- Philosophy
Philosophy is not for the club table - it is for practical application.
- Fear
When not worrying about the past, you are worried about the distant future.
"A famine may come and I may not have food to eat" - you create the famine now and suffer.
Fear of disease creates it.
Fear of death kills you several times a day.
- Swearing with Blood
It is an ancient custom for warriors to write their oath of allegiance to the King with their blood.
Now they kill an ox and smear the King's tomb with its blood!
- Real
The Sage is awake. He is not aware of sin or sorrow.
Who is he going to serve or teach?
The son is asleep or delirious.
He shouts: "Father, there is the tiger!" But father does not shoot, He knows it is not real.
- Philosophers
It is unfortunate that philosophers do not agree among themselves.
The "followers" do - they see outside, look to the philosopher concerned.
They accept what he gives, and since he gives the same to all of them, they agree.
But the philosopher questions the external version of the Reality and seeks within to contact It which is Infinite.
His own limited, conditioned, finite mind, however, is able to perceive the Infinite in a particular way - different from others' view.
Hence trouble!