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LOVE IS GRANTING ANOTHER THE SPACE TO BE THE WAY THEY ARE AND THE
WAY THEY AREN'T SO THEY CAN CHANGE IF THEY WANT TO AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO.
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THE TRUTH BELIEVED IS A LIE.
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WHEN YOU'RE UP TO YOUR ASS IN ALLIGATORS, IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER
YOUR INITIAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DRAIN THE SWAMP.
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IF YOU KEEP SAYING IT THE WAY IT REALLY IS, EVENTUALLY YOUR WORD
IS LAW IN THE UNIVERSE.
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INTERESTING PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.
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EXPERIENCE IS SIMPLY EVIDENCE THAT I AM HERE.
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HAPPINESS IS A FUNCTION OF ACCEPTING WHAT IS.
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A TRANSFORMED INDIVIDUAL DEMANDS TRANSFORMED RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE
ONLY IN SUCH A CONTEXT CAN HE OR SHE NATURALLY EXPRESS A
TRANSFORMED INDIVIDUALITY.
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WHAT I HAVE IS A PLACE TO STAND. NOT THE RIGHT PLACE, FOR I DO NOT
PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN FOR MYSELF, LET ALONE OTHERS,
BUT A PLACE I AM WILLING TO TRY OUT TO SEE IF IT LEAVES ME AS A
CLEARING WHERE THE TRUTH CAN MORE POWERFULLY GO TO WORK.
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WHAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN CREATING IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF PEOPLES' LIVES AND OF LIFE
ITSELF. THIS CONTEXT OF TRANSFORMATION IS A CONTEXT OF FREEDOM AND
OPPORTUNITY, OF EMPOWERMENT AND HUMAN JOY, OF CONTRIBUTION AND OF
PARTICIPATION. PARTICIPATION IN THIS TRANSFORMATION IS, FOR ME,
THE FULLEST EXPRESSION OF BEING.
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RESPONSIBILITY BEGINS WITH THE WILLINGNESS TO BE CAUSE IN THE
MATTER OF ONE'S LIFE. ULTIMATELY, IT IS A CONTEXT FROM WHICH ONE
CHOOSES TO LIVE. RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT BURDEN, FAULT, PRAISE,
BLAME, CREDIT, SHAME OR GUILT. IN RESPONSIBILITY, THERE IS NO
EVALUATION OF GOOD OR BAD, RIGHT OR WRONG. THERE IS SIMPLY WHAT'S
SO, AND YOUR STAND. BEING RESPONSIBLE STARTS WITH THE WILLINGNESS
TO DEAL WITH A SITUATION FROM THE VIEW OF LIFE THAT YOU ARE THE
GENERATOR OF WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU ARE. THAT IS
NOT THE TRUTH. IT IS A PLACE TO STAND. NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU
RESPONSIBLE, NOR CAN YOU IMPOSE RESPONSIBILITY ON ANOTHER. IT IS A
GRACE YOU GIVE YOURSELF - AN EMPOWERING CONTEXT THAT LEAVES YOU
WITH A SAY IN THE MATTER OF LIFE.
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YOU AND I WANT OUR LIVES TO MATTER. WE WANT OUR LIVES TO MAKE A
REAL DIFFERENCE, TO BE OF GENUINE CONSEQUENCE IN THE WORLD. WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS NO SATISFACTION IN MERELY GOING THROUGH THE
MOTIONS, EVEN IF THOSE MOTIONS MAKE US SUCCESSFUL, OR EVEN IF WE
HAVE ARRANGED TO MAKE THOSE MOTIONS PLEASANT. WE WANT TO KNOW WE
HAVE MADE SOME IMPACT ON THE WORLD. IN FACT, YOU AND I WANT TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE. WE WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD WORK.
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ONE CREATES FROM NOTHING. IF YOU TRY TO CREATE FROM SOMETHING
YOU'RE JUST CHANGING SOMETHING. SO IN ORDER TO CREATE SOMETHING
YOU FIRST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE NOTHING. TO MAKE SURE A PERSON
DOESN'T FIND OUT WHO HE IS, CONVINCE HIM THAT HE CAN'T REALLY MAKE
ANYTHING DISAPPEAR. ALL THAT'S LEFT THEN IS TO RESIST, SOLVE, FIX,
HELP OR CHANGE THINGS. THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF
SOMETHING.
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THE WAY TO HANDLE A MONSTER IS TO GIVE IT LOTS OF SPACE.
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YOUR LIFE WORKS TO THE DEGREE YOU KEEP YOUR AGREEMENTS.
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THERE ISN'T ANYBODY WHO SHOWS UP WITH TENNIS SHOES AND A TENNIS
RACQUET WHO CAN'T PLAY TENNIS AT THE LEVEL OF SELF-EXPRESSION.
THEY MAY NOT PLAY AT THE LEVEL OF CHAMPION BUT THERE ISN'T ANYBODY
WHO CAN'T PLAY AT THE LEVEL OF SELF-EXPRESSION.
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YOU CAN START OFF ANYWHERE YOU LIKE AS LONG AS WHERE YOU END UP IS
LEAVING EVERYBODY WITH MORE POWER.
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YOUR LIFE AND MY LIFE HAVE TURNED OUT, AND ONCE YOU GET THAT, LIFE
GOES ON FROM A POSITION OF HAVING TURNED OUT. THAT'S CALLED
PLAYING THE GAME FROM WIN.
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HEROES ARE ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO DARE TO SEE AND MEET THE
CALL OF A POSSIBILITY BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. BREAKTHROUGHS ARE
CREATED BY SUCH HEROES, BY MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL STAND FOR THE
RESULT WHILE IT IS ONLY A POSSIBILITY - PEOPLE WHO WILL ACT TO
MAKE POSSIBILITY REAL.
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO FIND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW ERA
WHEN WHO YOU HAVE BEEN BEING IS INSUFFICIENT FOR YOUR LIFE?
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WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ON THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WAS I REALIZED I
KNEW NOTHING. EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW I ONLY KNEW "IN ORDER
TO".
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BUILDING A STRATEGY TO AVOID THE ALMOST CERTAIN FUTURE BINDS YOU
AS MUCH TO THE ALMOST CERTAIN FUTURE AS COMMITTING TO IT.
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I WANT YOU TO SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE FROM LIVING YOUR LIFE, TO
BEING AN ACTOR PLAYING THE LEAD ROLE IN A PLAY CALLED "YOUR LIFE".
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MY NOTION ABOUT SERVICE IS THAT SERVICE IS ACTUALLY THAT KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH YOU HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE PERSON. NOW I
DON'T MEAN TO THE PERSON'S BODY OR TO THE PERSON'S PERSONALITY OR
TO THE PERSON'S STOMACH OR TO THE PERSON'S ALMOST ANYTHING. WHAT I
MEAN IN FACT IS THAT FOR ME WHAT SERVICE IS ABOUT IS BEING
COMMITTED TO THE OTHER BEING, TO THE OTHER PERSON SPIRITUALLY, TO
WHO THE PERSON IS. NOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT TO THE DEGREE
THAT YOU ARE IN FACT COMMITTED TO THE OTHER PERSON, YOU ARE ONLY
AS VALUABLE AS HOW YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE OTHER PERSON'S STUFF,
THEIR EVIDENCE, THEIR MANIFESTATION, AND THAT'S WHAT SERVICE IS
ALL ABOUT. SERVICE IS ABOUT KNOWING WHO THE OTHER PERSON IS, AND
BEING ABLE TO TOLERATE GIVING SPACE TO THEIR GARBAGE. WHAT MOST
PEOPLE DO IS TO GIVE SPACE TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY AND DEAL WITH THEIR
GARBAGE. ACTUALLY, YOU SHOULD DO IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. DEAL
WITH WHO THEY ARE AND GIVE SPACE TO THEIR GARBAGE. KEEP
INTERACTING WITH THEM AS IF THEY WERE GOD. AND EVERY TIME YOU GET
GARBAGE FROM THEM, GIVE SPACE TO THE GARBAGE AND GO BACK AND
INTERACT WITH THEM AS IF THEY WERE GOD.
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PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORK BECAUSE OF THE VALUE THEY
EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIVES UNTIL THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE OF THEIR
PARTICIPATION BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM THAN FOCUSING ON
GROWTH, OR THEIR LIVES BECOME SO DEMANDING THEY DON'T HAVE THE
TIME TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR PEOPLE TO STOP
PARTICIPATING AT SOME POINT, AND FOCUS ON GETTING ON WITH THEIR
LIVES AND INTERESTS. A NUMBER OF STUDIES ON GRADUATES DEMONSTRATE
THE VALUE THEY RECEIVED KEEPS ON BEING OF VALUE IN THEIR LIVES
EVEN AFTER THEY STOP PARTICIPATING, AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GROW
ON THE FOUNDATION THAT THEY CREATED FOR THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR
PARTICIPATION.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR LOVE WHEN IT IS WHERE YOU COME
FROM.
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WE ALL HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, AND IF YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARENTS, YOU CAN HAVE INCREDIBLE
RELATIONSHIPS, MAGICAL RELATIONSHIPS, MIRACULOUS RELATIONSHIPS.
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WHAT YOU RESIST PERSISTS.
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IN THIS CONVERSATION WE DISCOVER ANOTHER POSSIBILITY: LIVING IN A
WAY, NOW, MOMENT TO MOMENT, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO LIFE. WE
DISCOVER THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS WE CAN LIVE IN A POSSIBILITY INSTEAD
OF IN WHAT WE HAVE INHERITED, THAT INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A HUMAN
BEING BECAUSE WE WERE BORN THAT WAY, WE CAN DECLARE THE
POSSIBILITY OF BEING FOR HUMAN BEINGS. THIS IS THE WORK OF
TRANSFORMATION: BRINGING FORTH A BREAKTHROUGH IN THE POSSIBILITY
OF BEING HUMAN. WHAT WE CREATE TOGETHER IS A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH
OUR WORK CAN SHOW UP AS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. I
WELCOME THE UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK GLOBALLY ON
THAT WHICH CONCERNS US ALL AS HUMAN BEINGS.
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DISTINCTIONS HAVE A SHORT HALF-LIFE, AND NEED TO BE RECREATED
FROM TIME TO TIME.
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MASTERY IS NOT ABOUT BEING IN AN AESTHETIC PLACE OF LOVE AND
KINDNESS. THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF MASTERY. MASTERY IS ABOUT
HAVING THE WORLD SHOWING UP AS IT IS. AND 'I' IS JUST ANOTHER
PIECE IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S MUCH EASIER TO RIDE THE HORSE IN THE DIRECTION HE'S GOING.
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THE ONE THING I'M CLEAR ABOUT IS EVERYONE IS CAPABLE OF BEING
GREAT. NOT COMPARED TO SOMEONE ELSE. I MEAN GREAT FOR YOURSELF.
I'M COMMITTED TO YOU REALIZING YOU'RE GREAT.
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WHO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY "I" IS NOT YOU. IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT SHOWS UP FOR YOU.
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MASTERY IS WHEN WHAT'S THERE IS ALL THAT'S THERE.
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"I" IS NOT ME. IT'S SIMPLY SOMETHING THAT SHOWS UP FOR ME. BE OPEN
TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING WITH THIS THING CALLED "I" SO YOU'RE
MOVED TO TEARS BY IT. YOU CAN'T MASTER LIFE UNTIL YOU MASTER "I".
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THE PATHWAY TO HAVING ISN'T WANTING. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, YOU
NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH IT OTHER THAN WANTING
IT, IN ORDER TO HAVE IT.
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HERE IS WHERE IT IS. NOW IS WHEN IT IS. YOU ARE WHAT IT IS.
CELEBRATE!
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WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO IS TO HAVE THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE OF
LOVE, KINDNESS, AND JOY BECOME ORDINARY.
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THE GATES TO THE TEMPLE OF TRUTH ARE GUARDED BY TWO DRAGONS:
PARADOX AND CONFUSION.
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WHAT I MEAN BY "PATTERNED BEHAVIOR" IS ONE'S HABITUAL WAY OF
REPRESENTING ONESELF, OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS "JUST THE WAY I AM".
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WHILE NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY IT, WHO EACH OF US IS
AND THE FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES EACH OF US MAKES IN LIFE, SEEM TO
MATTER VERY LITTLE. EVEN ACTS OF GREAT COURAGE AND INTELLIGENCE,
WHILE ADMIRABLE AND EVEN INSPIRING, EXIST IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE
APPARENT UNWORKABILITY OF THE WORLD AT LARGE. OUR GREATEST
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT, WALKING ON THE MOON, WHILE GALVANIZING THE
WORLD FOR A MOMENT, DID NOT FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER PEOPLE'S
EXPERIENCE OF THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES
AND IN THE WORLD. SOMETIME AROUND NOW - IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED FIVE
YEARS AGO OR FIFTY YEARS AGO, BUT SOMETIME AROUND NOW
- THE RULES FOR LIVING SUCCESSFULLY ON EARTH SHIFTED, AND AN
OPPORTUNITY, UNSEEN BEFORE, BEGAN TO REVEAL ITSELF. THIS
OPPORTUNITY IS A CONTEXT - A PARTICULAR SPACE OR PARADIGM, A WAY
OF BEING - WHICH UNEXPECTEDLY CREATES THE POSSIBILITY FOR A
PERSON'S LIFE TO TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE WAY
EACH OF US ANSWERS THE QUESTION "WHAT IS MY LIFE REALLY GOING TO
BE ABOUT?" CAN LITERALLY ALTER THE COURSE OF HUMANITY. THE
POSSIBILITY TO CREATE THE CONTEXT IN WHICH PEOPLE'S LIVES REALLY
MATTER IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PROFOUND OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO
ANYONE, EVER.
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YOU AND I GO THROUGH LIFE, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH OF THE
TIME IN LIFE THE QUESTION "HOW CAN I LIVE AND HAVE INTEGRITY AT
THE SAME TIME?" IS PRESENT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE
WITH INTEGRITY. USUALLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN
INTEGRITY AND LIVING. THE FACT IS YOU GIVE UP YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU
COMPROMISE INTEGRITY.
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QUICK! GET ON WITH IT! LIFE IS ALMOST OVER!
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POWER DOESN'T COME FROM KNOWLEDGE. WHAT PEOPLE KNOW DOESN'T MAKE
THEM POWERFUL. IT'S BEING PRESENT TO WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT
GIVES YOU POWER.
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NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING.
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OUR WORK IS NOT A CLASS IN PHILOSOPHY. IT'S NOT A THEOLOGICAL
DISCUSSION NOR IS IT A DISCUSSION ABOUT HISTORY OR ANTHROPOLOGY OR
SOCIOLOGY. ITS INTENTION IS TO LITERALLY IMPACT, LIKE BREAK OPEN,
LIKE EMPOWER US IN OUR EVERYDAY BEING IN THE WORLD.
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TODAY REALLY IS A DAY FOR MIRACLES. AND IT'S NOTHING THAT I'M
GOING TO DO. IT'S THAT I'VE REALLY GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU. MAN, I
REALLY KNOW YOU! AND I AM ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY BLOWN
AWAY BY WHO YOU ARE. I AM SO DEEPLY AND COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH
YOU THAT IT'S PUT ME INTO A SPACE OF ECSTASY, AND IT'S ALL I WANT
TO DO IS TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH YOU TODAY.
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WHATEVER COMPETENCE I MAY HAVE COMES FROM MY HAVING TRAINED
MYSELF TO BE OUT THERE WITH WHAT I AM DEALING WITH INSTEAD OF
BEING IN HERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH WHAT IS OUT THERE.
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I DO NOT PUT WHAT I THINK I KNOW FROM MY LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE
AS A LENS BETWEEN ME AND WHAT I AM DEALING WITH. I KEEP WHAT I
KNOW, SO TO SPEAK, ABOVE THE SPACE BETWEEN ME AND WHAT I AM
DEALING WITH SO THAT IT SHINES SOME LIGHT ON WHAT I AM DEALING
WITH RATHER THAN BEING A FILTER.
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HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO IS DOROTHY ESCAPE FROM DOROTHY? YOU CANNOT DO
THAT BY TRAVELING IN SPACE AND TIME.
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I DO LIVE IN A MONASTERY. MY MONASTERY IS THE WHOLE WORLD.
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MOST PEOPLE DON'T MAKE ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN AN EXPERIENCE AND A
MEMORY OF AN EXPERIENCE. THEY TREAT THEM BOTH THE SAME. AND WHAT'S
WORSE IS THEY DON'T KNOW THEY TREAT THEM BOTH THE SAME. THAT'S
CALLED BLINDNESS. TO NOT KNOW IS ONE THING. TO NOT KNOW THAT YOU
DON'T KNOW, THAT'S TRAGIC.
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IN THE WORK OF TRANSFORMATION, THE EPISTEMOLOGY IS ALTERED FROM A
WELL‑CONCEIVED BELIEF SYSTEM TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN BELIEF,
TO A CONTEXT IN WHICH ONE IS SENSITIVE TO THE DANGERS OF ANY AND
ALL BELIEF SYSTEMS.
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I SUSPECT ALL CODIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY MY OWN. IN PRESENTING MY
OWN IDEAS, I EMPHASIZE THEIR EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONTEXT. I HOLD THEM
AS POINTERS TO THE TRUTH, NOT AS THE TRUTH ITSELF.
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YOU AND I POSSESS WITHIN OURSELVES, AT EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES,
UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE POWER TO TRANSFORM THE QUALITY OF OUR
LIVES.
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WHAT IS IT TO BE A HUMAN BEING? WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING
FOR HUMAN BEINGS?
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IF YOU KEEP SWITCHING THE CHEESE, EVENTUALLY THE RAT LAYS DOWN IN
FRONT OF THE TUNNELS AND DIES.
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THERE IS NO "THE ANSWERS".
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IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT OUT INTO THE WORLD, YOU DIDN'T GET IT IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
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TRANSFORMATION ISN'T EASY. IF TRANSFORMATION WERE EASY, THE WHOLE
WORLD WOULD BE TRANSFORMED BY NOW.
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THE USE OF FORCE IS THE NEGATION OF POWER. THE PERSON YOU REFER
TO WHEN YOU SAY "I", THAT PERSON'S WEAPON IS FORCE. WHATEVER
YOU ARE OTHER THAN THE THING CALLED "I", THAT'S POWER.
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YOU NEED TO GET CLEAR THE UNIVERSE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT
YOU WANT.
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I SAW THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. IT WAS
ALRIGHT; IT ALWAYS HAD BEEN ALRIGHT; IT ALWAYS WOULD BE ALRIGHT -
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED. I DIDN'T JUST THINK THIS: SUDDENLY I
KNEW IT. NOT ONLY WAS I NO LONGER CONCERNED ABOUT
SUCCESS; I WAS NO LONGER EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT
ACHIEVING SATISFACTION. I WAS SATISFIED. I WAS
NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH MY REPUTATION; I WAS CONCERNED ONLY WITH
THE TRUTH.
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THERE WON'T BE AN EARTHQUAKE BECAUSE I SAY THERE
WON'T BE AN EARTHQUAKE. AND IF I CHANGE MY MIND, YOU'LL KNOW
BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR THE RUMBLE.
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AS STUPID AS IT SOUNDS, IT'S TRUE THERE'S A SENSE OF JOY WITH
SIMPLY BEING WITH WHAT'S THERE.
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TRANSFORMATION SHOWS UP IN MY MOUTH.
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I WANT YOU TO LOOK OUT FROM THE POSSIBILITY THAT OUR WORK, THAT
OUR RELATIONSHIPS, THAT OUR FAMILIES, THAT OUR BELIEFS, THAT OUR
WANTS AND DON'T WANTS HAVE US, RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
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FOR ME THIS IS A PRACTICAL MATTER. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE ANSWER
ABOUT GOD LIKE SOME GUY OR SOME THING OR SOME EXPLANATION OR
SOME ANYTHING, I HAVE A SPACE OF POSSIBILITY LIKE AN OPENNESS,
LIKE A PLACE FOR GOD TO SHOW UP IN MY LIFE.
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THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE IS MY GURU.
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BUT THAT IS LIKE SAYING THAT THE HOLE IN THE SAND LOOKS LIKE THE
STICK THAT YOU MADE THE HOLE IN THE SAND WITH. HOLES IN THE SAND
AND STICKS ARE WORLDS APART. TO PUT WHAT HAPPENED INTO LANGUAGE
WOULD BE LIKE TRYING TO DESCRIBE A STICK BY TELLING YOU ABOUT THE
HOLE IN THE SAND.
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WHAT IF LOVE WAS A CONTEXT, A SPACE, A CLEARING IN WHICH LIFE
SHOWS UP? WHAT IF LOVE WAS A STAND, A DECLARATION? WHAT IF YOU
WERE YOUR WORD AND YOU SAID "I LOVE YOU" TO SOMEBODY?
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IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READING A BOOK ON RIDING A BICYCLE,
SITTING ON A BICYCLE AND FALLING OFF ABOUT TWENTY OR THIRTY TIMES,
AND THAT MOMENT WHEN IT ALL KIND OF CLICKS, AND SUDDENLY YOU CAN
BALANCE ON A BICYCLE.
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LIFE IS A GAME. IN ORDER TO HAVE A GAME, SOMETHING HAS TO BE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN SOMETHING ELSE. IF WHAT ALREADY IS, IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN WHAT ISN'T, THE GAME IS OVER. SO LIFE IS A GAME IN
WHICH WHAT ISN'T IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT IS. LET THE GOOD
TIMES ROLL.
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THANK YOU FOR COMMUNICATING. I GOT IT TOTALLY AND I LOVE YOU
ABSOLUTELY.
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CREATION IS A MATTER OF DISTINCTION.
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TALK ISN'T CHEAP: YOU CHEAPEN TALK.
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I'M INVITING YOU TO STAND IN THE POSSIBILITY, LIKE A SPACE, LIKE
AN OPENING, LIKE A CLEARING, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE NEEDS. NEEDS HAVE
YOU.
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TO DO NOTHING MEANS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THAT'S THE
WAY TO DO NOTHING. IF YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE NOT DOING, THAT'S DOING
SOMETHING. IF YOU STOP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S DOING
SOMETHING. BUT DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING - THAT'S DOING
NOTHING.
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A MIRACLE IS SOMETHING THAT VALIDATES WHO YOU ARE RATHER THAN
DIMINISHES WHO YOU ARE.
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THE LOGIC SYSTEM OF THE MIND IS "EVERYTHING IS THE SAME AS
EVERYTHING ELSE ... EXCEPT NOT ALWAYS.".
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ALWAYS BE OPEN TO BEING RELATED TO EVERYONE YOU HAVE BEEN RELATED
TO.
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I AM COMMITTED TO THAT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH HUMAN
BEINGS ARE UNAWARE, THE AWARENESS OF WHICH WOULD TRANSFORM LIFE
FOR HUMAN BEINGS.
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YOU AND I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING AT A COACHING LEVEL, NOT AN
EXPLANATORY LEVEL. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN EXPLANATION. IT'S NOT MY
FIELD. MY FIELD IS NOT EXPLANATION. IT'S GENERATION. MY FIELD IS
COACHING, NOT JOURNALIZING.
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HUMAN BEINGS DID NOT HAVE RIGHTS. YOU AND I DON'T KNOW THAT HUMAN
BEINGS CREATED, FROM NOTHING, THE DOMAIN OF HUMAN RIGHTS. THEY
CALLED IT UP. THEY LANGUAGED IT. THEY COMMUNICATED IT. AND
COMMUNICATION HAS THAT POWER. IT HAS THE POWER NOT ONLY TO
REPRESENT AND NOT ONLY TO EVOKE BUT LITERALLY TO BRING INTO BEING.
AND TO KNOW YOURSELF ... TO KNOW YOUR SELF ... AS A
CONTEXT CREATOR IS TO TRANSFORM THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.
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THE ACCESS TO LIFE AS IT IS LIVED IS SOMETHING CALLED WONDER. THE
PROCESS IS TO BRACKET WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND THINK, TO PUT IT ASIDE,
AND STAND IN WONDER OF WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AS IT IS LIVED.
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LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TAKING THAT STEP INTO THE
UNKNOWN. TAKING THAT STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN IS ACTUALLY A LOT LESS
COURAGEOUS THAN TAKING A STEP FROM THE UNKNOWN.
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ALL THAT'S HERE FOR ME IS YOU.
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HERE WE ARE WITH NOTHING GOING ON.
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THE WAY A SITUATION OCCURS FOR ME (SHOWS UP FOR ME) IS COLORED AND
SHAPED BY MY CONTEXT FOR THAT SITUATION, AND MY WAY OF BEING AND
ACTING ARE NATURALLY NECESSARILY CORRELATED WITH
(IN‑A‑DANCE‑WITH) THE WAY THAT SITUATION OCCURS
FOR ME.
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YOU CAN TAKE YOUR WORD BACK, AND WHAT YOU GET THEN IS YOUR OLD
LIFE BACK.
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SUPPOSE YOU HAD NO PAST. THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING PLACE TO BE
IN.
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IT'S ALL YOURS NOW.
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LIFE IS EMPTY AND MEANINGLESS, AND IT'S EMPTY AND MEANINGLESS
THAT IT'S EMPTY AND MEANINGLESS.
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AN UNTRANSFORMED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.
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JUST LIKE THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE HAND, BEING AND ACTION ARE
DISTINCT YET INSEPARABLE.
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BE DIRECTED BY THE UNANSWERED QUESTION. LET THE UNANSWERED
QUESTION DIRECT YOU.
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HEALTH IS A FUNCTION OF PARTICIPATION.
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UNDERSTANDING IS THE BOOBY PRIZE.
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WITHOUT INTEGRITY NOTHING WORKS.
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KEEP SHARING.
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IF GOD TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS YOU WERE TO DO, YOU WOULD BE
HAPPY DOING IT NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS. WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT
GOD WANTS YOU TO DO. BE HAPPY.
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TODAY IS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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OPINIONS DON'T FORWARD THE ACTION.
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THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE, AND THEY AREN'T THE WAY THEY AREN'T.
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JUST SHOW UP.
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THE OCCURRING WORLD INCLUDES THE WAY IN WHICH OBJECTS, OTHERS, AND
YOU YOURSELF OCCUR FOR YOU IN THIS OR THAT SITUATION. THE
OCCURRING WORLD IS THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN, THE ONE YOU RESPOND TO
OR REACT TO. IT IS THIS WORLD WITH WHICH YOUR MIND, BODY,
FEELINGS, AND ACTIONS ARE CORRELATED.
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THE SOURCE OF WHAT PEOPLE DO AND WHAT THEY DON'T DO IS THAT
PEOPLE'S ACTIONS ARE IN A NATURALLY, NECESSARILY DIRECTLY
CONNECTED DANCE WITH THE WAY THE CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH AND IN
WHICH THEY ARE PERFORMING OCCUR (SHOW UP) FOR
THEM.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO WRITE A BOOK THEN WRITE A BOOK. IF YOU'RE NOT
THEN DON'T.
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WHAT IS IS, WHAT ISN'T ISN'T.
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THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS, OR IT DOESN'T.
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WHAT YOU GOT IS WHAT YOU CHOSE. TO MOVE ON, CHOOSE IT.
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THIS IS IT. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN MEANINGS. ALL THAT MYSTICAL STUFF
IS JUST WHAT'S SO. A MASTER IS SOMEONE WHO FOUND OUT.
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I AM COMMITTED TO YOUR COMMITMENT.
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THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS IN THE WORLD: NOTHING, AND SEMANTICS.
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IT IS ULTIMATE EGO TO SUPPOSE THAT YOU CAN FUNCTION WITHOUT EGO. I
SAW THAT I COULD LET MY EGO BE, AND THAT WHEN I DID SO, IT WOULD
LET ME BE. IT WOULD NO LONGER IMPEDE ME. INSTEAD OF MY EGO'S
RUNNING THE SHOW, I COULD RUN THE SHOW. IT WAS A MATTER OF MY
BEING WILLING TO BE AT CAUSE WITH MY OWN EGO, TO HOLD IT AS
SOMETHING THAT BELONGED TO ME - NOT TO RESIST OR TRY TO GET RID OF
IT, NOT TO TRY TO PROVE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE, NOR FALL INTO IT,
SUBMIT TO IT, OR LET IT RUN ME. NOW THIS WAS A MATTER, IN PART, OF
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR JACK ROSENBERG AND FOR WERNER ERHARD.
IT WAS ALL OVER FOR WERNER ERHARD. AND YET NOW, FOR THE FIRST
TIME, I COULD USE THAT PARTICULAR PERSONALITY, WERNER ERHARD, AS A
MEANS OF EXPRESSION, AS A WAY TO EXPRESS THE SELF.
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BE. DO. HAVE.
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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET CLEAR FOR YOURSELF THAT YOUR ONLY
ACCESS TO IMPACTING LIFE IS ACTION. THE WORLD DOES NOT CARE
WHAT YOU INTEND, HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE, HOW YOU FEEL, OR WHAT
YOU THINK, AND CERTAINLY IT HAS NO INTEREST IN WHAT YOU WANT
AND DON'T WANT. TAKE A LOOK AT LIFE AS IT IS LIVED AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF THAT THE WORLD ONLY MOVES FOR YOU WHEN YOU ACT.
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL GIVE UP ANYTHING - THEIR JOBS, THEIR
MONEY, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR HEALTH - TO GET IT, ANYTHING
EXCEPT THE ONE AND ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP IN ORDER TO
GET IT: THE CONVICTION THAT YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT.
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THE PATH TO AUTHENTICITY IS BEING AUTHENTIC ABOUT YOUR
INAUTHENTICITIES.
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THE BEING OF HUMAN BEINGS IS A MECHANISM, THE END OF WHICH, THE
PURPOSE, THE DESIGN FUNCTION OF WHICH IS SURVIVAL. YOU SEE NOW,
YOU CAN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW
IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. YOU'RE JUST SURE IT'S
GOING TO WORK OUT. IT ISN'T GOING TO WORK OUT. REALLY!
IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT. THIS IS ALL THERE IS.
THIS, THIS WHAT YOU GOT, IS WHAT THERE IS - NEVER MIND
THE FAIRY TALE. THIS IS IT! IT IS NOT GOING TO
WORK OUT BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY WORKED OUT!
THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKED OUT. YOU DON'T LIKE THAT?
TOO BAD ...
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STOP DOING THAT. JUST DO THE EXERCISE.
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LIKE UNCLE REMUS SAID, IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING GOOD, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING AT ALL.
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IF IT IS TRUE THAT THE FUTURE INTO WHICH YOU ARE LIVING GIVES YOU
BEING AND ACTION IN THE PRESENT, AND IF ONE PUTS THE PAST INTO THE
FUTURE, IT WILL APPEAR AS THOUGH WHO I AM IN THE PRESENT IS GIVEN
BY THE PAST.
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THIS IS WHERE A MASTER LIVES: OUT‑HERE, LIVING WHERE
LIFE ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
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THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN ONLY KNOW BY CREATING THEM FOR
YOURSELF.
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YOU DON'T ASK "WHY ME?" WHEN IT'S RAINING.
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IF GOD HAD MEANT MAN TO FLY, HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM WINGS.
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WHEN YOU'VE SAID ALL OF THE BAD THINGS AND ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SAYING, YOU WILL FIND THAT WHAT YOU'VE REALLY
BEEN WITHHOLDING IS "I LOVE YOU.".
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MY KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE A WALL OF BRICKS. EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A
BRICK IN THE WALL, EACH GIVEN BY EVERY OTHER BRICK AND BY THE
TOTALITY OF THE WALL ITSELF. IF SOMETHING NEW DOESN'T FIT WITH
EVERY OTHER BRICK AND WITH THE TOTALITY OF THE WALL ITSELF,
THEN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
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YOU HAVE TO BE BIG TO BE SMALL.
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CHOICE IS TO SELECT FREELY AND AFTER CONSIDERATION.
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TRANSFORMATION IS THE SPACE IN WHICH THE EVENT
"TRANSFORMATION" OCCURS.
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GOD'S GREATEST WORK WASN'T CREATING THE UNIVERSE: IT WAS
DISAPPEARING INTO IT AFTERWARDS.
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YOU'RE GOD IN YOUR UNIVERSE. YOU CAUSED IT. YOU PRETENDED NOT TO
CAUSE IT SO THAT YOU COULD PLAY IN IT, AND YOU CAN REMEMBER YOU
CAUSED IT ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.
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THERE IS NOTHING MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR
LIFE. ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER IN YOUR LIFE
IS THE CONTEXT FOR YOUR LIFE. WE HAVE ALMOST NO AWARENESS OF
CONTEXT.
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PEOPLE GENERALLY ARE UNAWARE THAT THE COST OF THEIR
OUT‑OF‑INTEGRITY BEHAVIOR IS A DIMINUTION OF
THEMSELVES IE THAT THEIR OUT‑OF‑INTEGRITY BEHAVIOR
LEAVES THEM A SMALLER PERSON (LEAVES THEM WITH LESS POWER, AND
THEREFORE WITH THE NEED FOR MORE FORCE).
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TO TAKE THE STAND THAT YOU ARE CAUSE IN THE MATTER CONTRASTS WITH
IT BEING YOUR FAULT, OR THAT YOU FAILED, OR THAT YOU ARE TO BLAME,
OR EVEN THAT YOU DID IT. THAT YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING IN
YOUR LIFE IS A PLACE TO STAND FROM WHICH TO VIEW AND DEAL WITH
LIFE - A PLACE THAT EXISTS SOLELY AS A MATTER OF YOUR CHOICE. THE
STAND THAT ONE IS CAUSE IN THE MATTER IS A DECLARATION, NOT AN
ASSERTION OF FACT. IT SIMPLY SAYS "YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (AND, I
CAN COUNT ON ME) TO LOOK AT AND DEAL WITH LIFE FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF MY BEING CAUSE IN THE MATTER.". WHEN YOU HAVE TAKEN
THE STAND (DECLARED) THAT YOU ARE CAUSE IN THE MATTER OF YOUR
LIFE, IT MEANS THAT YOU GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO ASSIGN CAUSE TO THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, OR TO OTHERS. THAT IS YOU GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO BE A
VICTIM. YOU ALSO GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO ASSIGN CAUSE TO THE WAXING
AND WANING OF YOUR STATE OF MIND - ALL OF WHICH, WHILE UNDOUBTEDLY
SOOTHING, LEAVE YOU HELPLESS (AT THE EFFECT OF). AT THE SAME TIME
TAKING THIS STAND DOES NOT PREVENT YOU FROM HOLDING OTHERS
RESPONSIBLE.
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TRANSFORMATION IS BEING IN A CONVERSATION FOR TRANSFORMATION.
WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER IN A CONVERSATION FOR TRANSFORMATION, YOU
ARE NO LONGER TRANSFORMED.
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REINVENTING YOURSELF INTO AN IMPOSSIBLE FUTURE DOESN'T ALTER HOW
LIFE TURNS OUT. IT ALTERS WHO YOU ARE BEING AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE,
WHILE LIFE TURNS OUT THE WAY IT DOES.
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THE ONLY THING YOU ARE GOING TO DO TODAY IS: WHAT YOU DO TODAY.
THEREFORE, THE ONLY THING THERE IS TO DO TODAY IS: WHAT YOU DO
TODAY. THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO DO WHEN YOU STARTED, NO MATTER WHAT
YOU THOUGHT OR THINK.
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BY TAKING A STAND ON YOURSELF AS OUT‑HERE, YOU WILL ACTUALLY
EXPERIENCE YOURSELF BEING OUT‐HERE, AND INTERACTING WITH
LIFE WHERE LIFE ACTUALLY HAPPENS. THAT IS THE STAND THAT A MASTER
TAKES ON HIMSELF OR HERSELF, AND THAT IS WHAT ALLOWS AN ORDINARY
PERSON TO FUNCTION AS A MASTER. IT IS FROM THIS STAND THAT A
MASTER ENCOUNTERS LIFE. IT IS FROM THIS STAND THAT A MASTER
EXPERIENCES, COMPREHENDS, AND UNDERSTANDS LIFE. IT IS FROM THIS
STAND THAT A MASTER INTERACTS WITH LIFE. AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES A
MASTER A MASTER.
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WHAT I MEAN BY "BEING COMMITTED TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ONESELF"
IS BEING COMMITTED IN A WAY THAT SHAPES ONE'S BEING AND ACTIONS SO
THAT THOSE ACTIONS ARE IN THE SERVICE OF REALIZING SOMETHING
BEYOND ONE'S PERSONAL CONCERNS FOR ONESELF - BEYOND A DIRECT
PERSONAL PAYOFF.
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PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP ANYTHING TO GET ENLIGHTENED. YOU AND
I BOTH KNOW PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN UP WEALTH, GIVEN UP JOBS,
FAMILIES, THEIR HEALTH, GIVE UP TALKING, GIVE UP SEX, GIVE UP YOU
NAME IT, THEY WILL GIVE IT UP. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING PEOPLE WILL
NOT GIVE UP TO GET ENLIGHTENED. THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY KNOW
TO HOLD ON TO THIS THING THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE UP NO MATTER
WHAT. THE ONE THING PEOPLE WILL NOT GIVE UP TO GET ENLIGHTENED IS
THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE NOT ENLIGHTENED.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM SURE ABOUT IS THAT EVERY ONE OF US,
IN THE PROCESS OF GROWING UP, DECIDES THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN
NEVER BE. AND THEN WE DECIDE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TO
COMPENSATE FOR WHAT WE CAN NEVER BE.
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I DON'T BELIEVE IN WHAT I'M DOING AT ALL. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
BELIEF IN WHAT I'M DOING. I ALREADY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN
OUT. THE WAY IT TURNS OUT IS FAIT ACCOMPLI. I MEAN THERE'S
NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THE WAY IT TURNS OUT. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW
IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT EXACTLY
LIKE IT TURNS OUT. IT'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR EONS. SO YOU SAY "BUT
THEN WERNER: WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVE? WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ALL THOSE
HOURS FOR?". I'M NOT MOTIVATED. THERE ISN'T ANY MOTIVE. THERE'S NO
DAMN VISION MOTIVATING ME. YOU KNOW, IF I STOPPED
DOING IT TOMORROW, IT WOULDN'T MAKE A DAMN BIT OF DIFFERENCE. AND
IF I KEEP DOING IT RIGHT TO THE END, IT WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WHAT HAPPENS. BUT THAT
DOESN'T FIT INTO OUR STRUCTURE. THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO OUR
CATEGORIES.
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WORDS MEAN THINGS, LIKE THEY'RE NUMBERS: IF YOU ADD NUMBERS
TOGETHER YOU GET ANSWERS, IF YOU ADD WORDS TOGETHER YOU GET
ANSWERS, IF YOU ADD THE WRONG WORDS TOGETHER YOU GET THE WRONG
ANSWERS.
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WHAT EST IS ABOUT IS TRANSFORMATION. EST
IS ABOUT THE SELF BEING SELF. AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU UNCOVER OR
DISCOVER OR RECOVER WHEN YOU DISCOVER THAT YOU ARE YOUR SELF IS
THAT ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY IS THEMSELF, AND THAT YOU CAN'T GET
TRANSFORMED BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET TRANSFORMED YOU'D HAVE TO BE
NOT TRANSFORMED, AND IF YOU'RE NOT TRANSFORMED YOU CAN NEVER BE
TRANSFORMED BECAUSE TRANSFORMATION DOESN'T HAVE A BEGINNING,
MIDDLE, OR END.
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WE HUMAN BEINGS, WE'RE KIND OF WIRED TO BE ADMIRED. WE WANT TO
LOOK GOOD. WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WELL OF US. AND SO WE TRY TO
BE AUTHENTIC. WE TRY TO BE REAL WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS IS ADMIRED BY OTHERS, IS IF
YOU'RE AUTHENTIC - IF YOU'RE KIND OF A PHONY, YOU KNOW NOBODY'S
GOING TO ADMIRE YOU. SO WE WANT TO BE AUTHENTIC. THE BEGINNING
OF ALL AUTHENTICITY IS TO BE AUTHENTIC ABOUT YOUR
INAUTHENTICITY. AND THAT'S HOW YOU START TO GET AN HONEST VIEW
OF YOURSELF.
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YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB HOLDING DOWN THE FLOOR, SWEETHEART!
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PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE EFFECT OF TIME, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T CREATE
TIME, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MANAGE TIME, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MOVE TIME
AROUND, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HANDLE TIME, PEOPLE WHO ARE
OVERWHELMED BY TIME, HAVE NO MASTERY AND NO BASIS FOR MASTERY.
THE BASIS FOR MASTERY IN THE WORLD IS BEING ABLE TO HANDLE
TIME.
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ACTION IS ALWAYS A CLOSELY CONNECTED NATURAL CORRELATE OF
(MUTUALLY ARISING WITH) THE WAY IN WHICH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
THE PERFORMER IS DEALING WITH OCCUR FOR (ARE EXPERIENCED BY) THAT
PERFORMER. THIS CORRELATION BETWEEN ACTION AND THE WAY IN WHICH
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR FOR THE PERFORMER, IS THE SOURCE OF
PERFORMANCE. BECAUSE THE WAY IN WHICH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR FOR
THE PERFORMER IS AT LEAST SHAPED BY LANGUAGE, AND IS IN ANY CASE
ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE PROVIDES ACTIONABLE
ACCESS TO THE SOURCE OF PERFORMANCE. WHEN THROUGH THE USE OF
LANGUAGE THE OCCURRING IS ALTERED, THE CORRELATED ACTION (AND
THEREFORE PERFORMANCE) IS ALTERED.
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HAPPINESS IS ALMOST NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE INSTANT
YOU TURN HAPPINESS INTO A GOAL, IT ISN'T ATTAINABLE ANY MORE. IN
OTHER WORDS, HAPPINESS ISN'T SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK TOWARD. IT
ISN'T SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT SOMEPLACE AND OVERCOME BARRIERS TO GET
TO. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN AN INSTANT. AND THE TRUTH OF
THE MATTER IS THAT YOU CAN ALTER YOUR STATE OF HAPPINESS BY SIMPLY
CHOOSING TO BE WILLING TO HAVE IT BE THE WAY IT IS.
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EVERYONE'S IN LOVE WITH EVERYONE.
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TRANSFORMATION LIVES IN ACCOUNTABILITY. WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY,
WITHOUT COMMITTED SPEAKING, WITHOUT PROMISES AND DECLARATIONS,
THERE IS NO TRANSFORMATION; THERE IS, AT BEST, PEAK FEELINGS.
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I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU. WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS
THAT I KNOW YOU LOVE ME.
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A PERSON OR HUMAN ENTITY IS IN INTEGRITY WHEN HE, SHE OR IT HONORS
THEIR WORD. WHETHER YOU LIKE INTEGRITY OR NOT AS WE
HAVE DEFINED IT, IS A NORMATIVE VALUE JUDGMENT ON
YOUR PART. HOWEVER, THE EFFECT OF INTEGRITY (OR THE
LACK OF IT) ON VALUE, PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY OF LIFE ETC, IS A
PURELY POSITIVE PROPOSITION.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME ON A PEDESTAL, CLIMB UP HERE WITH ME.
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THE PURPOSE IS LIFE AND THAT IT BE, COMPLETELY. THE COMMITMENT IS:
ALIVENESS. SO WHAT! TUUM EST (IT'S UP TO YOU).
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WITHOUT BEING A MAN OR WOMAN OF INTEGRITY YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT
BEING A LEADER. AND, BEING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY IS A
NEVER‑ENDING ENDEAVOR. BEING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY IS A
MOUNTAIN WITH NO TOP - YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE THE CLIMB.
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YOUR POWER IS A FUNCTION OF VELOCITY - THAT IS TO SAY, YOUR POWER
IS A FUNCTION OF THE RATE AT WHICH YOU TRANSLATE INTENTION INTO
REALITY. MOST OF US DISEMPOWER OURSELVES BY FINDING A WAY TO SLOW,
IMPEDE, OR MAKE MORE COMPLEX THAN NECESSARY THE PROCESS OF
TRANSLATING INTENTION INTO REALITY.
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THIS IS OUR HOME, OUR LIVING ROOM. WE INVITE YOU IN, WELCOME YOU
TO USE IT AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIKE. THERE IS
NO EFFORT NECESSARY TO GET YOU IN. OUR SURVIVAL IS IN NO WAY
DEPENDENT ON YOUR BEING IN. THERE IS ONLY THE INTENTION TO
COMMUNICATE THE INVITATION CLEARLY AND TO DISPLAY THE WELCOME MAT
CLEARLY. IF YOU PASS BY OR CHOOSE TO LEAVE, DO SO WITH OUR
BLESSINGS, GOOD WISHES AND SUPPORT.
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ROCKS ARE HARD, WATER IS WET, AND MOTHER IS MOTHER.
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TRANSFORMATION IS SIMPLE BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
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IF A NEW CONTEXT IS REQUIRED, THAT IS, IF A FUTURE BEYOND WHAT IS
POSSIBLE GIVEN BY THE PAST IS REQUIRED, THAT IS, IF DOING MORE OR
BETTER OR DIFFERENT, OR EVEN CHANGING, IS INSUFFICIENT TO
REALIZING SUCCESS (FULFILLING THE CONCERNS OF THE RELEVANT
PARTIES), THEN WITHOUT LEADERSHIP, WHATEVER GETS DONE WILL RESULT
IN SOMETHING LESS THAN SUCCESS. WITHOUT A NEW CONTEXT, THAT IS
WITHOUT A "TRANSFORMATION" OF THE FUTURE INTO WHICH YOU AND THE
PEOPLE YOU ARE LEADING ARE LIVING, THE FUTURE WHEN REALIZED WILL
BE MORE OF THE SAME. IT MAY BE BETTER, DIFFERENT, OR EVEN A
CHANGE, BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE VARIATION, IT WILL STILL BE MORE OF
THE PAST. REMEMBER, THE CONTEXT IS DECISIVE.
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UNTIL WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT IS CREATED BY YOU, YOU AREN'T LIVING
YOUR LIFE: YOU ARE LIVING SOME INHERITED LIFE.
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I WANT TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE FACT THAT, GIVEN THAT WHO THEY ARE
REALLY IS THEIR WORD, BEING A MAN OR WOMAN OF INTEGRITY LEAVES ONE
BEING WHOLE AND COMPLETE.
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AT LEAST IN THE MATTER OF INTEGRITY, WHO YOU ARE IS YOUR WORD,
NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS. HOWEVER IN A VERY REAL SENSE, WHO
YOU ARE - PERIOD - IS YOUR WORD.
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THE SET OF CONDITIONS THAT CONSTITUTES A SITUATION YOU ARE DEALING
WITH INCLUDES NOT ONLY WHAT IS ORDINARILY THOUGHT OF AS "THE
FACTS", BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY INCLUDES THE WAY OF BEING AND
ACTING OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION AND OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION. IN ADDITION, THE
CONDITIONS THAT CONSTITUTE A SITUATION YOU ARE DEALING WITH
INCLUDE WHAT OUTCOMES ARE SEEN AS POSSIBLE, AND WHAT SHOW UP AS
POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR REALIZING THOSE OUTCOMES. THE WAY IN WHICH
ALL OF THE FOREGOING OCCURS FOR ONE DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT ONE HAS
FOR THAT SITUATION.
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LIFE IS KIND OF LIKE A MONOPOLY GAME, AND YOU CAN'T PLAY A
MONOPOLY GAME UNLESS YOU HAVE A PIECE - A SCOTTIE DOG, OR A TOP
HAT, OR WHATEVER IT IS - AND IN LIFE, I NEED ONE OF THESE, AND A
PERSONALITY, AND A MIND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
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IT'S MINE, ALL MINE!
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NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T MAKE
DISTINCTIONS: WHEN YOU DON'T MAKE DISTINCTIONS YOU WIND UP DRIVING
YOUR AUTOMOBILE DOWN THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE WITH YOUR HANDS ON THE
REAR VIEW MIRROR INSTEAD OF ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND YOU HAVE A
LOT OF ACCIDENTS, AND A WHOLE BIG EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW DRIVING IS
VERY TOUGH.
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LIVING IS REALLY PRETTY SIMPLE. LIVING HAPPENS RIGHT NOW; IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN BACK THEN, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OUT THERE. LIVING
IS NOT THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE. LIVING IS THE PROCESS OF
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
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USUALLY WE THINK OF POSSIBILITY AS OPTIONS. WHILE THIS IS IN SOME
SENSE TRUE, POSSIBILITY ALSO EXISTS ON A DEEPER LEVEL OF
ABSTRACTION, A LEVEL WHICH ACTUALLY DEFINES WHICH OPTIONS ARE
PERMISSIBLE. SO TO BRING FORTH POSSIBILITY IS TO BRING FORTH A
DOMAIN IN WHICH NEW OPTIONS BECOME POSSIBLE. IT IS NOT SIMPLY
FINDING NEW OPTIONS WITHIN THE SAME RANGE OF OPTIONS: IT ACTUALLY
PRODUCES WHOLE NEW RANGES OF OPTIONS. IT IS ACTUALLY THE BRINGING
FORTH OF POSSIBILITY ITSELF. IT IS A DISTINCTLY HUMAN ACT, FAR
MORE HUMAN THAN SIMPLY CHOOSING BETWEEN THE OPTIONS WITH WHICH ONE
IS PRESENTED. IT IS THE ACT OF BRINGING FORTH WHOLE RANGES OF
OPTIONS, OPTIONS WITH WHICH YOU WERE NOT PRESENTED AND YET WHICH
YOU CAUSED TO BE. IN OUR WORK, WE ASSOCIATE THIS DEEPER NOTION OF
POSSIBILITY WITH CREATIVITY. POSSIBILITY SHOWS UP AS AN ACT OF
CREATION, AS BRINGING FORTH. THIS ALSO EXISTS ONLY IN THE DOMAIN
OF BEING. AT ITS HEART, OUR WORK IS THE OPENING UP, THE BRINGING
FORTH OF A NEW DOMAIN OF POSSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE.
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IF YOU COULD REALLY ACCEPT THAT YOU WEREN'T OK, YOU COULD STOP
PROVING YOU WERE OK. IF YOU COULD STOP PROVING THAT YOU WERE OK,
YOU COULD GET THAT IT WAS OK NOT TO BE OK. IF YOU COULD GET THAT
IT WAS OK NOT TO BE OK, YOU COULD GET THAT YOU WERE OK THE WAY YOU
ARE. YOU'RE OK, GET IT?
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I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO COUNT SOME GREAT MEN
AND WOMEN AMONG MY FRIENDS. THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM: THEY
CANNOT GET THEIR STUDENTS TO BE MASTERS AS THEY ARE - EVEN
STUDENTS WITH ALL THE INTELLECTUAL EQUIPMENT YOU CAN IMAGINE. I
TELL THEM THAT THE REASON WHY THEY CAN'T TURN THEIR STUDENTS INTO
MASTERS IS THAT THEY ARE FIBBING TO THEMSELVES ABOUT THE SOURCE OF
THEIR OWN MASTERY. THEY ATTRIBUTE THEIR OWN MASTERY TO EVERYTHING
OTHER THAN ITS ACTUAL SOURCE: CREATION. CREATING AND BEING, EXIST
IN THE SAME DOMAIN. AND THERE IS A DISCIPLINE TO BEING, TO
CREATION. THE DOMAIN OF BEING HAS ITS OWN RIGOR. BEING IS
APPROACHABLE. IT IS MASTERABLE. IT'S NOT NEBULOUS.
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WHAT ONE DOES WITH PERSONALITY IS NOT AVOID IT, OR IGNORE IT, OR
SUPPRESS IT, OR SHOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY, BUT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR IT, COMPLETE ONE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE'S PERSONALITY,
TRANSCEND IT, AND THEREFORE INCLUDE IT AS A CONTENT IN THE CONTEXT
WHICH ONE IS WHEN ONE TRANSCENDS ONE'S PERSONALITY. SO, RATHER
THAN TO DO AWAY WITH THE PERSONALITY, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT
I WOULD NOT DO AWAY WITH THE PERSONALITY. ONE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR IT, CAUSE IT, INSTEAD OF BE THE EFFECT OF IT. ESSENTIALLY ONE
WOULD COMPLETE ONE'S PERSONALITY AS A WAY OF BEING UNATTACHED TO
IT.
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I AM "I AM".
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I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WHEN PEOPLE GET STUCK IN GRIEF OR AS
VICTIMS, THAT WHAT KEEPS THEM STUCK IS THE SIGNIFICANCE - NOT WHAT
HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY TO SOMEBODY
WHO'S BEEN VICTIMIZED, TO SOMEBODY WHO'S LOST SOMEONE CLOSE TO
THEM. BUT I'M SORRY: I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE I'VE GOT TO GET
ULTIMATELY.
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WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN WE GIVE OUR WORD, OUR WORD IS SO TO SPEAK IN
OUR MOUTHS (AND IF WE ARE AWAKE, THEN ALSO IN OUR EARS IN BEING
AWARE THAT WE HAVE JUST GIVEN OUR WORD). WHEN ONE IS GIVING ONE'S
WORD, ONE'S WORD EXISTS IN ONE'S MOUTH, BUT EXISTS THERE ONLY FOR
THE DURATION ONE IS SPEAKING. THE QUESTION IS WHERE DOES YOUR WORD
GO - WHERE DOES YOUR WORD EXIST - AFTER YOU HAVE CLOSED YOUR
MOUTH? MORE CRITICALLY, THE QUESTION IS WHERE IS YOUR WORD WHEN IT
COMES TIME FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR WORD?
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WHEN MY INTEGRITY IS LACKING, I AM CLEAR THAT I JUST GOT TO BE A
BIT SMALLER AS A PERSON. THAT KEEPS ME WORKING ON MY INTEGRITY.
AND THE THING ABOUT INTEGRITY IS IT'S A MOUNTAIN WITH NO TOP.
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AND, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT HAVING INTEGRITY UNTIL ANY
"OUT‑OF‑INTEGRITY" OCCURS FOR YOU AS A DIMINUTION OF
YOURSELF.
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WHAT INTEGRITY ACTUALLY IS, AND THE WAY INTEGRITY FUNCTIONS AND
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAY IT FUNCTIONS, IS
MISIDENTIFIED BY VIRTUALLY ALL PEOPLE, AND AS A
RESULT THEY EXPLAIN THE DAMAGE [A RESULT OF THEIR OWN
OUT‑OF‑INTEGRITY BEHAVIOR] AS COMING FROM SOME CAUSE
OTHER THAN THEIR OUT‑OF‑INTEGRITY BEHAVIOR, OR THEY
EXPLAIN AWAY THE DAMAGE AS "THAT'S JUST A PART OF THE WAY PEOPLE,
LIFE, BUSINESS, OR THE WORLD IS.". AS A RESULT OF THIS
MISIDENTIFICATION, JUST WHAT INTEGRITY IS, AS WELL AS WHAT IT IS
TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY OR ACT WITHOUT INTEGRITY, AND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF EITHER TYPE OF ACTION, IS FOR ALL PRACTICAL
PURPOSES INVISIBLE.
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WITH PRACTICE YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ACTUALLY STARTING TO LIVE
OUT‑HERE WHERE LIFE ACTUALLY HAPPENS. WHEN YOU ARE
PRACTICING BEING OUT‑HERE, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU
INTERNALLY WILL STOP BEING WHO YOU ARE FOR YOURSELF. AS A RESULT
YOU WILL HAVE MUCH LESS ATTENTION ON, AND BE MUCH LESS BOTHERED
BY, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU INTERNALLY. AND, YOU (THE YOU THAT
YOU REFER TO WHEN YOU SAY "I" OR "ME") WILL SIMPLY BE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SHOWS UP FOR YOU IN THE CLEARING FOR LIFE THAT
YOU ACTUALLY ARE.
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WE CAN'T ALWAYS DICTATE OUR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE ARE
ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE TO WHAT WE WILL COMMIT OUR LIVES. ONE CAN
ALLOW LIFE TO BE USED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR ONE CAN TAKE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND CHOOSE TO BE FREE. EACH OF US MAKES THE CHOICE
TO EITHER BE FASCINATED BY THE SOAP OPERA, THE FOLLY OF BEING
HUMAN, OR TO CELEBRATE LIFE, THE DIGNITY OF LIFE, AND THE WORTH OF
EACH INDIVIDUAL. BECAUSE EACH OF US IS, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS,
NOTHING MORE THAN AN ORDINARY HUMAN BEING, A MAN'S UNIQUE STORY IS
ULTIMATELY TRIVIAL. LIFE CAN ALWAYS BE TOLD AS A STORY, BUT NO
MATTER HOW ENGROSSING, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES A STORY MAKE?
RELIEVING ANOTHER'S SUFFERING, CONTRIBUTING TO ANOTHER'S JOY IS
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GREAT PRIVILEGES IN LIFE, BUT EVEN THIS IS
NOT IN ITSELF UNCOMMON. I'VE TRIED TO LIVE MY LIFE SO THAT MY LIFE
COULD BE A PLACE WHERE THE TRUTH COULD GO TO WORK. WILL THE
INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF BEING HUMAN, AND BEYOND THAT, NEW
POSSIBILITIES OF BEING FOR HUMAN BEINGS RESULT IN ANY LASTING
VALUE FOR LIFE? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. IF THERE IS ANYTHING
UNCOMMON, IT IS NOT THE MAN BUT THE IDEAS THAT HAVE TAKEN ROOT IN
THE LIFE OF THE MAN.
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THE WAY IT IS, IS ENOUGH. WHO YOU ARE, IS ENOUGH. THE ONLY THING
YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE.
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WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET THAT THE REALITY THAT SHOWS UP FOR YOU IS
NOT WHAT IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE, YOU WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE IT AS
AN "A‑HA!" REALIZATION (AN EINZIG), AND
ONE THAT COMES AS SOMETHING OF A SHOCK FOR YOU. AND, WHEN YOU
BEGIN TO LIVE THAT EVERY SHRED OF WHAT SHOWS UP FOR YOU AS REALITY
IS BEING WHOLLY GENERATED BY YOUR BRAIN, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE WORLD, OTHERS, AND YOURSELF WILL SHIFT DRAMATICALLY. THIS IS
THE ENTRÉE INTO MASTERING LEADER AND LEADERSHIP AS A
CONTEXT THAT LEAVES YOU BEING A LEADER AND EFFECTIVELY EXERCISING
LEADERSHIP AS YOUR NATURAL SELF‑EXPRESSION.
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THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHEN YOU STEP INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES.
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A PERSON'S "WAY OF BEING" IS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM
INTERNALLY. IT IS MADE UP OF SOME COMBINATION OF THAT PERSON'S
MENTAL STATE (THEIR ATTITUDE OR STATE OF MIND), EMOTIONAL STATE
(THEIR FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS), BODILY STATE (THEIR BODY
SENSATIONS), [AND] THOUGHTS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES (AND THAT
INCLUDES MEMORIES THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT). IN OTHER WORDS, A
PERSON'S WAY OF BEING IS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM INTERNALLY IN
A GIVEN MOMENT OR IN A GIVEN SITUATION.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LEADER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A
VERY LOOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS THING YOU CALL "I" OR "ME".
MAYBE THAT WHOLE THING IN ME AROUND WHICH THE UNIVERSE REVOLVES
ISN'T SO CENTRAL! MAYBE LIFE IS NOT ABOUT THE SELF BUT ABOUT
SELF‑TRANSCENDENCE.
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[LIFE SENTENCES] ARE WHATEVER WE MAKE UP AS CHILDREN IN MOMENTS OF
WHAT IS - FOR A CHILD - REAL STRESS OR THREAT. IF YOU DO
EVERYTHING TO GET THOSE LIFE SENTENCES OUT OF YOUR FUTURE, YOU CAN
CREATE SOMETHING.
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[IN THE] SPACE OF BEING ALLOWED TO BE, I CAN CREATE A FUTURE THAT
GIVES ME A CURRENT ERA THAT IS FULL OF LIFE WITH THE EXACT SAME
CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN I CREATE A NEW FUTURE FOR MYSELF, MY
CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T CHANGE AT ALL. THEY ARE STILL THE SAME OLD
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY NOW EXIST IN A NEW LIGHT.
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I SAW THAT THERE WERE NO HIDDEN MEANINGS, THAT EVERYTHING WAS JUST
THE WAY THAT IT IS, AND THAT I WAS ALREADY ALRIGHT.
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IN CHINESE ART THE ORCHID SYMBOLIZES LOVE, BEAUTY, ELEGANCE,
REFINEMENT, MANY DESCENDANTS, AND THE PERFECT HUMAN BEING.
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IT'S OK THE WAY IT IS.
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YOU ARE A MACHINE.
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THERE IS SOMETHING I DO NOT KNOW, THE KNOWING OF WHICH COULD
CHANGE EVERYTHING.
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I USED TO BE DIFFERENT; NOW I AM THE SAME.
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WHAT ARE YOU PRESENT TO NOW?
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I HAD THE REALIZATION THAT WHAT MY LIFE WAS ABOUT WAS REALLY
MEANINGLESS, IT WAS EMPTY, AND THIS REALIZATION THAT THE THINGS
THAT I THOUGHT WERE SO SIGNIFICANT LIKE LOOKING GOOD AND WINNING,
JUST THE NORMAL THINGS THAT I GUESS MOST PEOPLE THINK ARE
IMPORTANT, THAT THEY REALLY HAD NO IMPORTANCE, THAT IT WAS ALL
EMPTY AND MEANINGLESS. WHEN I BROKE THROUGH THE SADNESS, BROKE
THROUGH THE SENSE OF DESPAIR OF HAVING WASTED MY LIFE, I ALL OF A
SUDDEN REALIZED "MY GOD! I'M FREE!".
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EGO IS THE FUNCTIONING OF ONE'S POINT OF VIEW IN THE ATTEMPT TO
CAUSE THAT POINT OF VIEW TO SURVIVE. THE VERB "TO
EGO" MEANS "TO PERPETUATE ONE'S OWN POINT OF VIEW".
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PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF BEING OUT OF INTEGRITY IS THE
LOSS OF YOURSELF. IN A VERY REAL SENSE YOU ARE YOUR WORD. WHEN YOU
HONOR YOUR WORD TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS: YOU ARE AT PEACE WITH
YOURSELF, AND THEREFORE ACT FROM A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE AT PEACE
WITH OTHERS AND THE WORLD, EVEN THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH OR MIGHT
THREATEN YOU; YOU LIVE WITHOUT FEAR FOR YOUR SELFHOOD, THAT IS WHO
YOU ARE AS A PERSON; THERE IS NO FEAR OF LOSING THE ADMIRATION OF
OTHERS; YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE RIGHT; YOU ACT WITH HUMILITY.
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I'M UNWILLING TO PAY THE COST OF CARRYING A RESENTMENT (OR
WHATEVER) AROUND, SO I DRAW ON THE INTELLIGENCE OF FORGIVING.
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CONTRIBUTING IS INDELICATE. YOU TAKE A RISK WHEN YOU ARE WILLING
TO PLAY AS IF YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AS IF YOUR LIFE MAKES A
DIFFERENCE, AS IF LIFE ITSELF MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AT THAT LEVEL
THE GAME GETS FAST, DIFFICULT, AND EVEN A LITTLE DANGEROUS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH THE ISSUES BEFORE YOU, FOR
BEING WILLING TO MAKE MISTAKES AND NOT BE STOPPED BY ANY OF IT. IT
TAKES REAL HEART AND COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO MAKE YOUR VISION A
REALITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT BIG.
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WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE AUDACIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY. WE CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE OUR LOVE FOR THE
WORLD BE WHAT OUR LIVES ARE REALLY ABOUT. EACH OF US NOW HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY, THE PRIVILEGE, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CREATING A
WORLD THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US. IT WILL REQUIRE COURAGE, AUDACITY,
AND HEART. IT IS MUCH MORE RADICAL THAN A REVOLUTION - IT IS THE
BEGINNING OF A TRANSFORMATION IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE ON OUR
PLANET. WHAT WE CREATE TOGETHER IS A RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH OUR
WORK CAN SHOW UP AS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. I
WELCOME THE UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK GLOBALLY ON
THAT WHICH CONCERNS US ALL AS HUMAN BEINGS.
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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE ENCOUNTERED THROUGH SOME THEORY
OR BELIEF AS CONTRASTED WITH LIFE ENCOUNTERED AS LIFE IS ACTUALLY
LIVED. WHILE WE OFTEN ENCOUNTER AND COMPREHEND LIFE THROUGH SOME
THEORY OR BELIEF, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO ENCOUNTER AND
COMPREHEND LIFE AS IT IS ACTUALLY LIVED. AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, IT
IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO INTERACT WITH LIFE (THE WORLD, OTHERS, AND
OURSELVES) AS LIFE IS ACTUALLY LIVED, RATHER THAN AS LIFE IS
INTERACTED WITH WHEN ENCOUNTERED THROUGH SOME THEORY OR BELIEF.
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WHAT IS OUT THERE FOR YOU IS NOT WHAT IS OUT THERE - THAT IS, WHAT
IS "OUT THERE FOR YOU" IS NOT THE SO-CALLED "OBJECTIVE REALITY".
WHILE WE CAN CONFIDENTLY ASSUME THAT THERE IS AN OBJECTIVE REALITY
OUT THERE, THAT IS NOT THE REALITY THAT SHOWS UP FOR YOU. WHAT
SHOWS UP FOR YOU IS A "REALITY" GENERATED BY YOUR BRAIN. PUT IN
ANOTHER WAY, WHILE WE ASSUME THAT WHAT WE PERCEIVE IS THE REALITY
THAT IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE, IN FACT EVERY SHRED OF WHAT SHOWS UP
FOR YOU AS REALITY IS BEING WHOLLY GENERATED BY YOUR BRAIN.
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FROM-THE-STANDS ONE IS PROVIDED WITH
CONCEPTUAL ACCESS TO WHAT IS REAL, AND AS A RESULT
ONE WINDS UP WITH WHAT IS REAL AS NOTHING MORE THAN AN
UNDERSTANDING OF, OR CONCEPTUAL GRASP
OF, WHAT IS REAL. WHEN BEING A LEADER AND EXERCISING LEADERSHIP
EFFECTIVELY, YOUR WAY OF BEING AND YOUR WAY OF
ACTING IS GIVEN BY THE REALITY IN WHICH YOU
DWELL. WHEN YOUR WAY OF BEING AND ACTING ARE GIVEN BY A
CONCEPTUAL REALITY, BEING A LEADER AND EXERCISING LEADERSHIP IS
ANYTHING BUT NATURAL. IT MAY BE FIGURED OUT, REMEMBERED, FAKED
UNTIL MADE, OR AUTOMATIC, BUT IT WILL NOT BE NATURAL.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN YOUR WAY OF BEING AND YOUR
WAY OF ACTING IS GIVEN BY THE REALITY IN WHICH YOU
WILL ACTUALLY BE AND ACT (THE ON-THE-COURT REALITY), YOUR
BEING AND ACTING IS A NATURAL CORRELATE WITH
WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY BEING IN AND ACTING ON.
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FOR YOU TO BE A LEADER AND EXERCISE LEADERSHIP AS YOUR NATURAL
SELF-EXPRESSION, YOU WILL HAVE TO CREATE AND REALIZE FUTURES THAT
WERE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY. SUCH FUTURES EXIST ONLY IN
LANGUAGE - THEY ARE NOT A DESCRIPTION OF A PREDICTABLE FUTURE OR A
FUTURE THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PAST. THEREFORE, TO CREATE AND
REALIZE A FUTURE THAT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, YOU WILL
NEED TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE POWER OF LANGUAGE BEYOND MERE ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD AS IT ALREADY EXISTS. IN OTHER WORDS,
RATHER THAN SIMPLY USING LANGUAGE TO REPRESENT WHAT IS SO IN THE
WORLD, YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE LANGUAGE TO BRING SOMETHING
NEW INTO EXISTENCE - THAT IS, RATHER THAN BEING LIMITED TO MAKING
YOUR WORDS MATCH THE WORLD, YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE
LANGUAGE SO THAT THE WORLD COMES TO MATCH YOUR WORDS.
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CONSIDER THAT "WHO YOU WOUND UP BEING" IS SHAPED BY YOUR LISTENING
- BY YOUR LISTENING AS, FOR EXAMPLE, AN AUSTRALIAN, A GERMAN, A
KUWAITI, OR A NORTH AMERICAN, BY YOUR LISTENING AS EITHER A MALE
OR A FEMALE, BY THE LISTENING OF YOUR RELIGION, BY THE LISTENING
DEVELOPED AS PART OF YOUR FAMILY AS CONTRASTED WITH OTHER
FAMILIES, BY THE IDIOSYNCRATIC LISTENING YOU DEVELOPED AS AN
INDIVIDUAL, AND SO ON.
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I'M NOT JUST A GUY IN A DINER ABOUT THIS ...
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I TRULY DID NEED TO BE EDUCATED. AND GOD DID TAKE ME AND EDUCATE
ME - UNCONVENTIONALLY, AND VERY PRIVATELY; FOR A LONG
TIME NO ONE, INCLUDING MYSELF, KNEW THAT ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING.
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION, "WHERE IS MY WORD WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR ME TO KEEP MY
WORD?", YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT BEING A PERSON OF INTEGRITY, MUCH
LESS A LEADER AND REALIZING A CREATED FUTURE. IN ORDER TO REALIZE
THE CREATED FUTURE, YOU WILL NEED A WAY TO KEEP THE WORD YOU GAVE
REGARDING THE CREATED FUTURE IN EXISTENCE.
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IT'S ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR PERSONS INTERESTED IN
EST TO BE INTERESTED ALSO IN ZEN.
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HERE'S MY VIEW: THERE'S NOTHING I WANT PEOPLE TO
LEARN FROM ME. IT'S WHAT YOU DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF THAT MAKES IT
POWERFUL.
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TO BE A LEADER, AND TO EXERCISE LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVELY, YOU MUST
BE MASTERFUL IN EMPOWERING OTHERS TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES ACTUAL
ERRORS IN THEIR THINKING, AND MASTERFUL IN ENHANCING THEIR VALID
THINKING. THIS IS LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU LISTEN WITH "DO I
AGREE OR DO I DISAGREE WITH WHAT IS BEING SAID?", OR "IS WHAT IS
BEING SAID RIGHT OR WRONG, OR TRUE OR FALSE?".
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PEOPLE GO THROUGH LIFE THAT THEY ARE WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH THEM INTERNALLY.
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THE ONE THING WHICH I WOULD SAY IS MOST MISSING, AND IF PROVIDED
WOULD MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A WORKABLE WORLD, IS
IF WE HAD A BREAKTHROUGH, A TRANSFORMATION IN WHAT IT IS TO BE A
HUMAN BEING. AND THAT'S MY WHOLE STORY.
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AS AN ANALOGY, ONE'S WORLDVIEW CAN BE COMPARED TO A WALL OF BRICKS
ON WHICH ONE SITS LIKE HUMPTY DUMPTY TO VIEW AND INTERACT WITH
LIFE - THE WORLD, OTHERS, AND ONESELF. EACH BRICK IN YOUR WALL OF
BRICKS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE COME TO BELIEVE OR ASSUME ABOUT SOME
ASPECT OF LIFE, OR ABOUT THE WORLD, OTHERS, OR YOURSELF. SUCH
BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS INCLUDE UNEXAMINED IDEAS, BIASES,
PREJUDICES, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EMBEDDEDNESS, AND
TAKEN-FOR-GRANTED ASSUMPTIONS. THESE BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS ARE
THE PRODUCT OF CONCLUSIONS, INTERPRETATIONS, OR DECISIONS
(REMEMBERED OR NOT) THAT YOU HAVE MADE ABOUT YOUR LIFE
EXPERIENCES, AND WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM OR HAVE BEEN TOLD BY
OTHERS THAT YOU BELIEVED. THE LIFE EXPERIENCES DURING WHICH YOU
MADE THESE CONCLUSIONS, INTERPRETATIONS, OR DECISIONS INCLUDE THE
EXPERIENCES YOU'VE HAD IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS AND CULTURES, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE ENVIRONMENTS AND CULTURES OF YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS,
COLLEAGUES, RELIGION, COMMUNITIES, NATIONALITY, TRAINING,
EDUCATION, AFFILIATIONS, CAREER, AND THE LIKE.
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THE MASTERY COURSE IS A STRUCTURE IN WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO
DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF WHO YOU ARE REALLY. THIS STRUCTURE
ALLOWS FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH OF THE MASTERY COURSE.
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SOMETHING'S HAPPENING BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS MOVING.
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WHO I AM IS THE SPACE IN WHICH THE EVENTS OF MY LIFE OCCUR (SHOW
UP).
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MOST OF US ASSUME THAT EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE
THEM THAT MAKES THEM EXTRAORDINARY. THE FACT IS THAT EXTRAORDINARY
LEADERS ARE ORDINARY PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME. WHILE
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS ARE INNATELY ORDINARY, THEY DO SEE
(EXPERIENCE) AND COMPREHEND (MAKE SENSE OF) LIFE (THE WORLD,
OTHERS, AND THEMSELVES) DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OF US DO. AS A
CONSEQUENCE, THEY INTERACT WITH LEADERSHIP SITUATIONS DIFFERENTLY
THAN MOST OF US DO. AND, IT IS THE WAY THEY INTERACT WITH
LEADERSHIP SITUATIONS - THE WAY THEY INTERACT WITH THE WORLD,
OTHERS, AND THEMSELVES - THAT MAKES THEM EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS.
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I HAVE TO BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE POSSIBILITY THAT I WASTED MY
LIFE ON WHAT I HAVE STOOD FOR AND KEEP STANDING FOR IT AS MY WORD.
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NOW IF YOU'LL JUST TAKE A HOLD OF THAT, IT WILL MAKE YOU FREE.
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EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCE DISAPPEARS.
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THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE
IN DEALING WITH LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME ENJOY AN EXCEPTIONALLY
HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. MOST OF US BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
EXTRA SPECIAL ABOUT SUCH PEOPLE - THAT IS, THERE IS SOMETHING
EXTRA SPECIAL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO HAVE MASTERED LIFE.
HOWEVER, WHILE INNATELY ORDINARY, MASTERS OF LIFE DO SEE LIFE AND
MAKE SENSE OF LIFE DIFFERENTLY THAN MOST OF US DO. AND IT IS THIS
UNIQUE WAY THAT THEY SEE (PERCEIVE) LIFE AND MAKE SENSE OF
(COMPREHEND) LIFE THAT LEAVES THEM INTERACTING WITH LIFE AS A
MASTER - THAT IS, NATURALLY BEING EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE WHILE
ENJOYING AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
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ONE CRITICAL POINT ABOUT BEING A MASTER IN LIFE IS GETTING
YOURSELF CLEAR THAT "WHO YOU HAVE KNOWN YOURSELF TO BE" IS NOT WHO
YOU ARE. 'WHO YOU KNOW YOURSELF TO BE" IS SIMPLY ONE WAY OF BEING
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND YOU ARE NOT STUCK WITH THAT WAY OF
BEING.
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TALKING ABOUT TRANSFORMATION IS NO MORE THAN A
REPRESENTATION, AN IMAGE OF THE REAL THING. IT'S LIKE EATING THE
MENU INSTEAD OF THE STEAK - NEITHER NURTURING NOR PROFOUND. IT IS
IN BEING TRANSFORMED - IN BEING AUTHENTICALLY TRUE TO ONESELF -
THAT ONE LIVES PASSIONATELY FREE, UNENCUMBERED, FEARLESS,
COMMITTED. IT IS IN LIVING LIFE IN A TRANSFORMED WAY THAT THE
STEAK AND ITS SIZZLE SHOW UP.
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A SUPERSTITION ISN'T A SUPERSTITION WHEN IT IS. A SUPERSTITION
IS A SUPERSTITION WHEN IT ISN'T.
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ONCE SOMETHING IS DISCOVERED, YOU FIND YOURSELF ACTUALLY BEING
KNOCKED BACK BY WHAT YOU HAVE DISCOVERED, SAYING "OH WOW!" OR
WONDERING HOW YOU COULD NOT HAVE PERCEIVED WHAT YOU NOW PERCEIVE.
YOU ARE BEING KNOCKED BACK, AS IF YOU OPENED YOUR REFRIGERATOR
DOOR AND FOUND YOURSELF PEERING INTO THE GRAND CANYON. THIS IS
SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS EINSICHT, OR AN "AHA EXPERIENCE".
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DO ARTISTS RETIRE?
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PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INVOLVED IN FORGIVING. THEY
THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING WRONG, AND YOU FORGIVE,
THEM, THAT IS LIKE SAYING THAT IT WAS ALRIGHT TO DO IT THAT TIME -
BUT DON'T DARE DO IT AGAIN. BUT LIFE DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY; AND
IT'S STUPID OR HYPOCRITICAL TO FORGIVE SOMEONE ON THAT BASIS. IF
SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT HE OR SHE WILL DO IT
AGAIN. THAT IS WHY I PREFER TO TALK ABOUT "MAKING SPACE" AND
"COMPLETION". TO THE EXTENT THAT FORGIVENESS IS INVOLVED, IT IS
MORE LIKE SELF-FORGIVING AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE. WHEN YOU
FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO CREATE THE SPACE FOR
THAT THING TO EXIST. FOR WHATEVER YOU RESIST, AND FAIL TO MAKE
SPACE FOR, WILL INDEED MANIFEST ITSELF IN YOU.
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THAT'S SOME GOOD LIGHT YOU'VE GOT COMING OUT OF YOUR FACE LAR.
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I DON'T TALK ABOUT GOD WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR ASS FROM
A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
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AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL MASTERY (A FROM-THE-STANDS MASTERY) OF A
SUBJECT LEAVES ONE KNOWING. AN ONTOLOGICAL MASTERY (AN
ON-THE-COURT MASTERY) OF A SUBJECT LEAVES ONE BEING.
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YOU COULD DESCRIBE THE UPCOMING "THE MASTERY COURSE" AS "THE
NEWEST PIECE OF WORK".
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MEDITATION IS VALUABLE UNTIL IT'S USED LIKE ASPIRIN.
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AT THE BASE OF IT ALL, FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT'S SO, IS SO BY YOUR
CONSIDERATION ALONE.
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I'M GOING OUT LIKE A SUPERNOVA.
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TRANSFORMATION IS GETTING TO SEE AS A POSSIBILITY WHO YOU MIGHT BE
REALLY.
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IF YOU GOT IT, STAND UP.
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WHEN WE ARE BEING THE CLEARING FOR LIFE TO SHOW UP, AND OUR "I" OR
"ME" SELF IS SIMPLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOWS UP IN THE
CLEARING, THAT LEAVES US FREE TO BE AND FREE TO ACT IN LIFE - FREE
TO BE AND FREE TO ACT WITH WHATEVER WE ARE DEALING WITH IN ANY
SITUATION.
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THERE ARE THOUGHTS.
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I AM A SORT OF REVOLUTIONARY. I HAVE A STRANGE AMBITION, THOUGH. I
DON'T WANT ANY STATUES. WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE WORLD TO WORK. I
WANT TO CREATE A CONTEXT IN WHICH GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND
FAMILIES ARE NURTURING. I WANT TO ENABLE, TO EMPOWER, THE
INSTITUTIONS OF MAN. SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION DOESN'T ARGUE AGAINST
SOCIAL CHANGE. RADICALISM AND RESISTANCE PRODUCE OBVIOUS VALUES.
BUT AFTER A WHILE, SOCIAL CHANGE CHASES ITS OWN TAIL. SOCIAL
CHANGE JUST PRODUCES SOCIAL CHANGE. AFTER MOST ORDINARY
REVOLUTIONS, AFTER MOST SOCIAL CHANGE, THE WORLD STILL DOESN'T
WORK. FOR THE WORLD TO WORK YOU MUST HAVE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION,
WHICH CREATES THE SPACE FOR EFFECTIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.
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OF ALL THE DISCIPLINES THAT I STUDIED, PRACTICED, LEARNED, ZEN WAS
THE ESSENTIAL ONE. IT WAS NOT SO MUCH AN INFLUENCE ON
ME; RATHER, IT CREATED SPACE. IT ALLOWED THOSE THINGS THAT WERE
THERE TO BE THERE. IT GAVE SOME FORM TO MY EXPERIENCE. AND IT
BUILT UP IN ME THE CRITICAL MASS FROM WHICH WAS KINDLED THE
EXPERIENCE THAT PRODUCED EST. ALTHOUGH THE EST
TRAINING IS NOT ZEN, NOR EVEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, SOME FEATURES OF
EST RESONATE WITH ZEN TEACHING AND PRACTICE. IT IS
ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE FOR PERSONS INTERESTED IN EST TO
BE INTERESTED ALSO IN ZEN.
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THE TRUTH IS NOT FOUND IN A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. THE
TRUTH IS ALWAYS AND ONLY FOUND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU'VE GOT.
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LIFE IS ALREADY TOGETHER, AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IS
EXPERIENCING IT BEING TOGETHER. THE STRIVING TO PUT IT TOGETHER IS
THE DENIAL OF THE TRUTH THAT IT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY TOGETHER AND
FURTHER STRIVING KEEPS YOU FROM GETTING IT TOGETHER.
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I MADE I UP. YOU CAN TOO.
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IT NEEDS TO BE SEEN THAT ZEN IS NOT A RELIGION IN THE WESTERN
SENSE. NEITHER FOR THE MOST PART IS BUDDHISM. A ZEN PERSON
PRACTICING ANY RELIGION WOULD PRACTICE IT WITH A ZEN QUALITY. SO
THERE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY ZEN CHRISTIANS AND ZEN JEWS AND ZEN
MUHAMMADANS AS WELL AS ZEN BUDDHISTS.
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I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNICATING WITH ME ON THE BASIS
OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE AND CONTRIBUTE, RATHER THAN "IN ORDER
TO" SOMETHING. FOR ME THERE IS NOTHING PRESUMPTUOUS IN YOUR SAYING
"OUR RELATIONSHIP". I TAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP AS A GIFT FROM YOU.
WHAT YOU SAY IS VERY HIGH CLASS ZEN. GOOD FOR YOU.
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DON'T CHANGE BELIEFS. TRANSFORM THE BELIEVER.
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IT TAKES ENORMOUS COURAGE TO APPROACH LIVING FROM A YOU AND ME
CONTEXT. IT IS AUDACIOUS TO CREATE YOUR LIFE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN A WORLD THAT SAYS THAT YOU DON'T. IT TAKES A LOT OF HEART -
OPENNESS TO YOUR OWN MAGNANIMITY, COMPASSION FOR YOURSELF, FOR
YOUR OWN PETTINESS WHEN IT SHOWS ITSELF.
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WHAT IT'S ABOUT FOR ME IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
WHO PARTICIPTED IN THE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT EVEN TODAY NOT IN
EST ANY MORE AND NOT EVEN IN LANDMARK'S PROGRAMS, BUT
IT'S ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT REAL INTEGRITY ACTUALLY MAKES.
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THAT FISH WALKING UP ON LAND FOR THE FIRST TIME, BROUGHT WITH IT
ELEPHANTS AND EAGLES LIKE A POSSIBILITY.
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THERE IS NO "IS".
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STOP LEADING THE FORUM: BE THE FORUM.
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YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE ON THE WAY IT IS. YOU ALREADY DID.
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CONTEXT IS DECISIVE.
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THE BEGINNING OF MASTERY IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE MASTERING AT
LEAST COMES UP FOR YOU IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU HAVE FAILED
WITH WHAT YOU ARE MASTERING, THAT IS TO SAY, YOU
CONSISTENTLY IMMEDIATELY CATCH YOURSELF.
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THE MOMENT WHEN YOU REALLY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE CREATED
YOURSELF BEING WHATEVER WAY YOU ARE, AT THAT SAME MOMENT YOU WILL
NEVER HAVE TO BE THAT WAY AGAIN.
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SADNESS IS SUPPOSED TO CURE BEING SAD.
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WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL, BE OUT OF
CONTROL, OR YOU CAN CREATE BEING OUT OF
CONTROL, OR YOU CAN RE-CREATE BEING OUT OF
CONTROL.
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YOU DON'T THINK IT. IT THINKS YOU.
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STOP WAITING FOR GOD. SHE AIN'T COMING.
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YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. PEOPLE DON'T DO
WHAT THEY WANT TO DO; THEY DO WHAT THEY DO. YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU
DO. AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, DO YOU? THE ONLY
TIME YOU DO WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO IS WHEN IT'S COINCIDENTALLY WHAT
YOU DID.
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YOU HAVE TO BRING HAPPINESS TO LIFE. YOU DON'T GET HAPPINESS OUT
OF LIFE. WHAT IS THERE TO BE HAPPY ABOUT? NOTHING. WHEN YOU CAN BE
HAPPY ABOUT NOTHING. JUST BE HAPPY. YOU KNOW "I AM HAPPY" - THOSE
WORDS ARE SACRED. IT'S LIKE A DECLARATION, IT'S LIKE A PLACE FROM
WHICH I COME, IT'S LIKE A STAND I TAKE UPON MYSELF. IT'S NOT I AM
PRETENDING TO BE HAPPY, IT'S NOT I AM ACTING HAPPY. NO. I AM
HAPPY!
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"WHAT I DID IS NOT OK (END OF STORY)" WORKS BETTER THAN "I
APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I DID.".
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CONSCIOUSNESS, THERE IS ONLY CONSCIOUS
OF.
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GOD ONLY CREATES WHAT IS.
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I AM ALWAYS WITH YOU.
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HOW CAN THE LIGHT BE OFF WHEN IT'S ON?
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KEEP YOUR SOLE IN THE ROOM, FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, AND TAKE WHAT YOU
GET.
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LIFE IS A RIPOFF WHEN YOU EXPECT TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. LIFE WORKS
WHEN YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU GOT. ACTUALLY WHAT YOU GOT IS WHAT YOU
CHOSE. TO MOVE ON, CHOOSE IT.
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I'M HAPPY, AND THINGS ARE GOOD.
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I HAVE THE SPACE TO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE.
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THE TRAINING BEGINS WHEN YOU REGISTER.
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BEING FOR ME HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH ACTUALLY LOOKING.
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YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING MORE VALUE OUT OF ASSISTING THAN
YOU PUT IN.
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DON'T ASSIST TO GET BETTER. IN ASSISTING, PEOPLE MOVE FROM BEING
SERVED TO SERVING.
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WHEN YOU COME IN TO ASSIST, I EXPERIENCE IT AS A VERY PERSONAL
GIFT.
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I'LL HAVE A CIGAR AND A CAPPUCCINO.
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ALL I SEE IS YOU.
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A REALM OF POSSIBILITY IS A REALM IN WHICH VARIOUS NEW POSSIBILITIES CAN
OCCUR. A REALM OF POSSIBILITY IS GENERATED BY A LINGUISTIC CONSTRUCT.
THAT IS, A REALM OF POSSIBILITY IS CREATED (CONSTRUCTED) IN LANGUAGE; IT
EXISTS ONLY IN LANGUAGE. HOWEVER, ONCE A NEW REALM OF POSSIBILITY IS
CREATED, IT ALLOWS ONE TO EXPLORE VARIOUS NEW POSSIBILITIES THAT THEN
EXIST BY VIRTUE OF THAT NEW REALM OF POSSIBILITY.
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I HAD THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE. I HAD A TRANSFORMATION.
WHOEVER I HAD BEEN UP UNTIL THAT POINT, I NO LONGER WAS.
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WHAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH A MASTER OF LIFE SEES (PERCEIVES) LIFE?
WHAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH A MASTER OF LIFE MAKES SENSE OF
(COMPREHENDS) LIFE? THE WAY A MASTER OF LIFE INTERACTS WITH
LIFE IS THE NATURAL OUTCOME OF THE
WAY A MASTER SEES AND MAKES SENSE OF LIFE.
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Latest -IV:
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YOU HAVE A SENSE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TRULY VALUABLE HERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S BEYOND MY
REACH, AND I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT SO THAT PEOPLE STANDING ON
WHATEVER IT IS THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE CREATED, THAT THEY
CAN GET TO THAT MORE THAT'S BEYOND OUR REACH.
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