As The Japanese Zen Masters Say, “don't

Because You Cannot See Outside Of You What You Fail To See Inside.

My Experience Is That It's Precisely The Ones Who Don't Know What To Do With This Life Who Are All Hot And Bothered About What They Are Going To Do With Another Life.

I Was Neurotic For Years. I Was Anxious And Depressed And Selfish. Everyone Kept Telling Me To Change. I Resented Them And I Agreed With Them, And I Wanted To Change, But Simply Couldn't, No Matter How Hard I Tried. Then One Day Someone Said To Me, Don't Change. I Love You Just As You Are. Those Words Were Music To My Ears: Don't Change, Don't Change. Don't Change . . . I Love You As You Are. I Relaxed. I Came Alive. And Suddenly I Changed!

The Seeker Says, "i Do Not Know." That Takes Honesty. The Master Says, "i Do Not Know." That Takes A Mystic's Mind That Knows Things Through Non-knowing. The Disciple Says, "i Know." That Takes Ignorance, In The Form Of Borrowed Knowledge.

If You Search Within Your Heart, You Will Find Something There That Will Make It Possible For You To Understand: A Spark Of Disenchantment And Discontent, Which If Fanned Into Flame Will Become A Raging Forest Fire That Will Burn Up The Whole Of The Illusory World You Are Living In, Thereby Unveiling To Your Wondering Eyes The Kingdom That You Have Always Lived In Unsuspectingly.