Don't Ask The World To Change....you Change

Everybody Was Talking About The Religious Man Who Committed Suicide. While No One In The Monastery Approved Of The Man's Action, Some Say They Admired His Faith. Faith?" Said The Master. He Had The Courage Of His Convictions, Didn't He?" That Was Fanaticism, Not Faith. Faith Demands A Greater Courage Still: To Reexamine One's Convictions And Reject Them If They Do Not Fit The Facts.

To A Visitor Who Asked To Become His Disciple The Master Said, "you May Live With Me, But Don't Become My Follower." "whom, Then, Shall I Follow?" "no One. The Day You Follow Someone You Cease To Follow Truth .

Take Away Human Beings From This Planet And Life Would Go On, Nature Would Go On In All Its Loveliness And Violence. Where Would The Problem Be? No Problem. You Created The Problem. You Are The Problem. You Identified With "me" And That Is The Problem. The Feeling Is In You, Not In Reality.

Step By Step, Let Whatever Happens Happen. Real Change Will Come When It Is Brought About, Not By Your Ego, But By Reality. Awareness Releases Reality To Change You.

The Master Persistently Warned Against The Attempt To Encompass Reality In A Concept Or A Name. A Scholar In Mysticism Once Asked, "when You Speak Of Being, Sir, Is It Eternal, Transcendent Being You Speak Of, Or Transient, Contingent Being?" The Master Closed His Eyes In Thought. Then He Opened Them, Put On His Most Disarming Expression, And Said, "yes!"