To free the mind of the observer, no escape is possible. Don’t escape, don’t seek, but face the fact of what you are. Don’t translate in terms of what you think you are; don’t translate what you should be – which is again an escape. Face the fact of what one is. When you face the actual fact without escaping, without naming, without the word, then the fact becomes totally different. When you do that – every reaction, every movement of thought – you will see the observer is no longer there. Therefore there is a freedom from the observer; therefore there is a totally different dimension of space. From Public Talk 10, Saanen, 31 July 1966 Read more |