There Is No Tranquility In Ideas.

The Craving To Become Causes Fears; To Be, To Achieve, And So To Depend Engenders Fear.

The Soil In Which The Meditative Mind Can Begin Is The Soil Of Everyday Life, The Strife, The Pain, And The Fleeting Joy. It Must Begin There, And Bring Order, And From There Move Endlessly. .. You Must Take A Plunge Into The Water, Not Knowing How To Swim. And The Beauty Of Meditation Is That You Never Know Where You Are, Where You Are Going, What The End Is.

If You Have The Desire, If You Establish The Goal - Which Is Harmony, Which Is Happiness Through Liberation- Then These Stages Of Revolt, Of War, Of Struggle, Can Be Avoided - Should Be Avoided. You Are Not Going To Wallow In The Gutter If You Can Jump Over It.

To Know Yourself You Need Not Go To Any Book, To Any Priest, To Any Psychologist. The Whole Treasure Is Within Yourself.

We Are To Learn About Fear, Not How To Escape From It.