Self-knowledge is not a thing to be bought in books, but it is awareness, from moment to moment.
The end is the beginning of all things, suppressed and hidden, awaiting to be released through the rhythm of pain and pleasure… Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
As you are externally aware, so also you can be inwardly aware of your thoughts and feelings, of your motives and urges, of your prejudices, envies, greed and pride…This outward and inward awareness is a unitary process which brings about a total integration of human understanding.
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, which has so unfortunately divided man.
You are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.
Action has meaning only in relationship and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship is infinitely more important than the search for any plan of action.
