SAANEN 1ST PUBLIC TALK 07TH JULY 1963 As there are going to be ten talks, I think we should lay the right foundation at the first talk, not only verbally, but also, if possible, in a different and more significant way. This different way will require the active occupation of all of us, and not … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 2ND PUBLIC TALK 09TH JULY 1963 I feel it is always rather difficult to communicate exactly what one wants to say. One has to use words. There are other forms of communication, but they are apt to be misleading and must be distrusted. Words, too, can be distorted; there are so many shades of … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 3RD PUBLIC TALK 11TH JULY 1963 For many people religion is probably a hobby. The old turn to religion, and so do people who are somewhat neurotic. I am using that word `religion‘ to mean not only the organized churches, with all the inward security they offer, but also the various and most extraordinary … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 4TH PUBLIC TALK 14TH JULY 1963 This morning I would like, if I may, to talk about something which may be rather abstruse. Most of us are slaves to words, and words have become extraordinarily important. Words are necessary as a means to communicate, but for most of us the word is the mind, … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 5TH PUBLIC TALK 16TH JULY 1963 I would like this morning to talk about several things; but before I go into them, I think it is important to understand how to listen. I have often talked about listening, and those of you who are hearing it for the tenth time may think that I … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 6TH PUBLIC TALK 18TH JULY 1963 This morning I would like to talk about sorrow. It is a very complex problem, and as one cannot go into it in great detail, I shall, if I may, go only into the essentials of it. Without understanding sorrow, there is no wisdom; the ending of sorrow … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 7TH PUBLIC TALK 21TH JULY 1963 We have been exploring many problems which concern our daily life, because without understanding these daily problems of conflict, greed, ambition, envy, the travail of love, and so on – without understanding them completely – it is utterly impossible to discover for oneself whether there is something beyond … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 8TH PUBLIC TALK 23TH JULY 1963 You may have observed that during the seven meetings we have had here, I have not talked in terms of any theory, belief or ideal. For a religious man there are no theories at all, nor are there beliefs or ideals of any kind, because he is always … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 9TH PUBLIC TALK 25TH JULY 1963 One observes that in modern civilization, where everything is being highly organized, there is less and less freedom in action. We are losing spontaneity and passion in action. For most of us, action has become routine. Whether it is going to the office every day, washing dishes in … Weiterlesen
SAANEN 10TH PUBLIC TALK 28TH JULY 1963 Perhaps this morning we can inquire together into something which man has been seeking for centuries upon centuries, and which very few, apparently, have found. Through his turmoil and sorrow, through his passing happiness, through all his confusion and misery, man has put together innumerable dogmas and beliefs … Weiterlesen