No Matter How Useful We May Be,

Modern Man's Difficulties, Dangerous Beliefs And Feelings Of Loneliness, Spiritual Emptiness,and Personal Weakness Are Caused By His Illusions About, And Separation From, The Natural World.

Like Silence After Noise, Or Cool, Clear Water On A Hot, Stuffy Day, Emptiness Cleans Out The Messy Mind And Charges Up The Batteries Of Spiritual Energy. Many People Are Afraid Of Emptiness, However, Because It Reminds Them Of Loneliness.

A Saying From The Area Of Chinese Medicine Would Be Appropriate To Mention Here: "one Disease, Long Life; No Disease, Short Life." In Other Words, Those Who Know What's Wrong With Them And Take Care Of Themselves Accordingly Will Tend To Live A Lot Longer Than Those Who Consider Themselves Perfectly Happy And Neglect Their Weakness. So, In That Sense At Least, A Weakness Of Some Sort Can Do You A Big Favor, If You Acknowledge That It's There.

The Christmas Presents Once Opened Are Not So Much Fun As They Were While We Were In The Process Of Examining, Lifting, Shaking, Thinking About, And Opening Them. Three Hundred Sixty-five Days Later, We Try Again And Find That The Same Thing Has Happened. Each Time The Goal Is Reached, It Becomes Not So Much Fun, And We're Off To Reach The Next One, Then The Next One, Then The Next.

One Sometimes Gets The Impression That Those Intimidating Words Are There To Keep Us From Understanding. That Way, The Scholars Can Appear Superior, And Will Not Likely Be Suspected Of Not Knowing Something.