality).

Often the assumed dominant person uses the other as a refuge of security and self-boosting, much as the lame use a crutch.

On the basis of nothing more than the possibility of action does a man enter into a particular action.

In a community of subconscious masochists, misanthropy is a virtue.

God is a symbol to most, a feeling to few.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.