So Love The Thought Of Death, Love

If What You Said Was True, Where Was The Need To Shout?

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.

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear. Where There Is Love There Are No Demands, No Expectations, No Dependency. I Do Not Demand That You Make Me Happy; My Happiness Does Not Lie In You. If You Were To Leave Me, I Will Not Feel Sorry For Myself; I Enjoy Your Company Immensely, But I Do Not Cling.

There Is Yet Another Illusion, That It Is Important To Be Respectable, To Be Loved And Appreciated, To Be Important. Many Say We Have A Natural Urge To Be Loved And Appreciated, To Belong. That’s False. Drop This Illusion And You Will Find Happiness. We Have A Natural Urge To Be Free, A Natural Urge To Love, But Not To Be Loved.

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.