Posted by: "Sw. Amrit Subhuti" subhuti@comcast.net   subhutii I AM TEACHING YOU TO BE SELFISH. Let me repeat it, because the word "selfishness" has been condemned so much that there is every possibility you will misunderstand me. But the word is really beautiful. To be selfish simply means to be yourself. I say to you: DON'T CONSIDER ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD, JUST CONSIDER YOURSELF. And in that very consideration you would have considered the whole world. In being selfish, you will find all the altruism that you have been seeking and seeking and were not [...]

  THE JEWISH CONCEPT THAT GOD IS THE JUDGE is of great importance. It means that no man has the authority to judge. Judgment should be left in God's hands.       YET MAN GOES ON JUDGING, saying, "This is right and that is wrong," and "This should be done and that should not be done." THIS IS SIMPLY AN EGO TRIP! If God is the only judge, then who are we to decide? And how can we decide? --we don't know the whole story.       LIFE IS SO COMPLICATED THAT YOU ONLY BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH A PART. You may [...]

YOGA IS NEGATION, TANTRA IS AFFIRMATION. Yoga thinks in terms of duality -- that's why the word 'yoga'. It means to put two things together, to 'yoke' two things together. But two things are there, the duality is there. TANTRA SAYS THERE IS NO DUALITY. If there is duality, then you cannot put them together. And howsoever you try they will remain two. Howsoever put together they will remain two. And the fight will continue and the dualism will remain. IF THE WORLD AND THE DIVINE ARE TWO, THEN THEY CANNOT BE PUT TOGETHER. If really they are not two, if they are only appearing [...]