Whatever you think of Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s artistic expressions, his bounty of good advice is something to be grateful for — even if the man is really just a messenger. Although one could easily get the impression that what follows is a guide to good living formulated by Jodorowsky himself, this is, in fact, a recollection of principles propagated by spiritual instructor George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, itself recalled by his daughter, Reyna d’Assia, from whom the director learned some things after a sexual encounter. Inspiration can come from many places.

And again: good advice is something to be grateful for. Collected from his book The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky by Dangerous Minds, this collection contains 82 bite-sized bits to chew on, and none, as far as I can tell, should be considered absurd. Some are obvious (“Do not complain”), some tricky (“Do not become attached to anything that can destroy you...