Don't Ask The World To Change....you Change

You've Got To Drop Something. You've Got To Drop Illusions. You Don't Have To Add Anything In Order To Be Happy; You've Got To Drop Something. Life Is Easy, Life Is Delightful. It's Only Hard On Your Illusions, Your Ambitions, Your Greed, Your Cravings.

You Have Within Yourself The Answer To Every Question You Propose - If You Only Knew How To Look For It. In The Land Of The Spirit, You Cannot Walk By The Light Of Someone Else's Lamp. You Want To Borrow Mine. I'd Rather Teach You How To Make Your Own.

Tell Me," Said The Atheist , "is There A God Really?" Said The Master, "if You Want Me To Be Perfectly Honest With You, I Will Not Answer." Later The Disciples Demanded To Know Why He Had Not Answered. "because The Question Is Unanswerable," Said The Master. "so You Are An Atheist?" "certainly Not. The Atheist Makes The Mistake Of Denying That Of Which Nothing May Be Said... And The Theist Makes The Mistake Of Affirming It.

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.

The Seeker Says, "i Do Not Know." That Takes Honesty. The Master Says, "i Do Not Know." That Takes A Mystic's Mind That Knows Things Through Non-knowing. The Disciple Says, "i Know." That Takes Ignorance, In The Form Of Borrowed Knowledge.