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"It is only when we understand the truth of daily existence that we can go far. You must begin
near to go far but most of us want to jump, to begin far without understanding what is close. As
we understand the near, we shall find the distance between the near and the far is not. There is
no distance - the beginning and the end are one."
The First and Last Freedom, p.176 |
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"We are an odd people; we wander in search of something in far-off
places when it is so close to us. Beauty is ever there, never here;
truth is never in our homes but in some distant place. We go to the
other side of the world to find the Master, and we are not aware of
the servant; we do not understand the common things of life, the
everyday struggles and joys, and yet we attempt to grasp the mysterious
and the hidden. We do not know ourselves, but we are willing to serve
or follow him who promises a reward, a hope, a Utopia. As long as we
are confused, what we choose must also be confused. We cannot perceive
clearly when we are half-blind; and what we then see is only partial
and so not real. We know all this, and yet our desires, our cravings
are so strong that they drive us into illusions and endless miseries."
Commentaries on Living, First Series, p.72-73 |
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"If the end is freedom, the beginning must be free, for the end and beginning are one."
Education and the Significance of Life, p.59 |
