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of a sexually excited soul brother. She tried to move away, but her fidgeting only made things worse. Finally she turned around and snapped, "Mister, you are vulgar!"
"I didn't do nothin' wrong, honey!" said the black man. "But I can understand why you're a little peeved. I got paid tonight, the boss had nothing but small change, and it makes a lump in my pants pocket. Believe me, baby, that's all there is to it."
"I suppose," said the woman, "you also want me to believe that all the time we're standing here your boss is giving you raises!"
Just look at your sex, at your anger, at your greed. You are utterly in their power, helplessly in their power.
Buddha is not a metaphysician; he is a superb psychologist. He is the first to create the psychology of the buddhas.
He is saying: Cut through all this slavery. UNBOLT THE DOORS OF SLEEP AND AWAKE.
Mrs. Rafferty was sitting at home in Dublin with her children, all waiting for the man of the house to come home from his job in the local brewery. A knock came at the door. When Mrs. Rafferty opened it she saw Mick standing with downcast eyes and a sad look on his face. "Bad news," he said. "Pat fell into a vat of whiskey and drowned this afternoon."
Mrs. Rafferty and the children burst into anguished tears, but she managed to stammer, "Oh Jesus, did he suffer? Was it a painful death?"
Mick coughed reverently and took off his hat. "No, mam," he said, "I don't think so. He got out twice for a piss!"
Be awake. Just see what you are doing, just see what your life consists of. Is there any awareness or is it just an unconscious play of unconscious forces? Are you just a victim of forces you are not aware of -- either from where they come or what they are doing to you? Are you going to die in this way?
THE MASTER ENDURES
INSULTS AND ILL TREATMENT
WITHOUT REACTING.
The master cannot react. He responds, but he never reacts. Reactions come from the past, response is spontaneous; it is in the present. The slave reacts, the master responds. The unconscious mind reacts, the conscious man responds. He has no ready-made answers. He encounters the
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