March 2010

STUDY INSTEAD OF FIGHT
     Write down the following sentence please: Study instead of fight. In order to do that you have to be quite aware of how much you fight — in which you resist, in which you strike out, in which you cry out, and fight for what you think is your psychic survival — instead just stand there and study your condition. You think this is easy. It’s a lifetime project to watch yourself be angry and not resist something that is higher than you.

RISE UP IN RIGHT REBELLION
     Say to yourself, “Effective as of twelve noon today, I’m going to begin a new course of behavior when I’m with other people — not just here, anywhere. I’m going to rise up in rebellion against this nervous timid state hoping that I won’t offend them by saying some little thing, and I’m going to have the courage not to chatter every second so as to keep myself from being nervous at the silence in the room.” Have the courage to remain silent so that you get so embarrassed and nervous over the silence that you see your state because you’ve caused a crisis in yourself.