Stillness Within One Individual Can Affect Society

Stillness Within One Individual Can Affect Society Beyond Measure.

I Am Rediscovering The Whole Sexual Dimension Of Life At The Age Of 86, Really. And That Also Means Discovering The Feminine. So The Whole Of This Dimension, Which I Had Been Seeking For A Very Long Time, Is Now Sort Of Opening Itself Up To Me.

I Liked The Solitude And The Silence Of The Woods And The Hills. I Felt There The Sense Of A Presence, Something Undefined And Mysterious, Which Was Reflected In The Faces Of The Flowers And The Movements Of Birds And Animals, In The Sunlight Falling Through The Leaves And In The Sound Of Running Water, In The Wind Blowing On The Hills And The Wide Expanse Of Earth And Sky.

I Suddenly Saw That All The Time It Was Not I Who Had Been Seeking God, But God Who Had Been Seeking Me. I Had Made Myself The Centre Of My Own Existence And Had My Back Turned To God.

Obedience Is Detachment From The Self. This Is The Most Radical Detachment Of All. But What Is The Self? The Self Is The Principle Of Reason And Responsibility In Us. It Is The Root Of Freedom, It Is What Makes Us Men.