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Effort Does Not Change The Person
Effort may change the behavior but it does not change the person. Just think what kind of a mentality it betrays when you ask, 'What...
The World Feeling And The Soul Feeling
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? —Matthew 16:26 Recall the kind of feeling you...
Substituting One Cruelty For Another
Many people swing into action only to make things worse. They're not coming from love, they're coming from negative feelings....
Three Qualities Of Holiness
True happiness is uncaused. You are happy for no reason at all. And true happiness cannot be experienced. It is not within the...
We Want Relief. Cure Is Painful
Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep. They’re born asleep, they live asleep,...
Dropping That Drug
If we really dropped illusions for what others can give us or deprive us of, we would become alert. The consequence of not doing this is...
Life Before Death
All questions at the public meeting that day were about life beyond the grave. The Master only laughed and did not give a single...
Armchair Explorer
"The explorer returned to his people, who were eager to know about the Amazon. But how could he ever put into words the feelings that...
The Job
Enter first applicant. "You understand that this is a simple test we are giving you before we offer you the job you have...
Absence of Fear
"What is love?" "Total absence of fear," said the master. "What is that we fear?" "Love," said the master. - Anthony De...
Thought is a screen not a mirror
"Why are you so wary of thought?" said the philosopher. "Thought is the one tool we have for organizing the world."...
Can You Just Sit?
The disciples were involved in a heated discussion on the cause of human suffering. Some said it came from...