What You Are Aware Of You Are

All I Did Was Sit On The Riverbank Handing Out River Water. After I'm Gone, I Trust You Will Notice The River.

Think Of A Flabby Person Covered With Layers Of Fat. That Is What Your Mind Can Become - Flabby, Covered With Layers Of Fat Till It Becomes Too Dull And Lazy To Think, To Observe, To Explore, To Discover ... Not Wanting To Be Disturbed Or Questioned Into Wakefulness.

As The Japanese Zen Masters Say, “don't Seek The Truth; Just Drop Your Opinions”. Drop Your Theories; Don't Seek The Truth.

The Only Way Someone Can Be Of Help To You Is In Challenging Your Ideas. If You're Ready To Listen And If You're Ready To Be Challenged, There's One Thing That You Can Do, But No One Can Help You. What Is This Most Important Thing Of All? It's Called Self-observation.

A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement About Reality, But A Hint, A Clue About Something That Is A Mystery, Beyond The Grasp Of Human Thought. In Short, A Religious Belief Is Only A Finger Pointing To The Moon. Some Religious People Never Get Beyond The Study Of The Finger. Others Are Engaged In Sucking It. Others Yet Use The Finger To Gouge Their Eyes Out. These Are The Bigots Whom Religion Has Made Blind. Rare Indeed Is The Religionist Who Is Sufficiently Detached From The Finger To See What It Is Indicating - These Are Those Who, Having Gone Beyond Belief, Are Taken For Blasphemers.