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Do You Want A Sign That You're Asleep? Here It Is: You're Suffering. Suffering Is A Sign That You're Out Of Touch With The Truth. Suffering Is Given To You That You Might Open Your Eyes To The Truth, That You Might Understand That There's Falsehood Somewhere, Just As Physical Pain Is Given To You So You Will Understand That There Is Disease Or Illness Somewhere. Suffering Occurs When You Clash With Reality. When Your Illusions Clash With Reality, When Your Falsehoods Clash With Truth, Then You Have Suffering. Otherwise There Is No Suffering.

Said The Monk: "all These Mountains And Rivers And The Earth And Stars - Where Do They Come From?" Said The Master: "where Does Your Question Come From?"

As The Great Confucius Said, "the One Who Would Be In Constant Happiness Must Frequently Change." Flow. But We Keep Looking Back, Don't We? We Cling To Things In The Past And Cling To Things In The Present...do You Want To Enjoy A Symphony? Don't Hold On To A Few Bars Of The Music. Don't Hold On To A Couple Of Notes. Let Them Pass, Let Them Flow. The Whole Enjoyment Of A Symphony Lies In Your Readiness To Allow The Notes To Pass.

The Master Would Insist That The Final Barrier To Our Attaining God Was The Word And Concept God.

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!