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There Is No HOW
After one is given a prescription . . . or after he begins to follow a prescription . . . his allegiance, his focus, his attention, his intent is centered upon the prescription. Not upon the thing he is trying to attain.
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
All things lead back to seriousness and sincerity. Sincerity, not in a moral sense. But in the sense of a true and genuine and pure desire to reach one’s goal. S: Most humans simply are not this way. M: Most humans like to play games. They are window-shoppers, band-wagon-jumpers, and fad-followers. Such is the effect of societal conditioning.
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
Because never in your life have you met a person who did not have a ‘message’ for you, or attempt to ‘lead’ you somewhere, or get you to ‘do something.’ Whether it was ‘for your own good’ or not. Regardless of whether it was benevolent, evil, well-intentioned, or holy.
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
Anything can give one anything for a fleeting moment. Sitting in meditation, or even going for a walk can give one peace. But it does not last. That is the point.
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
As I have stated, in the mechanical elements, prescriptions can be employed to some degree. But in the non-mechanical elements, which happens to be the overwhelming majority, prescriptions will sabotage his outcomes. For Art has no use for prescriptions. S: Art has no use for prescriptions. Are you saying that one cannot be taught Art, Master. M: I
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
Master, what about pursuits such as in sports, business, the performing arts . . . Are prescriptions equally poisonous in those domains. M: Yes. S: But there is a technique to those things, is there not. M: There are indeed some mechanical elements. Such as physical technique. And, as they apply to a mechanical element, prescriptions may be of some
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
If you do not desire something in the depth of your bones, you will have an endless tolerance for failure. If you do desire something in the depth of your bones, you will have little tolerance for failure. As Buddha had. And once the prescriptions fail, as they always do, you will be forced to find your own way. S: So the only people who continue t
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
In employing prescriptions, he will approach the non-mechanical in a mechanical way. He will replace the power of his instincts, with manufactured notions of correctness and incorrectness. He will replace his inner voice with the voices of others. And when the prescriptions begin to fail, he will need new ones.
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
I have never thought of it this way. But you are correct. When it comes to things in the material domain, from success to wealth to whatever it may be, there is zero tolerance for any notion that has an indefinite timeline. If after twenty or thirty years of doing something I have failed, then it absolutely means that what I have been doing does no
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Mickey Patel added 1mo ago
What have I done and tried for years that has not worked?