"Sex plays a tremendous role in maintaining the mechanicalness of life. Everything that people do is connected with 'sex': politics, religion, art, the theater, music, is all 'sex.' Do you think people go to the theater or to church to pray or to see some new play? That is only for the sake of appearances. The principle thing, in theater as well as in church, is that there will … [Read more...] about Everything That People Do is Connected With ‘Sex’
Sleep
Man is Asleep
"Man is asleep. Man does not have real consciousness or will at all. Man is not free. For man, everything just happens. However, man can become conscious and find man's real place, as a human being, in creation but this requires a profound inner transformation." … [Read more...] about Man is Asleep
Man in a state of Sleep
"There are a thousand things which prevent a man from awakening, which keep him in the power of his dreams. In order to act consciously with the intention of awakening, it is necessary to know the nature of the forces which keep man in a state of sleep. First of all it must be realized that the sleep in which man exists is not normal but hypnotic sleep. Man is hypnotized and … [Read more...] about Man in a state of Sleep
What puts a Man to Sleep?
"Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way. And then sin is what stops a man, helps him to deceive himself and to think he is working when he is simply asleep. Sin is what puts a man to sleep when he has already decided to awaken. And what puts a man to sleep? Again everything that is unnecessary, everything that is not indispensable." … [Read more...] about What puts a Man to Sleep?
Man Lives His Life in Sleep
"Man lives his life in sleep, and in sleep he dies." … [Read more...] about Man Lives His Life in Sleep