A True Conviction

More important than attaining enlightenment is the strong conviction that whatever experience we are having in the present moment has an ultimate meaning.

Without such a conviction, it is impossible to attain enlightenment.

But if we attain enlightenment before we attain enlightenment, if we are aware that our existence is inherently meaningful, then we will not be tempted to sacrifice our true self now for an imaginary self in the future.

We will seek for truth in the ordinary everyday circumstances of our lives and we will learn to express that truth through our daily activity.

Mind Games

The fraud committed on us is so close to home that it is difficult to realize how we are conditioned to love our slavery.

In The Ultimate Revolution, Aldous Huxley exposes some of the methods used by those who practice the black magic of brain washing: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31319.htm

The transcript is accompanied by a YouTube narration of the lecture. I highly recommend that you play the narration while you follow along with the text.

Tip: Use your computer's space bar to pause and start the narration as you scroll through the transcript.

It Does Not Concern Me

For the man who understands the meaning of life,
his mind is like a mirror.
When something crops up,
he fully understands the situation
and responds with all his being.
When it is over, he holds nothing.
Have no concern for what is to come
and what has passed.

--Zhuang Zi

A Worshipful Attitude

"God has implanted in us the seed of all greatness and it is up to us to see that the seed germinates and grows. Learning and growing should be a kind of worship. For God has given us capacities and talents and it is our sacred duty to finish God's work."--Eric Hoffer in Before the Sabbath

Strength of Purpose

Power corrupts the few while weakness corrupts the many.--Eric Hoffer

The cure for personal weakness is to accept full responsibility for working out the purpose of our lives. This is our avocation. For when we discover the true meaning of our lives, we become very strong.

A Shock to the System

Enlightenment is the shocking realization that you actually exist.

Philosopher's Stone

What we require is an unshakeable conviction that life has an ultimate meaning. In the alchemy of the soul, such an awareness acts like the fabled Philosopher's Stone and transforms our base desires into noble aspirations.