The Idea of Freedom

Man’s idea of freedom is walking from one prison he is tired of into a new one he prefers.

Student & Teacher

Student: How do I become free of Ego?

Teacher: If I tell you, will you follow my advice?

Student: Yes, if it sounds good to me

Teacher: Begin then, by exhausting all ways, which sound good to you.

Complacency

Complacency is not a lack of action; it is the lack of new action.

Getting Real Help

One man chooses his idols and their ways to merely imitate.

Another man will take the ways of his idols and adjust them to suit himself.

Yet another insists on building his own set of ideals to follow.

All have forgotten to look up for Real Help.

Heaviness in Thought

Man is heavy with thought, which weighs him down. He fails to see that lightening his load is the way to move upward.

Intellect

Let intellect be the final recourse of a man who will not see anything higher than his own self.

Overindulgence

Man becomes concerned with overindulgence only when it makes him look bad.