leaving behind the burdens of one’s preconceived opinions and conclusions—had in itself a liberating power.

“Never assert yourself against nature,” he told him. “Never be in frontal opposition to any problem, but control it by swinging with it.”

I have to leave you now, my friend. You have a long journey ahead of you, and you must travel light. These paragraphs at best have been merely “a finger pointing at the moon.” Please do not take the finger to be the moon or fix your intense gaze on the finger and thus miss all the beautiful sight of heaven. After all, the usefulness of the finger

don’t put all your focus and energy into your career so that one day you will be content and happy. Work on being content and happy and bring that into your career and the rest of your life.

“human, fully expressed.”

Traditions and institutions can have their benefits, but they do and always will have their limitations, too. An organization or system of belief that has its rules and traditions will always not include someone. Someone will be pushed outside of the boundaries and made “other.”

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.”

“Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.”

When man comes to a conscious realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled. To raise our potential is to live every second refreshed. Trust the life-giving force within.