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Can I completely change at the very root?

Can I completely change at the very root?

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Small Group Discussion 3 Brockwood Park, England
May 18, 1976

Why do human beings live in such appalling misery, accepting it for millennia?

Is it possible for a human being to change at the very root of his being?

Who is going to tell me? Is it Marx, Lenin, Mao, the Pope, or the local priest? Authority exists because human beings are in disorder. In the rejection of authority I become very sane. When I reject authority I have more energy.

What is correct action in life? I can only find that out if there is no disorder in me. ‘Me’ is the disorder. However ‘real’ the ‘me’ is, it is the source of disorder.