Both What You Run From- And What

I Was Neurotic For Years. I Was Anxious And Depressed And Selfish. Everyone Kept Telling Me To Change. I Resented Them And I Agreed With Them, And I Wanted To Change, But Simply Couldn't, No Matter How Hard I Tried. Then One Day Someone Said To Me, Don't Change. I Love You Just As You Are. Those Words Were Music To My Ears: Don't Change, Don't Change. Don't Change . . . I Love You As You Are. I Relaxed. I Came Alive. And Suddenly I Changed!

The Master Was Exceedingly Gracious To University Dons Who Visited Him, But He Would Never Reply To Their Questions Or Be Drawn Into Their Theological Speculations. To His Disciples, Who Marveled At This, He Said, "can One Talk About The Ocean To A Frog In A Well Or About The Divine To People Who Are Restricted By Their Concepts?

The Present Moment Is Never Intolerable. What's Intolerable Is What's Going To Happen In The Next Four Hours. To Have Your Body Here At 8 Pm And Your Mind At 10:30 Pm, That's What Causes Us Suffering.

What, Concretely, Is Enlightenment ?" "seeing Reality As It Is," Said The Master. "doesn't Everyone See Reality As It Is?" "oh, No! Most People See It As They Think It Is." "what's The Difference?" "the Difference Between Thinking You Are Drowning In A Stormy Sea And Knowing You Cannot Drown Because There Isn't Any Water In Sight For Miles Around.

So Love The Thought Of Death, Love It.