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Tarthang Tulku
NYINGMA PSYCHOLOGY SERIES
Reflections of Mind
Gesture of Balance
Openness Mind
Hidden Mind of Freedom
Kum Nye Relaxation, Parts 1 and 2
Skillful Means
Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change
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Preface by Tarthang Tu l ku xi
I ntroduction xv
SECTI ON ONE: KNOWL E DGE I N TI ME 1
Chapter 1. The Human I nheritance 5
Chapter 2: Responding to Time 16
Chapter 3: Questi oning Mind 23
S ECTION TWO: KNOWLE DGE TODAY 27
Chapter 4: Al ternatives to Di ssati sfaction 31
Chapter 5: Accel eration of Change 36
Chapter 6: Freedom and Prosperi ty 42
SECTI ON THREE: I NVI TATI ON TO KNOWL E DGE 55
Chapter 7: Opportuni ty for Change 59
Chapter 8: Knowl edge and Self 67
Chapter 9: Breaking Through the Known 76
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SECTION FOUR: KNOWLEDGE OF EXPERIENCE 85
Chapt e 1 0.
Chapt e 1 1
Chapt e 1 2
Chapt e 1 3 .
T meandChange
B t handYout h
Yeaso|Cu P me
TheVan . ngo| Cu | ves
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2
1 02
1 1 1
SECTION FIVE: AWAKENING KNOWLEDGE 1 1
Chapt e 1 4
Chapt e 1 5
Chapt e 1 b
Chapt e 1 .
St ateg es |o | v ng
Yean ng |o | u' | ' ' ment
Pu su t o|Happ ness
Catewayto Know' edge
1 23
1 38
1 44
1 48
SECTION SIX: KNOWLEDGE OF CON FUSION 1 53
Chapt e 1 8
Chapt e 1
Chapt e 20
Chapt e 21.
Hu man |d ucat on
|ayeso|Cond t on ng
New Beg nn ngs
| mageso| Cu se' ves
1 5
1 b8
1 84
1 2
SECTION SEVEN: HEALING KNOWLEDGE 20
Chapt e 22 Tans|om ngTens on 21 1
Chapt e 23 Con |' ct o| Compet . t on 225
Chapt e 24 See ngThough Pa n 235
SECTION EIGHT: WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE 245
Chapt e 25
Chapt e 2b
Chapt e2
| mageso| Oes e
Teas uy o| |xpe . ence
C' ooa' Know' edge
SECTION NINE: I NNER KNOWLEDGE
Chapt e 28 | m t s onMean ng
Chapt e 2 The | asK ng
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25
2b
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28
301
Time to Change
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Chapter 30: The I l l usory I 31 0
Chapter 31 : Tyranny of the I 31 8
SECTION TE N: KNOWL E DGE OF MI N D 327
Chapter 32: Maneuvers of Mind 331
Chapter 33: Di recti onal i ty of Consci ousness 340
Chapter 34: Unbounded Mind 353
Chapter 35: Knowl edge of Freedom 358
I ndex 371
Preface
ur i ng t he more t han sixteen years I have l ived and
worked i n t hi s count ry, l have engaged i n a wi de
range of proj ects and interacted wi t h peopl e from
many backgrounds and occupat i ons. Havi ng recourse
to the weal t h of technol ogy and opportunity t hi s
soci ety affords, I have been abl e to devel op a pub
l ishing and printing company, found an educational
instit ut e, write several books, and bui l d a spirit ual
center, al ong wit h raising a famil y. Many students and
friends su pported and worked wit h me on t hese
endeavors, but none of t hese proj ects coul d have
been accompl ished wit hout knowl edge.
Mon t hs and sometimes years of preparation were
devoted to each proj ect. Much time was spent l earn
i ng t he i nt ri caci es of t he educat i onal and busi ness
systems of t his count ry and in st udyi ng t he t echnol
ogy, equi pment, and materi al s for pri nt i ng and con
struction. I n addition, it was necessary to bui l d a basis
that woul d support t he growth and devel opment of
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t ne p|o| ects noped to accomp' . s n. A' tno0gn a ' . o|
| hese || e| ds were comp| ex and un|a m. | | ar |o me, the
|now' edgewe needed was ava| | ao| eand w| t n e||or|
cou| doega| nedandapp| | ed.
l n wor |. ngw| t n myst udent s and |r| ends, I |ound
| na| our g|eates| cna| | engescame no| |rom techn| cal
p|oo' ems o| ' acs o| . n|o| mat . on, o0t ||om anot ne|
d. |ect . on a' t ogetn e|. Tne d. ||. c0 ' t . es t nat most n. n
de|ed o0r e||o|ts we|e se' | . mposed ' . m. t at . ons t nat
made even t ne most ded. cated s 0ppo|ters o| t nese
p|oj ectsv0 ' ne|ao' eto| | 0st |at . onandd. sappo. nt ment .
|rom t ne ve|y oeg. n n . ng, t ne nat 0|e o| mywo|s
o|o0gnt me . n to contact w. tn peop' e ||om a w. de
|ange o| p|o|es s . ons, . nc ' 0 d. ng ed0cato|s, psycno. o
g. st s, sc . ent . st s , o0s . nes s men, s nopseepe| s, a|t . st s,
and st 0dent s o| a ' ' ages. | n wors. ng w. t n so many
d| nerent peop| e ove| | ne yea| s, I nave neard oo| h
young and o| d express | ne same|ee| . ngs. Many peo
p' e, desp. | e wea| | n, educa| | on, and success | n | he. r
c hosen occupa| | ons , are d| ssat | s|| ed w| | h t he. r | . ves
and |ee| a deep | nner hunge| t ha| | ney do not |now
nowto|. ' ' .
|oos. ng| o| so' 0t . ons t oo0| spec. t. cd. |t. c0' t . esd. d
not seem to oe t ne answe|. | t seemed |a| mo|e . m
po|t ant to q0es t . on t ne 0 nde| ' y. ng pat t e| ns o| pe|
s ona' d. ssat . sl act . on, and to d. scove|wnat was ' . m. t
. ng acn. evement and en| oyment o| ' . |e lo| so many.
Pe|naps . ns. de eacn patte|n . ay tne seys to a g|eate|
0 nde|s ta nd. ng. | n d. sc0ss . ons w. t n manypeop. eon a
g|eatva|. etyo| s 0 o| ects, ||ompnys. csandpsycno' ogy
to o0s . nessand pe|sona' asp |at . ons and d. ||. c0. t . es, |
|ound t ha| | ne| r |esponses | o0cned upon 0 n| versa|
humanconcerns.
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XIII
Many | op. cs s 0 |laced . n | nese d . sc0s s . ons . | ne
p|oo' ems o| soc. e|y and t ne . n d . v. d 0 a ' , at t . t 0des
towa|dswo| s, de|.n. t . ons o| napp. ness, mot . vat . onto
acn. eve goa' s and |eact . ons to cna' ' en ges and p| oo
| ems, t ne mea n| ngo| respons | o. | | ty, snow| edge, and
||eedom. Ve compa|ed | ne v. ews and at | . t 0des o|
d. ||e|ent c 0 ' t 0 |es, and cons . de|ed t ne n . st o| . ca' . n
|' 0ences t n a t s naped t n e. | deve' opmen | . Ve a ' so
q0est . oned t ne pat t e| ns o| ' ang0age and d. sc0ssed
now | ang0age a|| ect s t no0gnI and comm0 n | cat | on.
Vna | a|e | ne d. |l. c0 ' t . es ol comm0 n . cat . on . | wedo
no| nave s na|ed mea n . ngsandva' 0es' How we' ' can
we comm0 n . cat e even w. t n . n a s na|ed ' a ng0age'
Vnat s . gn. |. cance does t n. s nave | o| t ne ' one' . ness
and| so| at | ont nat a ||ectsomanypeop| e' Howareo0r
aIt | I0des t owa|ds wo|s a nd |. fe a|| ected oyo0 | 0p
o|. ng. nga nd| neneed t oad| 0st t oa comp' ex wayo|
' . |e' How does wnat we ' ea| n ea| ' y . n ' . |e . n|' 0ence
t neway wet n. ns and wo| s, t ne q0a' . ty o| o0| ' . ves,
o0rde|. n| t | ons o| s 0ccessand napp| nes s '
Aswe exp' o|ed t neseand manyot ne| q0est . on s, |
oose|ved gene| a' patte| ns to t ne |es ponses. |ate|, |
exp' o|ed t ne . mp' . cat . ons o| t nese patt e| ns w. t n | ne
peop' e| waswo| s. ngw. t nmost c ' ose' y. | nexam. n . ng
t nese patte| ns | n t ne| r own | . ves, manyga| ned va| 0
ao' e ns . gntsandp|ov. ded add. t . ona' pe|cep| . ons t na|
deepened o0| . n q0 . |. es | n t. me, as m. s s . ng deta . ' s
we|e |. ' ' ed . n , pat t e| n s s nowed t n ems e' ves mo|e
c ' ea| ' y C|a d0a ' ' y, wno' e p. ct 0|es came . n to v. ew
Inro0gn t n| s dyna m| c o| q0 es t | on . ng, re|' ecI. on, and
|esponse A' t no0gnt nespec. | . cdet a . ' s m. gnt va|y, t ne
pa| | e| ns t nat we|e | | 0e| o| one . nd. v. d0a' t 0 | ned o0t
tooet | 0el o| o| ne|saswe' ' .
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Tne peop' e wno pa|t . c. pated . n t n. s p|ocess |e' |
t hat wna| t hey had | earned nad a | |eady made a d| |
| e|ence. n t ne. | ' . ves, and wo0 ' doetn e st a|t . ngpo. nt
o| a deepe| | nq0. |y . nto mo|e sat. s|y. ngwayso|oe. ng
and act . ng . n t newo| ' d. At t ne. | |eq0est, | ag|eed to
prepare a ser| es o| essays|or puo| | cat | on. Tneed| | o|s
o| Ona| ma P0o' . s n. ng co' ' ected t a' |s given ove| a
pe| . od o| nea| ' yt n|eeyea|sands napedt nem. ntot ne
essays t nat appea| . n t n. s vo' 0 me Cve| a per. od o|
manymon| ns, I rev| ewedt ne| | ed| | | ngandadded new
. n |o| mat | on
Many o| t ne t op. cs t nat appea| . n t n. s ooo| a|e
c | os e| y | e| at ed t o da | | y | | | e a n d 0 n | versa| nu man
d| | cu| t | es A| | nougneacnessay|ocusesonad| ||eren|
aspecto| mode| n' . |e, toget ne| t neyo|| e| anapp|oacn
t nat may oe 0se| 0 ' today a d. |ect . nq0 . |y . nto | ne
numan s. t uat | on t na| encou|ages t ne quest | on| ngo|
a| ' aspectso| exper . ence.
Tn. s ooo|. s on' yt neoeg. nn. ng|o|wnatI nopecan
oe a rewa|d . ng sea|cn . nto tne nat 0|e o| tne n0man
m| nd. Tneremayoeno| | m| | st onow|arwecanextend
o0| . nq0 . |. es, and no. . m. tstoo0| capac. ty | o| 0 nde|
st and. ng o0|se' vesando0| wor' d | n t ne| 0t 0 |e, | p' an
to ca||y t n. s . nves t . gat . on m0cn | 0|t ne|, ' oo|. ngw. tn
g|eate|dep| n| nt otnes |ageso| numanconsc o0s ness.
|o| now, I am g|ate|0 ' | o| tne oppo|t 0n . ty to o||e|
t n es e es s ays to a w. de| a 0d . en ce. | ong ago my
| eacne|s empnas. zed | nat a oas . c |now. edge ol n0
man nat 0re was essent . a| | o| a p|od0ct | ve | . |e, | n t he
' . gnt o| t ne. | wo|ds, | nope t nat . n s ome s ma' ' way
t neseessaysw. ' ' promote peaceand narmonyw. t n . n
| ne nea|ts o| | nosewnoread | nem, and t nat a ' ' wno
oene|| t |rom q0est | on. ng | ne| | own ' . ves w| | | extend
wnatt ney |nowtotnepeop| esolt newor ' d
I nt roduct i on
now' edge . s o0| o. |t n | . gnt and o0| . ns p. |at . on
Ve a|e a ' . v. ngemood . ment o| snow' edge | t . s
l neseyt oo0| evo' 0t . ona|ydeve' opment andt neoas. s
o|o0| s 0|v. va ' C0| oe. ngnad . t so| . g. n . n snow' edge
. mp|. nted on two ' . v. ng ce' | s wn . cn p|od 0ced o0|
p|esent |o|m. C0| senses ' snow' now t o see, s me' ' ,
and taste, o0| ood. es snow nowt oo|eat nea n dnow
lo o|. ng new ' . |e . nto oe. ng t o cont . n0e t ne n0man
ne|. tage
C0 m. nds a|e |eceptac' es l o| t ne snow' edge o|
ages pasl T|eas0 | . es o| t no0gnl and . ns p. |at . on, o0|
m. nds enao' e 0s t o |e| ' ect on l ne past and conce. ve
d|eams |o t ne | 0l 0 e Know' edge g| ant s 0 s . n|. n . l e
oppo|l 0n t . es |o| gowt n cve|y moment o| o0| ex
pe|. ence . s snow' edge, a dyna m. c . nte|act . on o| o0|
oe. n g w. t n t ne c n a n g . n g wo | ' d a |o 0 n d 0 s C0 |
t no0gnl s and speecn ae man . lestat . ons o| snow'
edge cven s 0||e|. ng . s snow' edge, a po. nt e| t o o0|
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p|oo' ems and ' . m. t at . ons, . t snows 0 s t ne need |o|
g|eate| 0 nde| st and. ng and mot . vates 0s to . nv. te
snow' edge. nto o0| ' . ves
Know' edge| o. ns 0st oeve|yn0 manoe. ngwnonas
eve| ex. sted on t n. s p' anet. A' t no0gn oa| | . e| so|t . me
andp' acemaysepa|ate0 s,wea|e neve|a' one Vea|e
o| o0gnt t oget ne| oy t ne 0n . ve| sa' ' ang0age o| t ne
n 0 man nea|t, wn . cn . s a' so snow' edge. A' ' peop' e
s na|e t ne same oas. c needs and des . |es. Ve |e| o. ce
toget ne| . n t . meso| p' enty, wesee . n o0| cn . ' d|ent ne
nope |o|t ne| 0t 0|e, andweg| . evewnen t n . s nope . s
t asen| |om0s
Vn. ' ewes na|e a commona' . ty w. t n ot ne|s, eacn
o| 0s n as a 0 n . q0e ' . | e sto|y t nat 0 n| o' ds ' . se a g|eat
d |ama, | o|ged ||om nopes and d| eams, act . ons and
. nte|act . ons C0 | eve|yexpe| . enceaddstoo0| snow'
edge, and o0| eve|y act. on . s an exp|ess . on o| wnat
we snow. Tne ao. ' . ty to ' ea| n ||om o0| expe|. ence
t n|o0gno0t o0| |. ves. sa' so tneg. |t o|snow' edge
B0t o0| sto| . esa|e nota' waysnappyones. V. t n . na
s . ng| eday, we m. gnt expe| . ence manyo| t ne|ee' . ngs
t nat cna|act e| . ze t ne n0ma n cond. t . on des . |e and
||0st|at. on, con|. dence and anx. ety Tne oody tnat
enao' es 0s to expe|. ence t ne ne. gnts o| |apt 0 |e . s tne
sameoodyt nat mases0sv0' ne| ao' eto pa. n Tnem. nd
tnat . s so adapted | o| snow' edgecan a' so | o|ment 0s
w. t n memo| . es , |eg|ets, g| . e| , | ea| , and emot . ona'
d. st|ess. A|te|mo|e t nana m. ' ' . onyea|s o|evo' 0t. on,
wenaveyet to |. nd t nesnow' edge t nal w. ' ' stao. ' . ze
o0| napp. nessand set0s | |ee||om s 0||e|. ng.
| st ne|e somet n . ngl 0 ndament a' ' y w|ongw. t no0|
snow' edge! | n . ts e' | , snow' edge . s oene|. c . a ' and
' . oe|at . ng Know' edge nas made . t poss . o' el o| 0s l o
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snape o0| env. |on ment and to ennance o0| we' '
oe. ng, . t nas enao' ed 0s t o c|eate t ne ||eest and
most p|ospe|o0s soc. el . es l nat nave eve| ex. sted n
t ne n. sto|y o| t n e wo| ' d. C0 | snow' edge . nc|eases
da. ' y, no' d. ng o0t tne p|om. seo| extend. ng||eedom
andprosper| ly| oa| | t newo| | d speop| es.
Yet , wn. | eo0r snow| edgeand | |eedomappear t o
oe expand. ng, we seem t o oe ' ess at ease w. t n o0|
se' ves t nan eve| oe|o|e Beneal n l ne p|ospe|o0s s 0|
|ace o| o0| ' . ves, we sl . ' ' expe| . ence | | 0st |at . on and
con| 0 s . on, anx . et y, and even des pa. | V. t n . n o0 |
soc. et . es, evenl n e most |o|| 0 naleamong0s nave' . t t ' e
nope o| comp| et e ' | oera | | on |rom | r 0st |a| | on and
d| ssa| | s|act | on
|o| ma| ed0ca| . onmayne' p0 s maseoet t e| cno. ces
|o|o0| ' . ves, o0l o||e|snog0a|anteet nal o0| cno. ces
w. ' ' nol ' ead to pa. n . Pe|naps a|te| many yea|s o|
expe| . ence, we may deve' op eno0gn w. sdom to sta
o. ' . ze o0| ' . ves, and may |. na ' ' y|ecogn . ze wne|e o0|
g|ea| es| nopes |o| sat . s |ac| . on ' . e. |. |e . s o0| g|ealest
| eacner, o0 | | ts | esson s a|eo|| en ' ear nedtoo | at eand
a| t necosto| mucns uf|er | ng. Vemay navet orepeat
m. st ases ma ny t . mes oe| o| e we ' ea| n, a n d so me
' essons we may neve| ' ea| n at a ' ' Oepend. ng on
wnet ne| we ' ea| n q0 . cs' y o| s ' ow' y, we may nave a
nappy o| ' ess nappy ' . |e B0 | even . | we as. nd. v. d0a' s
oecome ve|y w. se, o0| napp. nes s can oet n |eal ened
oysoc. a' , env. |onment a' , and. nt e|nal . ona' p|oo' ems.
A|| ersevera| n 0ndredt no0sandyea|so| accumu| at . ng
snow| edge, wnatwesnow does not | ns ure our pro
tect . on||oms 0||e| . ng
| | we co0 ' d see l n|o0gn t ne ' ocsed co| | . do|s o|
| . me and pa|l . c . pal e d . |ecl ' y . n l ne enl . |e n 0 man
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expe| | ence, pe| napswewo0. doeao' etod. scove|t ne
|now' edge we need to . . ve a oet t e| ' . |e. As ' . v. ng
n. s| o| . ans, contempo|a|y w. t nesses to t ne 0 n|o' d. ng
o|pastt | me,weco0' dseed. |ect ' yt net |ans|o|mat . ons
| na| nave |a|en p| ace | n n 0man consc| o0s ness Ve
wo0' d |now nowlea| was overcomewnen n0 mans
| . | s| maste|ed t ne 0se ol |. |e. Ve wo0 ' d end0|e t ne
s| | 0gg' es| o| s 0|v. va' . n t ne. ceagesand|e| o. ceatt ne
deve' opment o| ag|. c0' t 0|e. C0| expe| . enceo| ' . |e . n
| ne ear| y cen|ers o| c| v| | | zat | on wo0| d oroaden and
deepen cen| 0 ry oy cen| 0 ry as ma n | | nd grad0 a ' | y
s p|eadacrosst necont . nents.
Tne | ao| | c o| c. v. ' . zat . on wo0 ' d oe c' ea| . n o0|
memo|y Vewo0 ' d|eca' ' n0nd|edso|c0' t 0|esove|
| app| n g| n t | meandspace, eacncont r| o0| | nga d| ||er
en| co' o| and snapeto t neg|and patte|n . How many
t . mes wo0 . d we nave |e' t t | . 0 mpn and de|eat as
c. v. | . zat . ons |oseand|e' ' ' Vewo0' dnavema|ve' edat
t neo. |t no| |e' . g. on and pn . ' osopny, and 0nde|stood
| ne | dea| s |or wn| cn men nave | | ved and d| ed. A||er
n 0 nd |eds o| | no0s ands o| yea|s o| exper| ence, we
wo0 ' d |now oeyonda do0ot | nepatte|nso| | no0gnt
andact . ont nat ' eadtos 0|| e| . ng. Vewo0 ' d|nowt ne
l 0 | ' mean . ng o|o0| n. st o|y, andoe| |eeo|t neneed to
repea|| neerrors o|t nepas| .
| | a' ' o| 0s co0 ' d expe| . ence s 0cn a | o0 |ney, o0|
ve|s . ono| t nen 0 mansto|y m. gn| oe| a| d. || e|ent ||om
t ne ' . |e' ess|acts t nat nowcomp| . se o0| n. s |o|y, |ev.
t a' . zed oy o0| expe| . ence, t ne past wo0 ' d oecome
| | v| ng | now| edge | na| we co0| d app| y | n o0r | | ves
| oday. See| ngt nepatterns 0 nde| ' y| ng' | |e. n a|armo|e
comp|enens . ve ' . gnt , we m. gnt not oe so w. ' ' . ng to
engage . n act . ons t nat navea ' ways |es 0' ted . ns 0||e|
Time to Change xi x
| ng Pe| naps, a| t e| snedd| ng t ea|s | o| co0nt ' ess cen
t 0|| es, we wo0 ' d g|owwea|y o| ||0st |at | on, pa| n, and
t hewas|e o| human | | |e. Awa|e o| | heca0ses o| s 0|
|e| | ng, we wo0| d|nowwnatwast | 0| y oene|| c| a| and
now to o| | ng| t | nto oe| ng V| t n s0cn 0 nde|stand| ng,
t ne|e wo0 ' d oe no ' | m| |s on o0| v| s| on | o| n 0 man
oeing, andno| | m| tsonn 0 man||eedom
But we do not have t h| s v| s | on, and we cannot
|o|eseet ne|es 0 ' ts o| o0| act | ons. | t | sd| f|| c0 ' t t o' ea|n
t ne | essons o| t ne past, and conve|t past pa| n | nto
p|esent |now' edge. Tn0s we nave no cno| ce o0t to
|epeat o| d patte|ns, nop| ng t nat somenow wnat we
dow| | | t0rn o0t d| f|e|ent | yt han | t d| d | n t hepast . B0t
w| t ho0t g|eate| |now| edge, t ne | 0t 0|e | s a| ways 0 n
ce|t a| n, and o0| nopes may on| y p|event 0 s | | om
see| ng t ne magn | t 0de o| o0| p|oo' ems. Tne |now'
edget nat nas o|o0gn| 0s wea' t nandp|ospe| | tyco0 ' d
as eas | | y oecomet hemeans o| des| |uct | ono| h 0 ma n
l | |e o| event heann | h | | a| | ono| | | |e ono0 | p| anet . Cu|
napp| nessando0| | |eedom, dependent oncond | t | ons
t nat we do not | 0 ' | y 0 nde|st and and cannot con
t |o| , a|e st| | ' | nsec0 |e.
To p|o| ect o0 | ||eedom o| t hought , wo|d, and
act | on, wehave manyg0| de| | nes and | aws. B0t even
wnen o0| | |eedoms a|e sa|eg0a|ded, even | n a ' and
wne|e t ne | | gnts o| t ne | nd| v| d0a' a|e nono|ed, we
nave nocomp' ete | |eedom o| cho| ce, | o| we canno|
cnoosenot | os0f|e|. Nomatte|how|a|weextendou|
| nd| v| dua| | |eedoms, ou| | now| edge | s not o| oad
eno0gn to ma|e o0| v| s | ono| ||eedom a |ea| | ty. |ven
t ne act | ons we t a|e to expand o0 | | |eedom and
mate|| a' p| ospe| | ty seem to ne| gnt en o0 | sense o|
want | ng and | nc|ease | he ' eve' o| | | 0st |at | on | n o0|
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' . ves Tnepa. n weexpe|. enceoea|sw. t nesstoo0| ' acs
o|snow' edge and l ne' . m. tat . ons ono0| | |eedom.
V| | nou| grea| ersnow| edge, wecannot oecer| a| n
t na| o0r ac| | ons w| | | no| or| ngs 0|| er . ng| o ourse' ves
and ot ne| s Cont . n 0 . n g to ac| 0 n s now. ng' y . n tne
wo| ' d, wecan on ' ycrealemo|e con| 0s . onand s 0||e|
. ng . n a wo|' d a ' |eady ove|o0 |dened w. t n nope' ess
ness and pa. n. Cn a nat . ona' ' eve' , even we' ' . nt en
t . oned acl . ons can o| . ng aoo0t l neoppos . te o| wnat
wedes| |e. se|| ous | moa ' ances. n our env. ron men| and
| ne ne| gn|e n . ng o| | ens | ons | na| endanger wor ' d
peaceandpros per. | y.
Howcanweopeno0 ||. e' do|a' te| nat . vesand|. nd
lne snow' edge we need to ga. n t | 0e l|eedom' Ve
want |o oe| |eeto |ea' . zeo0| | 0 ' ' potent . a' , wewant to
oe l|ee to mase | u' ' 0 se ol a ' ' t ne oppo|t 0n. t . es ' . |e
ohe|s 0s, wewant to oe| |eel o . nco|po|atea ' ' t nal . s
good | n|o our ' | ves, and oe |ree o| a| ' t na| causes
s u||er| ngand pa| n, wewant |oapprec| a| e| neoeauty
o| tnewo| ' dandtne. n | . macyol comm0 n . ca| . onw. tn
ot ne| n0 manoe. ngs. Vnet ne| o| not o0| w. snescome
t | 0e depends 0pon t ne |ange o| o0| v. s . on and t ne
snow' edget nat . n |o| ms o0| acl . ons
Howcanwed. scove|wnat . s t |0 ' ymea n . ng| 0' and
oene|| c| a| | or numan oe. ngs ' How can we or . ngt ne
| u| | mean| ngo||reedoma| . ve . nour neart s ' Know| ng
t na| wedono| ye| nave| nesnow| edgeweneed is in
|tel| snow' edge t nat can open o0| m. nds |o a new
pers pect . veon||eedom
Recogn. z. ng o0 | need |o| g|eale| snow' edge, we
can oeg. n to w. den o0| v. s . on. C0| ' . ves, and t ne
cond| t | ons u nde| wn . cnwear ep| . v. ' egedto' | ve, o||er
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0s a| | | neoppor| un| |y we need to c|ea| ea |ree|, more
sat| s|acto|ywayo| | . |e. C0 | educa| | onnas g| ven0 s | ne
| oo| s| or | nqu| ry. V| | nou| depend| ngon anydogmao|
comp| exdoc| || ne, we c a nre| y 0 pono0r own | n| e' ' .
gence | oopen 0 p new ways o| |now| nga n doe| ng.
Vecan |ead oetween t ne | . nes o| t ne n 0 man st o|y,
' oo|. ng| o| t nemesand patt e| nsunde| ' y. ngp|oo' ems
and pa. n V. t n t n. s o|oade| unde|stand. ng, we can
' oo|at o0| . . ves, ou| soc. et . es, and o0| wo| ' d ||om a
newpe|spect . ve,mo|eawa|eo|t ne|epeat . ngpat t e| ns
o|numan. . |e.
Cose|v. ng' . |e, and|e|' ecl . ngu pon o0| expe| . ence,
we can see mo|e c' ea| ' y tne |e' at . ons n . ps oetween
wnat we do and t ne |es u' ts t nat |o' ' ow. V. t n t ne
g|owtn o| . ns . gnt , we can ' ea|n mo|e qu . c|' y ||om
every || nd o| exper. ence, and |ree o0rse| ves o| | ne
need| orespond| oexper| encew| | n| | us | rat | on, ange|,
or pa| n. Ve can go even| 0r| ner andoeg| na dynam| c
process o| oose|v| ng and conver| | ng wna| we | ea|n
| n|o new |now| edge| na| we app| y| n o0r | | ves. | | we
or| ng a| | our |now| edge |o oear | n o0| wo|ds and
act . ons , we can en gage eacn expe| . ence open| y,
w. t nout | udgment , asanoppo|t 0n . ty to expandwnat
we snow As t n. s q0a' . ty o| attent . on toucnes mo|e
andmo|eo| o0| ' . |e, expe|. enceoecomesmo|edeep' y
. nte|esl . ng and v. l a' Vnen we v. ew wnateve| nap
pens to us as a man . |estat . on o| snow' edge, |now'
edgesnows. ts e' | . nt ne|es 0 ' t s o|ou| act . ons.
| n open . ngou| m. nds to |now' edge, we can d. s
cove| a new |o|m o| |espons . o. ' . ty t nat wou ' d o||e|
g|eale|nope |ornapp| ness . n o0r soc| et | es and. n t ne
wo| | d. Ra| ner | nan oe| ng an oo| | gat | on or a o0rden,
|espons | o| | | |y, oac|ed oy |now| edge, can oe s een as
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| ne |reedom |o res pond | oo0 | wor| d e||ec | | ve' yand
wno' enea |ted' y. Respond. ng. n | n . s way,wet aseca|e
o| o0 |se' ves' . n t . me' , we navea ' ong |ange v. s . on|o|
o0| ' . ves, and can add|ess potent . a' proo' ems oelo|e
| ney oecome so0 rces o| d | s | ress and a' | c| | on |or
o0|se| vesor | oro| ners
Vnen we nave tne co0 |age to |ace d. |ect ' y tne
p|oo' ems . no0| ' . vesand . n soc. ety, and|ecogn . zeo0|
need l o| g|eate| snow' edge, we nono| t ne | |eedom
| n| s soc| ety nas g| ven 0 s and | ase res pons | o| | | | y |or
o|oaden | n g | | s mea n | n g . n o0 | own | | ves | |ee| ng
o0 |se' ves o| p|oo' ems, we |ed0ce t ne amo0nt o|
s 0||e| . ng . n t newo| ' d and . nc|ease tne po|ent . a' |o|
ot ne|s t oga. ng|eate|||eedom|o| t nemse' ves. Vnen
weno' ongernave| opayw| | no0r| ears|or| nepr| v|
| egeo| ' | v. ng a n0ma n | | |e, | nesnow| edgewega| n | s
t | 0 ' y||ee
Know. edge, | |eedom, and |espons . o. ' . ty a|e o0|
most va' 0 ao' eassets, t neessent . a' . ng|ed. ent sl o| o0|
growt n and prosper. t y. V| | n | nem o0r po| en| | a| |or
g|ow|n s 0 n ' m ted. |acn s a ca| a' ys| |or |ne o| ne| .
Know' edge g. ves mea n . n g to ||eedom, and o0| |e
spons. venessc|eatesan opennesstonew snow' edge.
C0| | |eedom a ' ' ows 0s to tap a ' ' o0| |eso0|ces |o|
snow| edge, and g. ves 0s room and oppor| 0 n | |y |o|
ac| | on. B 0 . | d | ng 0 pon t n . s |o0 nda| | on, eacn o| 0s
co0 ' d cont | . o0te t o a new mode' o| napp. ness and
p|ospe| ty oased 0pon t ne 0 n oo0nded | |eedom ol
t nen 0 manm nd.
Vnateverwe | ea|n wecan s na|e w| t n o| ners, |or
eve|y n 0 man oe| ng s na|es | n | ne d| || c0| t . es | na| we
con| |ont . n o0| own ' . ves. Vnat g|eate|g lt co0' dwe
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o||e|t nan|e' . el||oms 0||e| ngandpa. n ! C0| cn . ' d|en
w| ' ' oene|. t | rom t n | s |now' edge as we' ' , pass| ngon
wnat t ney ' ea|n to t ne. | own cn. ' d|en | n t n. s way,
eacn o| 0s can ne' p to 0 pl | |t t ne v| s| on o| n0man
dest | ny|orgenerat | ons tocome. Vere manypeop' eto
do t n. s, we co0 ' d p|o| ect an . mag o| |reedom so
strong' y t nat oostac| es to peace, j oy, prosper| ty, and
' ovewo0' dnavenop' acet ot a|e|oot. | ' ' 0 m. nated oy
|now' edge, o0| co' ' ect . ve v s . on co0 ' d sn . ne ' . |e a
oeacon | ar | nto t ne | 0t 0re, po| nt | ng t ne way |or an
. n|. n . t eexpans ono| a ' ' | nat. s good|o|n 0 manoe. ngs.
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We exist in a rare moment of stability,
dependent upon a delicate balance
that could change at any time.
| |e ch| | dren, we || nd | t d| ||cu| | |o oe| | eve| n a t | me
oe|o|et hewo| ' dwesnowt oo|snape, at . mewnen
t ne no0se we . n nao. t had not oeen o0 . ' t , wnen . t s
' 0moe| was t |ees, . t s na. ' s |ocs emoedded o|e, . ts
w| ndows sand a| ong | he ocean s shore. |rom our
pe|spect . ve, t he 0 n . ve|se seems vast and ete| na' , t he
ea|tn |. xed . n . ts o|o. t , t ne mo0nt a. ns and oceans
cnange' ess. cacnday | hes0 n appea|s . n t hes |y, each
n | gh| t he moon re|| ec|s | t s | | ght The p| ane| moves
. nva| . ao' y t n|o0gn tne seasona' |o0nd. cven o0|
c. v. | . zat . on, t no0gn constant ' y cnang. ng, seems to
end0|e. Ye| ||omad. ||e|ent pe|spec| . ve, ma| te|sm. gh|
seemo| herw| se.
|oos. ngattneeven . ngs sy, wemayoecomeawa|e
o|stand. ngon a p' ane| | nat . s mov. ngt n |o0gh space
and wonder how | t a | | oegan. l n ou| m| nd s eye we
canenv. s. ont ne|a||' 0ng|eacneso|space, emptyand
vast, p0' s . ng w| t n p|. mo|d. a' ene|gy Rhyt nms de
6 Knowledge of Freedom
ve' op, | . pp' . ng w. t n moment 0mandd. |ect . on. Ast ne
dynam| c opennes s o| s paceg| vesr| se|oqua| . | | es and
|ex| ures, | nnumerao| e appearances dance . n|o oe| ng
suoa|om| c, a|om| c, mo| ecu| ar-and|ormmorecom
p| ex pa| | erns. Caseous c| ouds oeg| n | og| owands p| n
| n |o p| ane| sands| a|s.
Today . t . s oe' . eved t nat o0| own p' anet sp0n . nto
ex. s| encemo|e t nan|o0 | t no0sand m. ' ' . onyea|s ago
A |ocsy c|0st so' . d. |. ed, t ne at mospne|e g|ad0a' ' y
deve' oped, |a. ns |e' ' and oceans |. ' ' ed. | n s' ow o0t
0 nceas . ng movement , cont . nent s d|. |ted ove| t ne
oceans, | o. n. ng toget ne| and s p' . t t . ng apa|t , t ne. |
co' ' . s. ons c|eat . ngg. ant mo0nt a. n|anges
V. nd and |a. n ' eve' ed tne peassand g|o0nd |ocs
. nto so. ' Tneo| o. t o|| neea|tn and . ts t . ' t towa|d tne
s 0n s n. |ted . n cyc| es, wn | ' e t ne magnet. c po| es
cnanged oacs and | or| n, | . me and | | meaga| n H0ge
| cecapscoveredvas|s| ret cneso| | andand re| rea|ed.
l s ' ands rose |rom | ne ocean || oo| | nrougn vo| can| c
act . on, and | a|es dr| ed | o oecome deser| |o| aeons
t n. s d| amatoos p| acew. tn no' . v. ngc|eat 0 |e p|esent.
H0 nd|eds o| m. ' ' . ons o| yea|s ago, tne |. |st ' . |e
to| ms eme|ged . n t ne oceans, as ce|t a. n mo' ec0 ' es
to0nd a way o| |ep' . cat . ng t nemse' ves and |o|med
s . mp' ece' ' s T| 0ean . ma' s ,s 0cnas | e' ' y|. s n, a|oset|om
many ce' ' s a||anged as a s . mp' e, 0nst ao' e oodyw. tn
oa| e' ydeve' oped sense o|gans Acco|d. ngto p|esent
snow' edge, an. ma' ood. es g|ad0a' ' y oecame mo|e
comp' ex |o' ded ' aye|s ot ce' ' s to|med t 0oe ' . se
wo| ms, open at eacn end C| . ent ed a' ongan ax. s, t n. s
news| ndo|oodynadmo|edeve| opedsenso|yo|gans
and nervesc | 0ste|ed at one end A mo0| nconnected
| ne| ns . deo| | ne' . |e|o|m |o | neout s. dewor ' d
Time to Change 7
Basedont n. s s . mp' epatte| n, mo|ecomp' cated' . fe
fo|msa|ose-l. sn , ampn. o. ans, and|ept . | es, o. |ds, and
mamma' sva| . at . ons on a fo0 | ' . moed, no. ' ow oody
a||anged a' onganax. sofne|ves. Mo|e comp' exsense
o|gans cen|e|eda| o0 ndt nenead, | nt e|act | ngw| t nt ne
wo| ' d t n|o0gn n0me|o0s ape|t0 |es. B|eatn f' owed
|nytnm. ca' ' yt n|o0gn| neoody, ent e| . ngandeme|g| ng
t n|o0gnt nemo0t nandnose M0sc' esando|gans t nat
deve| oped a| ongt n. s cnanne| madeposs . o| ea va| . ety
of so0 nds t nat oecame | o| ms o| comm0 n . cat . on
An ma' s fo| med e' ement a|y soc. a' st | 0ct 0 |es s 0cnas
t nosefo0 nd | n scnoo| so| f| snand| | ocsso| o| |ds.
|o| ages oe|o|e n 0 man oe. ngs appea|ed, ' ' owe|
an. ma' s' |0 ' ed t neea|t n Tne| |a of | . snes, wnen most
' andwasoenea| noceans,was|o' | owedoy| ne| mp. |e
ol t ne O. nosa0|s, wnen n0ge |ept . ' es |oamed | ne
|o|ests of | ne wo| ' d As I ne d| nosa0 |s myste| | o0s ' y
d. sappea|ed, mamma' s g|ew | a|ge| and event 0a| ' y
dom. nated t ne p' anet . |ong oelo|e t ne ea||. est
| nd. ans estao' . sned | ne. | f |st set t ' ements, t n|eetoed
no|ses, |n . noce|oses, andcame' s ' eftt ne. | |ema . ns on
Ame| | canso| |
Tneea| ' . est n 0mans seem | onave eme|ged mo|e
t nan a m. ' | . on yea|s ago Tno0gn oased on t neo' de|
| o0| ' | moed pat t e| n, t ne ood. eso| t nese f| |st n 0man
oe. ngswe|eo| entedtowa|dt neenv |on ment . n anew
way.1ne. |0p| | gn| sIanceand| o|wa|d |ac| ngeyesgave
t ne. |v s. onw. depe|spec | . veandg|eatdept n cvent 0
a| | y, t ne. | n . gn| y deve' oped sense o|gansand f' ex. o| e
. nte' ' gence we|e mat cned oy t n|oat s and mo0t ns
capao' eof mas nga |ange of comp' ex so0 nds V. t n
exp|ess| ve |aces, anda| msand nands ||ee to gest 0 |e,
po. nt , and g|asp oo| ects, n 0 man oe. ngs possessed
0 n . q0eao| | | I. esto comm0 n | catew| In eacn ot ne| As
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t nesecapao. ' . t . es deve' oped, n0 mans passed on t ne. |
snow' edge | |om gene|al . on t o gene|at . on, o0 . ' d ng
t ne. | 0 nde|stand. ngo| t ne. | wo| ' d and mo. d. ngt ne |
s 0||o0nd. ngsl oacco|dw. t nt ne. | w. snes.
Bands o| ea|' y n 0 mans sp|ead l n|o0gno0l mosto|
t newo| ' d Pnys . ca. ' yweas andde|ense' esscompa|ed
to manya n. ma ' s, t ney s 0|v ved oy | o. n ng togel ne| . n
c' ans , coope|a| ng| on0nt ' a|gegameandgat ne| |oots
and ed o' eveget at . on. Tney madetoo' s o0t ol stone
andc' ot ned l nemse' ves . na n ma' s s. ns | |om nat 0|a'
lo|est|. |es, n0 man oe ngs toos l ' amesand ' ea| ned to
seept nema. ve. Nowt neyco0 . d' . ve n co' de| |eg ons,
coos |ood, and | | . gnten away a n ma' s . Cat ne| ng
a |o0nd t ne. | l. |es |o|sa|ety and compan . ons n . p, l ney
comm0 n . cated n a waynoa n ma ' nadoe|o|e
Pe| naps eme|g. ng |. |st as m0 |m0 |ed so0 nds ol
com|o|t o| c|. es o| dange| and need, l ne |nyl nms ol
speecn g|ew g|ad0a ' ' y mo|e e' aoo|ale and d st nct
Peop' eoeganto0 seso0 nds n a newway Rememoe|
. ng and |epeal . ng a so0 nd, |wo peop' e co0. d ag|ee
0pon t ne name | na| wo0 ' d d sl . ng0 s n a pa|t . c0' a|
pe|sono| oo| ect
Cve| a ' ong pe| od ol t me, many senso|y . m
p|ess onss gnl s, so0 nds, | ext 0|es, tastes, and sme' ' s
we|e . dent | ed a nd ' n sed l o so0 nds Symoo' s
sc|alcned . nto t |ees o| slone o| d|awn 0pon tne
g|o0nd co0 ' d oe connected lo pa|t c0' a| so0 nds By
means o' symoo' s and p c ' 0|es, mea n ng co0 ' d oe
conveyed n l ne aosence o' so0nd o| l ne pnys. ca'
oo| ecl
Os ngl ne. | ao. ' t . eslod sc|. m. nateand|ememoe|,
n0 man oe ngs oose|ved t ne. | wo|. d and ts patte|ns,
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not | ng s| m| | ar | t | es and |e| at | onsn | ps, and made as
s 0mpt . ons oased on t ne. | past exper. ence C|ad0a| | y,
s . mp| e concepts gave |. se to more comp| ex ways o|
t n| n|| ng, and n0mans co0 | d |e|| ect d | || eren| | y 0 pon
t nemse| ves and t ne wo| | d Peop| e oegan t o obse|ve
nat 0ralcyc| esand| ear ned to p|ed| ct t ne| r rec0|rence
Tneawa|enesso|o0r ancestors| angedoeyondt ne
|now| edgeneededlors . mp| es0rv. va| Respond| ngto
t ne movement and oea0ty o| t ne. | wo| | d, ce|ta. n
peop| es expressed | n symoo| | c draw| ngs mean | ngs
t nat co0 | d not oe comm0 n . cated ve|oa | | y. H0 man
|. g0|es, an. ma| |o| ms, andot ner a|t . st . c snapesd |awn
on cave wa| | s expressed deep . nner responses to
expe| . ence
||om |ememoered expe| . ences, n0 man oe. ngs
oegan to se| ect and reco0nt mportant event s Tney
named t ne 0nseen |orces t nat co0 | d g| ve | | |e o| ta|e
. t, and |o0nd ways o| de|. n ng t ne. r re| at . ons n . p to
t neawesomepowers tna| | ayoeyondn 0mancon | ro|
Tn| s |now| edge may nave come more read| | y t o
somet nant oot ne|s, t ne' |now. ngones , ootn |ea|ed
and respected, oecame nea| ers and g0 des, cnanne| s
| opowersot ners co0 | dnot comprenend. Tney| nstr0ct
ed t ne. r peop| e . n tne o| de| o| tne wo|| d, snow ng
t nemt neatt | t 0des andact | ons t nat wo0l dna| mon. ze
w| tntnegreatpowersandens 0re s 0rv| va| . Cvert . me,
|now| edge was acc0 m0 | ated and o|gan . zed, and
conceptsand oe| | e|swe|e s naped | nto more aost rac|
t no0gnt
|or n0 nd|edso| t no0sands o|yea|s, ear| yn 0 mans
. . ved . ns ma| | g|o0ps asn 0 nt e|s and gat ne|e| s Aoo0t
t en | no0sand years ago a revo| 0 | | onary event too|
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p| ace-| hed| scovery | ha| p| an| s cou| d oe cu| | | valed.
Oomesl | ca|ed sl |a . ns o| |ood c|ops soon |o' ' owed,
l nep' owwas . nvenl ed, andevenl ua' ' yl newnee'
As numans se| l | ed . nlo ' a|ge| commun. | . es, l ney
deve' oped oas. c l ecnno' og. es pol l e|y, oas sel |y, l ne
weav| ng o| c| o| h, and | he s me| l | ng and |org. ng o|
mel a' s . An. ma' s we|e domesl . ca| ed and l |a. ned as
nunl e|s, p|oleclo|s, and oeasl s o| ou|den, and we|e
used asdependao' esou|ceso| food andc| ol n. ng. As
numan' . |e g|ewmo|e comp' ex, numanoe. ngs deve'
oped a | u| | er u nders|and| ng o| nal u|a ' cyc| esas we' |
as a mo|e e' aoo| a|ev. s . ono| l ne. | p' ace. nl n ewo| ' d
Aoou| | | veo| s | x| housandyearsago, l herhyl hms
o| humanc. v. ' . zal . onsn . |ledaga . n O|oanc. v. ' . zal . ons
l oos snape . n l ne g|eal va' ' eys a' ong l ne N ' e, | ne
| ndus, | he Huang po, and l he T| gr | s and cupnrales
| . ve|s. O| oan commun. | . es evo' ved mo|e comp' ex
| o| mso| soc. a' o|gan . zal . on. O. sl | ncl c' assesg|adua' ' y
deve| oped-|a| mers, mercnan| s, adm| n. s| | a| ors, and
p|. eslssuppo|l . ng l ne g|owln o| l ecnno' ogy and
ma|er| a| wea| l h |argesca| e pyra m| ds, | emp| es, and
| || | ga| . on ne|wo|ss l nal |equ. |ed p' ann. ng and co-
ope|al . onwe|eou. ' l New mel a' o|esand a' ' oyswe|e
d| scovered and |ash | oned | n| o || ner weapons, orna
men | s, andloo' s .
More | requen| and var| ed soc| a| | n|eracl | ons a|
|ec|edl nedeve' opmenl o|' anguage |venl ua' ' yw|. l-
|en recordswere sep|, scra|cned |. rsl onc' ay l osens,
oones, o| wood, | hen upon l ao| e| s, and | a|e| w|. llen
w. ln . n s on ' eaves, oa| s, o| pape|madeftom p' an | s.
Cve| l he cenl u|| es, | | | e|a| e and ar | | s| | c cu' | u|es
a|ose and |' ou|. s ned O|aw. ng on l ne acn evemenl s
Time to Change 1 1
o| t ne pas| and | n|| 0enced o y ne| gnoo| | ng c0| | 0res,
eacn c. v| ' | zat . on c|ea| ed | t s own | rad| | | ons o| ' an
g0age, a| | , arcn| t ec| 0 re, pn. ' osopny, |e| | g| on, and
|ecnno| ogy. Ca| endars, a| pnaoet s, anda || s| y| es were
snared. As eacn c| v| | | za| | on reacned | | s pea| and
dec' . ned, new c0' t 0|es a|ose . n | 0 |n. Tneo0 . . d. ngo|
py|am. ds and z. gg0|ats gave way | o p. ' . a|ed temp' es
and o|nate pa' aces, a| m. es o| norsed|awn cna| . o| s
we|es 0pp' antedoymo0 nted a| mo|edcava| | . es.
Some c0. t 0|es end0 |ed | o| t no0s ands o| yea|s,
ot ne|s sp|ang 0p on ' y | o oe q0 . cs. y ove||0 n o|
aoso|oed oy | ne. | ne. gn oo|s . n wa|s . ong s . nce
to|go| ten. c n| . |e c0' t 0|esmay naved. sappea|ed, t ne. |
|now' edge ' os | |o 0s C|eat . . o| a| . es, |epos . |o|. es o|
anc. en| w. sdom, we|edest |oyedoy| nosewnod. dnot
comprenend | ne| r va| 0e. Somet . mes | ne vanq0 | sned
aosoroed | ne| r conq0erors, creat | ng a new c 0| | 0ra|
syn| nes| s. | n| erac| | ng and over| app| ng | n t . me and
space, c0| | 0ra| | or mss n| | |ed| nro0gn| nem| | | en. a| . |e
| nepa| | ernsona |a' e| doscope.
V. t n. n manyc0' | 0|es, ood . es o| o| a. and w| . t t en
snow' edgeg|ew 0pa|o0ndt ne. ns . gnt sotg|eatsee|s,
t n. n|e|s, and no. y men. T|ad. t . ons t na| a|ose | o
prese|ve and pass on | n. s |now' edge s | . m0 ' ated a ' '
aspects o| c0' | 0|e, . nc' 0d. ng ' . | e| a| 0 |e, med. c. ne,
a||, and a|cn. | ect0 |e. Many scnoo' s o| pn. ' osopny
came. nto oe. ng.
Tne|e we|e a' so seese|s wno sen sed t ne . ncom
p. e| eness o| n0 man snow. edge. Tne q0es| . ons | ney
|a. sedcna| | engedex| s | | ngv ews o| | nen 0mancond.
| | on. Tne |now' edge | nat grew o0| o| | ne| r q 0e| | es
passed | n| o es| ao| | s ned soc| e| | es, wnere | | ca| a| yzed
1 2 Knowledge of Freedom
new | ns| gn| s and ours| s o| creat | v| |y, enr| cn. ng and
o|oaden . ngn 0 ma n0nde|sta nd. ng
Manyo|| newo| | d' sgrea| c| v| | | za| | onswere even
t 0a' ' y ' . n |ed togetne|, as advent 0 |o0s exp' o|e|s and
me|cnants|o0 nd |o0tesoetweenseacoastsandac|oss
deser| s. Tne |now| edge o| movao| e |ype and paper
ma|. ngsp|ead ||om Cn . na to c 0 |ope and tne M. dd| e
cast . Tne A|aos, oo||ow. ng | nd. an n 0 me|a' s, deve'
opeda| geora and| | | gonome| ry. Know| edget rad| t . ons
||om As. a we|eca| | . ed a| ongt | ade|o0t es towa|d tne
west, wn . ' ewest e| nt |ad. t ons |o0nd| ne | wayeast.
As prac| | ca| |now| edgegrew, ra| s . ngt nes| andard
o| ' . v. ng |o| many c 0' t 0|es, demands |o| goods and
|eso0 |ces a' so . nc|eased, enco0|ag ng t ne sea|cn |o|
| raderou| es| omore and mored| s| ant | ands. Crow| ng
contactoetweenc 0 ' t 0 |esenco0 |agedt ned n0s. ono|
|now' edge and tne sp|ead o| |e' . g. o0s and c0' t0 |a'
va| ues, some| . mes | rans|orm| ng o| des| |oy. ng wno| e
soc et . es.
| n As. a, T0| |s, A|aos, andMongo' sestao' . snedvast
emp| reswnose| n || uencespreadeven | ntoc 0 |opeand
A| | . ca, a' t e| . ng t ne patte|n s o| c0 ' t 0|e t ney enco0n
|e|ed.As t ne|now' edgene' doyt neC|ee|sd. sappea|ed
| n | neVest, | | was|epta' . ve | n | neM| dd' e|as| , | ater,
. ts |et 0 |n | o c 0 |ope spa||ed a |ena. ssance As c 0|o
peans oegan ac| . ve' yexp' o| . ngt ne |est o| t newo| | d,
manyc. v. ' | za| | ons | n As| aoegan| o|ee| | ne| mpac|o|
a d. |e|ent way o| ' . | e | n t ne Ame| . cas, t ne | nd. an
c0' t 0|es and t ne anc. ent Azt ecand | nca c. v. ' . zat . ons
cr umo| ed unde|| ne|uropean conq0est.
O0| . ng tne e gnt eent n cent 0 |y tne sc ences and
tecnno' og es ' na| nad a| seno0t o|t ne| ena. ssance n
| neVes| oegant ocnange | ne|aceo| | newo| | d. Cne
Time to Change 1 3
. nvent . on 'o' ' owed anot ne| . n | ap. d s 0ccess . on t ne
steam eng. ne, t net n|esn . ngmacn. ne, t necot t on g. n,
and| neea| ' yt e' eg| apn, t necy' . nde| p| . nt . ngp|ess, t ne
e' ect |omagne| . cmot o|, t ne|eap. ngmacn . ne, andt ne
| e' epnone Soon t ned . scove|y o| ce' . s, oact e| . a, and
x |ayscnangedt newo| ' do|med. c. ne | n t n. s cent 0 |y,
q0ant 0mt neo|y, |e' at . v. | yt neo|y, and t ne s p' . t t . ngo|
t neat omnaveopenedanewe|ao|n0c' ea| | ecnno' ogy
and|evo' 0t . on . zed o0| concept so| t . meand space
ent 0|y a|te| cent 0 |y, n0 man c0' t 0|e n as o0. ' t
0pon . t se' | Tne . . gnt n. ng t nat s ' a|ted t ne |o|est
|. |es wne|e ea| ' y man sto' e n . s |. |st |' ames was ' at e|
t apped |o| p|oo| o| e' ect | . c. ty So' . dwnee' ed ca|t s
. nsp. |ed sposed wnee' ed cna| . ot s, and event 0a' ' y
|a. ' |oad t |a. ns anda0tomoo. . es |eve|s, p0. ' eys, ax' es,
and gea|s naveoeen |e|. ned and powe|ed . n t 0|n oy
no|sesandoxen, steam, e' ect | . c. ty, andgaso' . ne. Now
mo|e powe|| 0 ' | 0e' s p|ope' a . | p. anes t nat c| 0. se at
s 0 pe|son . c speeds and |ocsets t nat | |ave. t n|o0gn
o0t e| space, exp' o| . ngt nep. anet so0| ancesto|sco0 . d
on. yadm. |e . n tne n. gnt ssy
Man s. nd' s ea| ' . est exc. amat . ons o| ' An' ' and
' Cn' ' nave g. ven o. |t n | o g|eat ' . o|a| . es o| oooss,
o0| |. |ste'|o|t sat w|. t . ngw. t n st . cssonp. eceso|c' ay
nave mat 0 |ed . nt o e. ect |on. c ca|v. ngs on magnet . c
d. scs Vas| comm0n . cat . ons ne|wo|ss . . n sed oysat e'
' . tes o|o. t . ng t went y t no0s and m. ' es aoove t neea|t n
t |ans m. t s . gna| s wo| ' dw. de |me|g. ng | |om t ne 0se
o| stone t oo' s, coos. ng |. |e, wat e| | 0gs, and an. ma'
s s. ns, n0 man c. v. ' . zat . on nas s p. |a. ed . nt o a |ea. m
0n . mag. nao. et oo0| ancest o|s
A. t no0gno0|mode|nt ecn no. og. ca' soc . et . es d|aw
0pon at . east ten t no0sand yea|s o| c. v. . . zat . on and
1 4 Knowledge of Freedom
nundreds o| t nousands, pernaps m| ' | | ons o| years o|
numanpren | st ory, on a cos m. ct| mesca' e, a| | t nat nas
occu||ed to numan oe. ngsonou| ea|t n nasun|o' ded
. n | ess t nan an . nst ant . Cu| p| anet and t ne s un tnat
nou|| s nes | twe|eorougnt | nt ooei ngoyaconj unct . on
o| cond| t | ons t nat we do not |u| ' y understand. || e
ment s c|eated . n un snown pa|ts o| t ne un. ve|se
ga| ne|ed toget ne|, st ao. ' . z. ng. n a dynam. coa' ance|o
|orm tne|eat ureso|our wor | d. | n t| me,t neygave | . se
to a spec. a| st rando| mo| ecu| escapao| eot cod. ng |o|
' . v. ng ce' ' s | n a p|ocess t nat st . ' ' seems m. |acu' ous,
tneea|tnoecame|. ' ' edw. tn. nn ume|ao' e|o| mso|' . |e.
Amongt nese, wearet nemostrecentand poss | o| yt ne
most nte' | | gent
Oesp. teou| senseo| pe|manenceont n. sea|tn, we
ex. st . n a |a|e moment o| stao. ' . ty, dependent upon
a de| | cateoa| ancet nat cou| dcnange atanyt . me. || se
guestswnocometov. s . t , t neto|cest nat navec|eated
ou| wo| ' dando|ougnt us . nto oe. ngmaynot stayt ne
n . gnt
A| t nougn we cannot snow t ne du|at . on o| ou|
t . me, . n t n. s p|esent moment we nave a p|ec. ous
oppo|t un . ty | o pa|t . c. pate |u ' ' y . n ' . |eand |ea' . zet ne
dest | nyo| numanoe| ng. Hu mancreat . v| |y and| nt e' | |
gence nave o| ougnt |o|tn an un| mag| nao| eva|. ety o|
|o|ms t nat nave ca|| . ed us | a| ||om ou| ea|' . es|
oeg. nn. ngs, nowwea |e capao' eo|d|aw. ngupontne
|u' | | egacyo| numan exper| ence
Howcanweoest ou. ' duponwnat nasoeeng. ven
usoynat u|e and oytnee||o|tso|tnosewnonavegone
oe|ore us' Vnat |ut ure s na' | we |as n. on|orourse| ves
and|ort nosewno|o' ' ow a|ter us' Vnat w| sdomw. | |
Time to Change 1 5
| n|or mour act | ons ' Vnatv| s | onw. ' ' gu. deand| ns p. re
us |o preserve a | | t nat | s good |or numan oe| ngs and
|orour ea| | n, andtosetas | dea | | t nat | s dest r uct | ve'
| | t ne cu| t ures o| t newor | d we| e | . n |ed togetne|
| n||| endsn | pandpeace, s nar | ng|now' edge, tecnno|
og. es, and|esou|ces | o up' . |t a' ' numan oe. ngs, wnat
' . m. t wou' d t ne|e oe to | ne oene|. ts tnat cou ' d oe
|ea' zed' O|aw. ng upon tne |u ' ' powe|o| n uman . n
te' ' . gence, we can sees out t ne |oot causes o| d. ||
cu' t | esoe| ween. nd. v. dua' s,c u' | u|es, andn at | ons , and
d. scove| t ne snow' edge we need to c|eate | ne oest
| ut u|e poss . o' e|o|a ' ' tnewo| ' d' speop' es.
Z
Respondi ng to Ti me
Where is our present knowledge rooted,
if not in patterns of thought
so deeply ingrained that they may be
imprinted in our consciousness and genes?
s h 0 man oe| ngs, we can choose o0r way o|
oe. ng . n t newo| ' d. Ve nave cons c. o0s ness, we
a|e capao' eo||espond. ngc|eat . ve' yt oo0| s 0||o0 nd
| ngs C0| exper| ence, s naped | n |o snow' edgeoyo0r
ra| | ona| m| nds , canoe| rans m| | |ed| oo0r descendan|s.
Beca0se we nave t nese capao. ' . t . es, we nave t ne
pot ent . a' |o|' . oe|at . ngo0 |se' vest | omcond. t . ons t na|
' | m| | many o| her | or ms o| ' . | e B0| now we| | do we
0 nders|and o0r po| en | | a' ' Oo we |now t he wno| e
contexto| n 0 man ' . te'
C0| ' ves 0 nto' d . n t . me C0 t . me . s o0 ene|gy
and o0| | . |e. A| | t ha| | s |nowao| e . s | nt | ma| e| y
con nectedtot . me.B0t tnenat 0 |eot| me. | se' | ema. ns
mys| e| . o0s . Ve do no| snow wnen n0 man oe. ngs
oegan to t n. n | aoo0| t . me, o| cons. de| now t ne.
ac| | ons . n t he presen| m| gh| a||ec| | he| | s 0rv. va' o|
Time to Change 1 7
| ne| r we| | oe| ng. n l n e | ul ure. Al somepo| nl, ooserv-
| ng l ne cyc' es o| nal ura| pnenomena, our a nceslors
' earned |o measurewnal l neycou| dno| comprenend.
| n d| v| d| ngl . me| n|onou|s, years , cenl 0r| es, andaeons,
| ney arranged even| s | n a ' | near progres s . on, carv| ng
o0l an a|ea . n wn . cn n 0man l no0gnl and acl . on
ass0 med cenl |a' . mpo| l ance.
Ancno|edl oa| . xedpo. nl ot|e|e|encel nalwel e| m
l nep|esenl , we|eacnoacs . n l . me l o 0ndesl ando0
n. slo|y and ' oosanead l oanl . c. palel ne| 0l 0|e Vno
wo0' d now q0es l . on l n. s concepl ot l . me, wn . cn
||amesl neconlexl o| o0| expe| . ence' Ye| w. l n. no0
||amewo|so| pasl, p|esen | , a ndt 0l 0|e, nowcomp' ele
. s o0| snow. edge, and now we' ' . s . l se|v. ng o0
needs'
|r om our vanlage po| nl | n l ne presenl , we nave
p| ecedl ogel ner wna| we |now o| our pasl . |xp' o| . ng
| nes | leso|ear| ynao| l al | ons andexcaval . ngl neea|l n,
we s | |l l n|o0gn greal gaps | n l | me | o| c| ues l o our
or| gns . Ves | udyanc| enl | | | e|ary, c0| | u|a| , and |e| .
g. o0sl |ad. l . ons l nal navepe|s. sl edl ol nep|esenl day,
weexam. nen . slo| . ca' |eco|ds l nal doc0menl l ne| . se
and|a' ' o| ' . l ealec. v. ' . zal . ons
B0l l nel n|eado|dynam. c mean . ngl na| co0 ' d o. nd
o0| tac| s| oge| ne andg. vel nem|e. evancel oo0| ' . v. ng
expe| . enceseems oeyondo0| |eacn | o| a' . o0 e|to| | s,
l ne slo|y o| o0| pasl |ema. ns ||agmenl a|y, o0| . nl e|
p|el al . ons o| n . sl o|y a|e oased on . ncomp. ele . n|o|
ma| . on. C|a ' and |e' . g. o0s l |ad. l . ons | ase l ne. | |0 ' '
mean ngt|omvan. s nedc0' l 0|a' con | ex| s|o|wn . cnwe
may nave | os| l ne seys. Pernaps our ancesl o|s re' . ed
onways o| |now. ngl nal we no ' onger | | 0s| , pe| naps
1 8 Knowledge o f Freedom
t ne. | concepts and va' 0es we|e |ooted . n oe' . e|
systems t nat n avenore| evance| oo0| p|esentexper|
ence. V| . t ten |eco|ds mayoed. sto|ted t n|o0gn o. as,
' . m. ted snow' edge, and ' apses . n n0manoose|vat . on
A| t no0gn | 0| | 0 nderstand| ngo|o0| pas | does not
now seem poss | o| e, we may st | | | oe t | ed |o | ne pas|
. nwaystnato| . nd 0sto. t spowe|. Vne|e. s o0| p|esent
snow' edge rooted, . | not . n patte| ns o| t no0gnt so
deep| y | ngra| ned tnat | ney may oe . mpr| n |ed | n o0r
consc| o0s nes s and genes ' Tne past ' | ves on | n o0|
t no0gnt s andspeecn, and no0| wayo| snow ngt ne
wo| ' da|o0nd0s .
Vnered| do0r | ang0agecome|rom, o0| concep|s,
and o0| ways o| . nte| p|et . ng o0| expe|. encemem
o| . es, assoc. at . ons , ass 0mpt . ons,eva. 0at . ons,and| 0dg
ment s ' C0| m. nds aswe' ' aso0r ood. es a|e ' . n sed to
o0r ancestors | n a cont | n0 0 mt na| t races oacs to t ne
ea| ' . estn 0 manoe. ngs A' t no0gnwecan nott |acet ne. |
o|. g. ns o| conce. ve o|ot ne| wayso|snow. ng, ment a'
patte| ns |ooted . n t ne past st|0ct 0|e o0 | p|esent
exper | ence, cond| t | on| ng o0 | way o| oe| ng | n t ne
wor| d.
Ve mayoev. ew. ngo0| p|esent tn |o0gneyesmo|e
anc| ent t nanwe rea| | ze. C0r eyesmay now oe see| ng
wnat o0| patte|n . ng cond. t . ons 0s to see, o0| m. nds
mayoereso' v. ngd. sc|epanc. es. n o0| expe| . encew. tn
t no0gnt s and conceptswe 0nq0est . on. ng' yacceptas
t | 0t n. || se|ne o| 0 |reddo0o| e. mageona pnotog|apn
o| a mov. ngoo| ect , o0| p. ct 0|e o|o0 |se' ves and o0|
wo| ' d may not ent . |e' y acco|d w. t n t ne |ea' . t . es we
a|e expe| . enc. ng.
Oepend| ng 0 pon | no0gnt s and concepts as | ne
on' y |e' . ao' e app|oacn to snow' edge, we can on' y
Time to Change 1 9
. nte|p|et wnat we see . n t e| ms o| t ne past No ma|
t e| now m0cn . n|o| mat . on we st o|e . n comp0 | e|s o|
| | o|a|| es, we a|e 0 n ' | se' y t o c|eat e anyt n| ng |ea| ' y
new. Bo0nd to t ne past, we can on' yevo' ve end' ess
va| . at ons o| pa|t e| ns estao' . s ned ' ongago, and pass
t nem on to | 0t 0|e gene|at . ons t o pe|pet 0at e. V. t n
eacn |epet . t . on, t nese patte| ns g|ow mo|e comp| ex,
a| | ow| ng |ewe| oppo|t 0 n | t | es t o d | scove| a ' t e| nat . ve
co0|seso|act . on.
Vnatwedo . n o0| t . mew. ' ' e. t ne| acce| e|atet n. s
na||ow. ng o| o0| a ' t e| nat . ves o| w. ' ' open 0 p new
poss | o| | | t | es | o| t ne | 0t 0 |e. Vnat patte| ns w. | | we
. mp|. nt 0pon t. me' Vnat c0 ||ent s w. ' ' we set . n
mo| . on, a n dnoww. ' ' t ney oe|ef' ected . n t n et 0t 0|e'
Vnat |eve|oe|at . ons ||om t nepastw. | ' cond| t . ont ne
ef|ect o| o0| act . ons . V. ' ' cnaos |es 0 ' t , o| na| mony'
Vnet ne| o0| act | ons | nc|ease con| 0s . on o| c |eate a
nea| t n. e| env. |onment |o| a ' ' ' . |e depends 0 pon
wnetne| o0| snow' edge . s comp|enens . ve and | ne
v| s . ont nat d| |ects| t | s c | ea|
Beca0se o0| p|esent app|oacn t o snow' edge nas
o|o0gnt 0 s g|eatmat e| . a| p| ospe| . tyandexpandedo0|
snow' edge o| t ne pnys . ca' wo| ' d, . | en| oys a s pec. a'
pos | t . on. Vet end t ot | 0st . t as t neon | y ce|t a| n way
to 0nde|st and o0|se' ves and o0| wo| ' d B0t gene|a
t . ons oe|o|e 0s nave | ved as we do, cond| | . oned to
t ne same pat t e| ns o| t no0gnt and act . on. |o| ' ow. ng
t ne. | d|eams, t ney t no0gnt t ney we|e g|ow. ng a
oea0t | | 0| ga| den | o| t ne| | descendants to enj oy Yet
wnenwe| oosa|o0nd 0s, we a|e not ent . |e' ysat . s|. ed
w. t n tne |es 0' | s. Veeds seep sp|o0t . ng, we . dent . ty
t nem and c0t t nem down, o0t new va| | et | es appea|
Ve cannot a' ways see | nem |o| wnat t ney a|e o|
p|ed. c| nowt neyw. ' ' mat 0|e
20 Knowledge of Freedom
Meanwn . | e we a|e cast . ng seeds ||om | ast yea|' s
p| an| s | n|o | negro0 nd, crea| . ng| necond| I| ons|or| ne
|0I0 |e. Yet t nec ' . mate . s cnang. ng, andt necompos.
| | on o| | ne so. | a | | ersw| | n eacnseason. | sInere a way
tod. st . ng0. s noe|o|e we p' anIInemwn cn seeds w. ' |
prod0ce | as | . ng oea0|y, and wn | cn w| | | add | o o0|
|0I0 |e d. |l. c0| t . es '
A| | no0gn | t seems | na| wecannot pred| c| o0r | 0-
t 0 |e, o0| . nIent ona' . tynasg|eatpowe| C0| co' ' ect ve
w| | | , s naped oytne pas| , p| oj ec | so0rdreams | n|o Ine
| 0| 0|e, wn . ' e Ine |o|ce o|o0| des . |es p0 ' ' s tnem . nto
oe. ng. |vent 0a| ' y Ii me wi' ' |e| 0|n Io 0s | ne | | 0| t s o|
o0| act . ons, cond. I. onedoya ' | t naI nas goneoe|o|e.
Now we seem | o oe wa| || ng oac|ward | n| o | ne
l 0t 0 |e, nte|p|et nga ' ' wedow. Inv. ewsandconcepts
|ooted | n Ine past. | n t ne presen| we a |e o0sy and
p|eocc0p. ed, o0| m. nds d. sI|acted oy ant c paI ons
and memo| es Ve t | 0st t nat somenow we w | ' not
sI0 mo' e, o| t natwnaIwedotodayw. | | somenowt 0|n
o0t a| ' | . gnt tomo| |ow. Vnat p|event s0s l|omI 0|n. ng
aro0nd and wa|| ng 0 p Io | ne p|esenI, tapp. ng tne
dyna m cene|gyo|t . med |ec | ' yto| |eeo0 |se| vesl|om
oondage|o | nepas| ' Tnenwe m| gn| seemore c| ear| y
tne potent . a' t . eswea|ec|eat . ng|o|tne| 0t 0|e
Pe| naps deep . n o0| nea| t swe |ea| t naI . n see ng
tne p|esent c| ea| | y, we w. ' ' nave to con||ont tne l0 | '
| mp' | cat | ons o| o0 | ac| | ons, and |ace | neonecer| a| n
|ea' . ty o| n 0 man ' . le d. |ect | y |n |. |ty yea|s, a mont n,
or poss . o| y | nenext . nst an| , o0| | | vesw. ' ' cometoan
end Tne |now' edge ol o0r mo|t a| ty . s o0| 0n. q0e
n 0man g| |t Ye| we |e| ec| t ne | nev. | ao| | | ty o| deat n
Ve t 0|n away l|om o0| one mosI |e| . ao| e p. ece o|
Time to Change 21
snow' edge and w. ' ' o0 |se' ves . nl o . gno|ance, cnoos
| ng a ' | |el | meo| 0 ncerl a| nl y over a d| |ecl enco0nl er
w. l nwnalwesnow
|ea| d| . ves 0s oacs | o lne pasl, o. nd. ng 0s |. | m| y
| ol no0gnl sandpal l e| nsl nal a |e |am. ' . a| andsec0|e
B0| wesnow o0r s ec0r| ly . s an | | | 0s | on. Howeverwe
l |y l o man . p0' ale l . me, d. v. d. ng . l s dyna m. c conl . n
0 0 m | nl opasl, presen| , and | 0l 0|e, sav| ng, p| ann | ng,
andspend. ng . l aswecnoose, 0' l . mal e' ywesnowwe
nave no conl |o| . T| me w| | | a| ways oe | ne v. clor. | n
avo. d. ngacon| |onl al . onw. l nl . me, wecannolengage
. lsmomenl 0mandwase0pl ownal. snappen . ngne|e
andnow.
| | we avo| d l ne | mp' | cal | ons o| l | me, we can nol
snow| ne|0 ' ' con | exlo| n 0 man' . |e. Vesnowwew. ' '
d . e, o0l we d o nol snow deal n | l se' |, o | wna| ' . es
oeyond . l s oo0nda|. es. Co0 ' d we somenow see
oeyond l ne o| . e| span o| o0 | ' . ves ' Co0 ' d we snow
d. |ecl ' yl ne| | meoe|o|ewewereoo| n, o|| nel | mea|l e|
o0|sensesw. ' ' ceasel o| 0ncl . on!
Pe| naps. nl 0| n. nga|o0ndandd. |ecl ' ycon| |onl . ng
l ne. nev. l ao. ' . l yo|deal n, acsnow' edg. ngo0| |ea|sand
0nce||a nl | es, wewo0 | d ga| na seyl nal m| gnl 0 n ' ocs
l ne mys| e| . es o|l . meand |evea' a passage l o g|eale|
snow| edge Vna| new d| mens | ons o|mean| ngm| gnl
we d. scove| . | weco0 ' d ||ee o0 |se' ves | | om |ea|and
awasenl ne| 0 ' ' reso0 |ceso| o0r consc. o0sness!
Tne sey l o g|eale| 0nde|s| and. ng o| l me ' . es as
c| ose l o 0s as o0r own oe| ng. C0 | ood| es a |e | | ne| y
al l 0nedlol . me, o0| senses|espondloa ' ' | nal nappens
. n o0| s 0rro0nd| ngs C0 | exper| ence | s a d| |ecl . n ler
acl . onw. l n l nep|esenl momen l, on' yo0| . n | e| p|el a
22 Knowledge of Freedom
t . ons may oe . nacc 0 |ate. | | t ne|e we|e a way to |e' ax
our no| d onj 0dgment sandpreconcept | ons, we cou| d
' oosw. t n| |esneyes onwnat snappen . ngne|eandnow
Cncewecanseeo0r present d| rec| ' y,w. t nou| | ' ' 0s | ons,
wecan d. |ect o0| | 0t 0|e w. t n |ea' w. sdom. Know. ng
| neextent o| t ne0nce|t a. nt . es we|ace, weco0 ' d t. nd
awayt og|eat e| |now| edge, and c|eatet nepotent . a|
. ty| o| a mo|e sec0|e | 0t 0|e| o| a' ' |o mso|' . te
J
Quest i on i ng Mi nd
To begin to know something new,
we first must realize that
there is something we do not know.
0 | ao. ' . ty to go oeyond t ne oo0 nda| es ot t ne
snown . s one ot o0| most p|ec. o0s |eso0 |ces
Vneneve|weq0est ont netam. ' . a|,weopent negates
to snow. edge andcatcn g. . mpsesot expans . ve v. st as.
Po. sedontneedgeot wonde| t nat t 0|n s 0s towa|d tne
unsnown and unexpec| ed, | ne ques| . on | ng m| nd IS
a| er|andopen, recep| | ve |o new mea n. ngs.
0est . ons t nat a|e deep' y mea n. ngt 0' st | . se an
. n ne| cno|d t nat att 0 nes o0| m. nd and senses t o a
w. de| scope ot poss . o. ' . t . es S0cn q0es t . ons a|e ' se
t ne q0est . ons we nave as cn . ' d|en oeto|e we . ea|n
wnatwecan q0est . onandwnatwecannot .
A| t nougnquest | on . ng| s essen| . a' | y a move o0t o|
tne snown | n| o | ne rea| m o| | ne un snown, we are
otten enco0 |aged to ass on. y q0est . ons to| wn cn
t ne|e a|e a ' |eady answe|s. As cn | d|en we ass t 0n
dament a. q0est . ons s 0cnasVn e|ed. d|comet|om!
24 Knowledge of Freedom
Vny does t newo| ' d ex. st ' Vne|e do | go a|le| |
d| e' Pernaps our quest | ons arouse de' | gnt ou| go
0nanswered, o|t neanswe|sare mo|e con| 0s . ngt nan
t neq0esl . ons, 0 n sat | s|. ed,weconl . n 0et oassVny'
Vnal conc' 0s . ons canwecometownenweenco0nte|
a vagues ense o| d| scom|ort |rom tne adu| t s around
0 s,wnomayevendo0ot t ne|e' . ao. ' . tyo|t neanswe|s
t ney g. ve 0s ' Vnat do we |ee' wnen tne answer . s
s . mp' y Tnat s l ne way . l s' Yel even l no0gnt|0 '
respon ses may not s | | ence o0r wonder| ngs. | s ou|
pers . st ence cn. ' d. s n' Areo0| q0es t . ons 0 n . mpo| l ant '
cvent 0a' ' ymosto| 0s cometooe' . evel nal t nemosl
wor | nwn . | eor | mport ant quest . ons are e. t ner oeyond
0s persona ' ' y o| a|e 0 ' t . mat e' y0 nanswe|ao' e Ve te' '
o0rse' ves t nat |0 ndament a' q0est . ons aoo0t ' . |e and
deal n |a. se s0cn comp' ex pn. ' osopn. ca' , sc. ent . | . c, o|
re| | g| o0s | ssues| nat on| ypro|ess | ona| s areq0a | | || edl o
dea' w. t n t nem. B0t |0 ndament a' q 0est . ons a|e oas .
ca' ' y s . mp' e ones, and l ney add|ess . ss0es l nat a|e
. mpo|t ant to every n 0 man oe. ng |t . s tn ere|ore most
||u| t | u| to cont . n ue |o | oo| a| l neseq 0est | ons c| ose| y
andcons . dert ne. | mea n. ng|o| o0| own' . ves.
Answe|sloq0esl . ons aoo0t wne|ewe came |rom,
wnowea|e, o0| dest | ny, t nemea n . ng o|| | |e, andt ne
ca0seso| l neevenl s | nal s napetneco0|seo| o0r' . ves
|o|m l nel o0 ndat . on o| o0| ex. st ence. Tneseanswers
a|e l neseem. ng' yse' |ev. dent , 0nq0est . onao' elr0t ns
a | | ne oas | s o| a| | our undersl and. ng B0t now o| | en
dowecons . de| t nat tneconc' 0 s . ons weaccept nave
oeen |eacned w. t no0t | 0 ' ' pa|t c pal . onon o0| pa|t'
Pernaps' ongagooas. cass 0mpt | ons we|emadeto
exp' a . n now n0 man oe. ngs ' ve and acl . n l newor' d.
Time to Change 25
|acedw. l na vas| 0n|nown, peop| ecreal ed po. nl s o|
|e|e|encel oma|e sense o| l ne. | wo| ' d and l. ndl ne. |
p' ace and p0rpose among a' ' | na| ex| sl ed Vna|
snapedl ned |ecl . ona' . l yo| l ne. |consc. o0s ness' Vnal
. l d. |le|enl |e|e|ence po. nl s nad lo| med l ne oas . s o|
l ne ea|| esl conc| 0s . ons' Vo0| d we see o0 | se' ves
d. ||e|enl ' y' C| o0| wo| ' d' Vo0 | d n0man expe|. ence
oe ol ner | nan | I | s | | o0 | 0 nders| and| ng o| o0rse| ves
we|ed. ||e|enl '
C|wnalva| 0ea| es 0cnq 0esl . ons ' Cncewenave
' ea|ned l ne |0 ndamenla' ag|eemenl s | nal snape o0|
|am| | | ar rea| | |y, we|ee| we' |now | neway| n . ngsare ,
a|le|wenavemadel n. s ass0 mpl . on, we0s 0a' ' ydonol
. nves| | gal e m0cn | 0r| ner. By accep| . ng prov| s | ona|
answe|s as conc' 0s . ve, wec' oseo|| l ne poss. o. ' . l yo|
deepe||now| ng Vel rapo0 rse' ves. navas | 0 n|nown
|ea' m lnal we do nol even |now . s 0n|nown Pa|a
dox. ca' ' y, . l w. ' ' |ema n0n|nown as' ongaswea' |eady
' |now . l. To oeg. n lo |now somel n . ng new, we m0sl
| . |sl|ea' . zel na| l n e|e . s somel n. ngwedonol |now
As nd. v. d0a' swe mayq0esl . onwnaleve|wew s n.
| | we oeg. n oy ass0 m. ngl na| a' ' l ne mosl . mpo|l anl
q0esl . ons nave a ' |eady oeen a nswe|ed o| can nol oe
answe|ed, we ' ose . nl e|esl . n open . ng o0| own
. nvesl | ga| . ons B0| wna| do we rea' ' y|now l na| was
nol l a0gnl l o 0s oy someone e' se, o| . s nol . n some
way dependen| on wna| we nave accep|ed as | | 0e'
Vo0' d we nol p|e|e| lo oase o0| ' . ves on o0| own
|now' edge'
B0. ' d. ng o0| own oas. s lo| |now. ng nv. l es 0s l o
s|ep| n| o | ne0n |nownandoeg| na p|ocesso|| nq0. ry
l nal nas . n|. n . le pol enl . a' |o| expans . on B0l ' oo|. ng
loward | ne rea ' m o| l ne 0n| nown, we may sense a
26 Knowledge of Freedom
vag0e anx| ety t nat ma|es 0s nes| tate to | oo| too
c' ose' y. Vemay p|e|e|t neso' . dg|o0nd o|t ne|nown
and|am. ' . ar Yetnowdowe|nowt negro0ndwestand
on| sact 0a| | yso| . d| |wedonot| nvest . gate | t' Pernaps
. | we a|e w. ' ' . ng to . nq 0 . |e, we can |. nd tne way to
a new 0 nderstand. ng tnat wo0 ' d o||er more | ast | ng
sec0| . ty.
C0r n 0 man n. story and o0| . nd| v. d0a' expe . ence
teacn 0s t nat t ne oo0nda|y oetween tne |nown and
t ne0 n |nown . scapao' eo|sn . |t . ng, depend. ng . n pa|t
onnowc| ose' ywe | oo|andnowdeep| yweq0est . on.
A q0est . on | o| wn . cn someone e' se may nave an
answe| m. gnt ' ead 0s toa new pe|spect . vet natwo0 ' d
res napeo0| |am| | | a| |now| edge. Aspectso| t ne|nown
wo| ' d as we' ' as o0| o|d. na|y expe| . ences, wnen
exa m| nedc' ose| y, can open 0p s 0rpr| s | ngnewwor| ds
|o| . nvest . gat . on. T|0 ' y v. t a' q0est . ons seem to nave
many ' aye|s o| answe|s, eacn o| wn . cn ext ends o0|
0nderstand. ng Tne|eyt od| scovery | . es | n accept | ng
no answe| as |. na' , w. t n . n a' ' we |now, many new
poss . o. ' . t . es awa. t d. scove|y |. |e cn. ' d|en, we can
pe|s. st . n as|. nganot ne| wny
Cpen . nq0 . |y . s t ne oas . s o|a . ' o0| ||eedoms Ve
are acc0stomed to . n q0 . r| ng o| ot ners, o0t wny not
oeg. n to . n q0 |e o| o0 |se' ves ! 0est . ons we as|
o0 |se| ves nave an evocat| ve q0a| . ty t nat ca| | s |or
|esponse, t nose t nat seem most 0 nanswe|ao' e |eep
t ne gates o| o0| m. nds open t ne ' ongest. | n t n s
openness, wem. gnt | . ndnew | ns| gnt s. ntot nes| gn| |.
cance o| oe. ng n0 man. Protect . ng o0 |se' ves | |om
dogmas, ' . m. t . ngass0 mpt . ons, and o0two|n . deas o|
a ' | |. nds,wemovec ' ose|to|ea' . z. ngt ne||eedomo|a
|0 ' ' y awa|ened n0 man m. nd.
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O. ssa| . s|ac| . ons . n ' . le
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Need lo|snow' edge
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Ra| eo| cnange, pasta n dp|es ent
Cnangeandsoc. e|y
cl|ectso| cnange today
Cnangeand. nsec0 |. ty
Once|ta | n|yandst |ess
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Cppo|| 0 n . tyo| devastat . on'
Oncon| |o. . ed cnange
V. de| . mp' . cat . ons o| cnange
S. gn |. canceoln0 manact . ons
Newd. |ec| . ons
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Cnang. ngconcepto| p|og|ess 42
V. s . ono| ' . oe|ty 43
Mat e| . a' p|og|ess
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Mode| ncomp' ex. t . es 43
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||eeente| p| . se andcompet . t . on
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Al ternat i ves to Di ssat i sfact i on
For all their unhappiness,
few people seem to question
the basic patterns of their lives.
| |e | n modern soc | et | es seems to resemo| e a v. ew
o| t neCo| denCat eBr| dge, a symoo| o| prosper. ty
snownt nro0gno0t tnewor| d Tnestr0ct 0re | s oea0t |
|0 ' |om a d. st ance, o0t ma. nta. n. ng . t . s a | 0 ' . t . me
| oo|o|c|ewso|pa. nte|swnosewo| s. s neve||. n. s ned
By t net . met ney |epa. nt t neent . |e o| . dge, t nesect . on
pa. nted|. |stneedsanot ne coat. V. ewedc' ose0 p,t ne
snades o| co. o| va|y, and t ne |es 0' t . s neve| q0 . te
sat. s|acto|y
Oesp. tecent 0 | . eso|e|| o|td. ectedtowa|d . nc|eas
. ng o0| mat e| . a' we' ' oe. ng, we do not seem to oe
acn. ev. ngt nenapp. ness, sec0 | . ty, and peace o|m. nd
tnato| . ng' ast . ngsat. s|act . onto n0 man' . |e Today' . |e
seemsmo|e press0 |ed and . n manyways na|der t nan
| t was | n t ne past. See| ng cnanges occ0r w| t n s 0cn
speed, we maywonder now | 0 t 0re generat | ons w. | |
oeao| et omanage. Vnat | s o0r wo| | dcom. ngto'
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Knowledge of Freedom
Vnaleve| o0| p| opens . l . es o| oe' . e|s, we cannol
escapea g|ow| ngawa|enesso| d. ssal . s|acl . on Vnen
we' oosa|o0nd0 s,wesee| ews . gns o|| ea' napp. ness
cven l ne wea' l ny nave p|oo' ems w. l n oo|edom and
a|e 0 nao' el o|. nd' as l . ngsal . s|acl . on. npossess. onso|
. n acl . ng 0pon l ne. | des . |es S0ccess . n soc. ely o|
. n a ca|ee| does nol necessa| . ' y o| . ng conl enl menl ,
a ' . |eo|sl | . v. ngandcompel . l . ono| | enp|od0cescom
p' ex p|oo' ems and, . n l neend, g|ealwea| . ness
H. gn . dea. s and expecl a| . ons a|e o|len ' os' . n
d. sco0|agemenl asyea|s gooyw. l no0l goa' s seem. ng
any c' ose| How many peop. e spend l n. |ly o| even
|o|lyyea|sw. | no0l accomp. . s n. ngwnall neyselo0l lo
acn. eve' cve|ywne|e peop' e a|e anx. o0s |o| |ne se
c0 | . ly o| l ne. | ' oved ones, l ne. | possess . ons, o| l ne. |
| oos | nl ne|. cnesl co0nl |. es o| l newo| . d, al a' . ' eve' s
o| soc. ely, |ega|d . ess o| s l al 0s o| wea. l n, emol . ona'
pa. n and| | 0sl |al . on a|e onl ne|. se C0| wayo| ' . |e . s
nol o| . ng. ng0s l nesal . s |acl . on. l p|om. ses.
Some yo0ng peop' e wno |ee. sl |ong' y mol . valed
l o acn. eve s0ccessas we. . as some peop' e . n ' ess
wea' l ny co0 n | |. es|. nd l n. s d. ||. c0' l l o oe' . eve. R. d
. ng l ne c|esl o| ene|gy and amo. l . on, 0 |ged on oy
pa|en|s wno |ee' wea. l n o| sl al 0s wo0. d so' ve mosl
p|oo' ems, l ney may nol nol . ce l ne d. ||. c0 ' l . es and
d0 ' . . ng|o0l . nes . nl ne. | pa|enl s' ' . ves. C| pe| napsl ney
l n . n s l neycanavo. d mas. ngl nesamem. sl ases
C| ne|s|. ndl nemse' ves' osl, d. sconnecled||oml e
pasl and . ' . a| ease . n ' ne p|esenl . O. s . . . 0 s . oned w. l n
| ne ' . |esly' es andva . 0eso|l nose a|o0ndl nem, many
| ee' l ney m0sl sea|cn on l ne. | own | o| a sense o|
d. |ec| . on and p0 |pose. B0l wnen l ney oecome . n
Time to Change 33
vo. ved . n wo|s and lam. ' y, t ne. | new |espons . o. ' . t . es
demandt ne. | t . meandene|gy, andt neyt oocaneas . ' y
|. nd t nemse' ves ca0gnt 0p . n pat t e| ns s . m. | a | to t ne
ones t ney nad w. sned t oavo. d.
cacn day o|. ngs new oppo|t 0 n . t . es, o0| wn. cn
cno. ce w. . . ' ead wne|e we want t o go! Tno0gn we
ant . c. pa| e g|eat p' eas 0|es, we o| | en end 0p w. t n
|| 0st |at . on . nst ead. Tne ve|y t n . ngs t nat o| . ng 0s
napp. nesso0| | | . ends, o0| c n. ' d|en, o0| | oos, o0|
' e. s 0|emayoecomeso0 |ceso| pa. n
|| . endscant . |eo| 0 s,o| moveaway, wne|eweonce
|e' t | oy . n t n. n s. ng o| t nem, we may oe ' e| t w. t n a
|ee' . ng o| ' oss | n t nesameway, o0| en| oyment o| o0|
cn. ' d|en w. . . t 0|n t o pa . n . | t ney get . nt o t |o0 o' e o|
|a' ' . ' ' Tne sat . s|act . on we ga. n | | om o0| | oos may
d. ss. pate ove| t ne yea|s, ' eav. ng 0s oo|ed, o| | 0 ' ' o|
|eg|et|o|wnat weco0 ' d not accomp' . s n. C| o0| wo|s
may |ema. n . nt e|est . ngo0t p|es s 0|ed, and d. ||. c 0' t t o
en| oyove|t . me. cvend0| . ng' e. s 0 |eno0|swemay|ee.
|o|ced |onaveagood | . me, o| |. ndo0| t . me evapo|at
. ng . n act . v. t . es we do not |ea ' ' y en| oy. | t seems t nat
even| 0a' ' y, somet n. nga' wayso' ocss o0| sat . s|act . on
Pe|naps o0| a| | empt s t o |. nd sat . s|act . on a|e
act 0a' ' y' ead. ng 0s . nt o| | 0st |at . ons | | may oe t nat we
a|e | |y. ng |o t ase ca|e o|o0|se' ves w. t no0| snow. ng
o0||ea' needs | |we|edan. n| ant not n. ngo0t s 0ga|ed
wate|, t ne oaoy m. gnt ' . se . t and c|y |o| mo|e, o0t
. ns. de ne wo0' d st . ' ' oen0 ng|y and d . ssat . s|. ed Not
snow. ng n. s needs, we m. gnt cont . n 0e g. v. ng n . m
wnat n eseemed t oen| oy, n. s demands wo0 ' d g|ow
mo|e . ns . st ent , and o0| e||o|ts mo|e despe|ate, 0 nt . '
at . ast ne st a|ved |o| ' acso| | ne| . gnt no0|. s n ment
34 Knowledge of Freedom
1ne|e may oe a' t e| nat . vesl nat wo0' do|| e| a mo|e
s ecure, hea| t n| e|, and| 0 | || | | | ng oas . s |orour | | veso0t
wne|e can we|. nd s 0cn a' te|nat. ves' Tne mode' so|
o0| soc. etya|e oasedont ne|. cn ands0ccessl0 ' , tnose
wno naveacn| eved powe|, | ame, o| madea name|or
t hemse| ves | n a p|o|es s | on But even t hey nave no
protec| . on| |omanx. etyand| | 0st |a| . on, and l neneed
to ma| nta. n t ne. | pos . t . on may ca0se t nem mo|e
emot | ona' st ress t nan wecou ' d ever | mag| ne. Vnere
can we |. nd examp' es o| human oe| ngs who nave
ma. nt a. ned . nne| oa' anceandst|engtnt n|o0gna' ' l ne
stageso|t ne. | ' . ves'
1nere seem to oe|ewexemp| ars |or us to |o| ' ow
|ve|yonea|o0nd 0s |ee' s emot . ona' pa. n, |eg|el s ' osl
oppo|t 0n . t . es, o| w. snest neq0a' . tyo|' . |ewe|eoe| te|
Yet |o| a ' ' t ne. | 0n napp. ness, |ew peop' e seem lo
ques t . on t ne oas| c patterns | hey a|e |o| ' ow| ng and
p0 |s 0e| n. s q0 est . on . ngtot nepo. nt ol|ea' cnange.
Mosto| 0s nave a' |eadyt | . ed a' t e| . ngo0| c. |c0 m
stancesto|| ndaoet t er wayto| . ve Cnang. ngre| at . on
sn | ps, | oos, o| env. |on ment s p|ov. dessomet empo|a|y
|e' | e|, o0t t nes amepatte|n o| d. |l. c0 ' | . esolten a|. ses
aga . non' yl neo0t e| c. |c0 mslancesnavecnanged
|ac|| nganyc' ear a| t ernat | ves, mosto| us st . ' | |eep
go. ngon, nomatte|nowd. sco0 |agedweoecome B0t
wn . ' e we can |o|ce pa. nl 0 ' memo| . es o0t o| o0|
m. nds, pa. n accum0 ' at esdeepw. t n. n, po| son. ngou|
| | ves oy degrees. The o| der we oecome, t he more
d. ||| c0 ' t . t canoe to s 0 ppo|tt ne. ' ' 0s . onolsa| | s|ac| . on
cvent 0a' ' y, at t neendolo0| ' . ves, we w. ' ' naveto
|ace ou| own s | t 0at | ond| rect | y. B0t | nenwe may ' ac|
t ne ene|gy and t ne d|. ve |o wa|e 0p | o a deepe|
Time to Change 35
0ndestand. ng. Now, wn . ' ewe nave t neoppo|t 0 n . | y
to cnange, | s | ne | | me to | oos c| ose| y at wna| | s
nappen . ng . n o0| own ' . ves, . n soc . ety, and . n o0|
wor| d env| |onment . | or rea| 0 nde|s|and| ng, we nave
|o 0ncove t ne|epeat . ngpa| t e| nst nat oo 0 s o|t . me
andenergy. | | we rememoer | na| o0r | . me| s snor| and
ve|y p|ec. o0s, andt nat we a. onecan| ase |espons . o. '
| ty|o|o0| ' | ves, wecan|. nd t nesnow' edgewe n eed
to po| ect o0 |se' ves ||om pa. n now, and ||om |a
g|eate|s 0||e|. ng. n t ne| 0t 0|e
Veneed |o ' oosc' ose' yat wnatweae do. ngand
ass wnet ne| o0 act | ons ae ' | se' y to o| . ng 0s t ne
sat . s |act . on we sees Ae o0| att . t 0des and pe|sona'
pn| ' osopn . es . n na| mony w. | n wnat we |ea' ' y want '
Pe|napswecan| | nda nen| . |e| ynewway t o | | venot
oy cnang| ng o0| occ0pat . ons, o0t oy cnang. ng t ne
v. ewsandat | | t 0des| nat p|even| 0s ||om enj oy| n go0|
' . ves a nd oenel. t . ng ot ne s V. t n a mo|e awasened
v| s| on, we cand| scern | ned| ne|enceoe|ween | as t | ng
andtempoa|y sat . s|act . on
Vnen we see c| ea || y, we w| | | nave snow' edge.
Know' edge . s nones| , . t co0 n | e|s a ' ' |o ms ol avo. d
ance and se| | decep| | on, and s | reng| nens o0r ao| | | ty
to c0t t n|o0gn tne weo o| poo' ems t nat oeset o0
' . ves. Know' edge | o0cnes o0 deepest |ee' . ngs and
. mpa|tsa sense o|powe| andcon| . dence | nat noone
cant aseaway ||om 0 s C|o0nded . n snow' edge, we
can es| ao| | s n c ' ea|e| p| . o | | | es and awasen a new
senseo| p0 |pose| o| o0| ' . ves
b
Accel erat i on of Change
The increasing pace of change itself
may be a symptom of larger imbalances
of which we are not aware.
!
nea| ' . e|t . mes, deasandtecnno' og. ca' advancesen
|ered | newor | ds | ow| y. Maj or . nnova| | ons occurred
|ougn ' y f. ve n0nd|ed yea|s apa|t, and concepts and
. deas cnanged ve|y g|ad0a' ' y. St|essf0 ' pe| . ods of
s . gn . |. ca n | cnange we|e lo' | owed oy. ong . nte|va. s o|
s| ao| | . |y and oa' ance, wnen peop| e nad | | me| o |u| | y
expe|. ence, |ef' ectupon, andeva' 0al eeven| s Sn . ll s. n
soc. a' va' 0est ended | ocomes| ow' y
V. | n . n |ne pas|twocent u| | es| nepaceo|cnange
nasd| amat . ca' ' y. nc|eased, and . n |ecenl t . mes ma| o|
cnanges nave occ0 ||ed w. l n nc|ed. o' e speed Tne
On . l ed Slates|osetopowe| . n | esstnan two n0nd|ed
years, wn. ' e wno| e new | o| ms o| govern men| and
tecn no| ogynavedeve| oped on ' y . nt nepasl cenl 0|y
Tne |ateolcnange . s nowso |asl lnat ' ne|e seems
|ooe. | | t . esenseo| o|derandd| |ect . on. nou| soc et. es
Ve a|e | rave' | ngso qu . cs' y |nat we nave no| | meto
Time to Change 37
cons. de| wnel ne| wem. gnl oe' os . ngva ' 0ao' easpecls
o|o0| pasl, we nave no I| meIo q 0esl . on | wnal we
a|eca||y. ng. nl ol nel 0l 0|e nasend0| . ngva' 0e
ca| ' . e| . nIn . s cenl 0|y, s na|edva' 0esp| ov| dedmo|e
sIao. ' | Iy. Manypeop' espenl Ine| | enl | |e ' | ves among
ne. gnoo|s l ney nad |nown s . nce cn. ' dnood Pa| enl s
co0 ' d pass on l ne. | |now' edge w. l n con| . dence,
|now| ng InaI Ine va' 0es l nal nad se|ved l nem we' '
wo0 ' d a' so s0 ppo|l l ne. | cn. ' d|en | n l ne decades ol
soc| a' cnangeInal |o' ' owed, l negene|al . ons we|esI| ' '
' . n|ed oya oas. cconl . n0 . l yo| al l . l 0desa n dv. ews As
yo0nge|peop' e moved ||om IneIowns Io Ine c| I. es,
l a|. ng 0p new p|oless . ons and esl ao' . sn . ng s ma' ' e|
|am| ' | es, Iney0s 0a' ' yo|o0gnl w. l nl nemInemo|a' and
el n. ca' va' 0eso|l ne. | | am. ' . es.
| n l nepasI |o|Iyyea| sl negap . n sna|ed s|| ' ' s and
va' 0esoelweengene|aI. ons n asw. denedd|amal . ca' ' y,
and new gaps a|e open | ng oelween pe|s ons even
c' ose|. n age. |adsandlas n. ons navea' wayscomeand
gone e||al . ca' ' y, o0l now we a|e see. ng | a| deepe|
cnangesocc0|| . ngw. In eno| mo0sspeed. Manyo' de|
peop' e can na|d' y |e' al e l o l ne mo|a' va' 0es and
aII| l 0des0 nde| ' y| ngnew' . |esly' esandacl | ons.Va' 0es
seem lo oe consl anI' ycnang. ng
Today l ne sl|eam o| evenl s o| . ngs exc. I. ng new
oppo|l 0n . l . esand p' eas0 |es, o0l p|ess0 |e lo |eep 0p
| nepaceconI n 0a ' ' y . nIens . |. es | l . s poss | o' el nal l ne
|aleo|cnangemayoepass . ngoeyondo0| conl |o' Ve
now' . ve | n a wn . |' o| new p|od0cl s, enl e|la| n menls,
and. n|o| maI. on |asc. nal . onw. lnInenewandd . |le|
enI, andIne|ee' . ngInalnew| s n ecessa| | ' yoelIe|, ' ead
0s loa0l omaI. ca' ' y |ep' acel neo' d w. l nl nenew
38 Know/edge of Freedom
Cons 0 me| goods go o0t o| da| e so q0 cs' y tnat t s
more conven | ent t oo0ya new mode' t na nt o repa| |
t neo' d. No soone| nave we ' ea| ned now t o0se t ne
| atest| ecnno| ogyt nanwearet o| d. t | s ooso| e| e, s . nce
. t can not pe||o|m| 0nct . ons wed. dnotevensnowwe
werem| ss. ng.
Cnangenat 0|a ' ' yc|eatesp|ess 0|etoadap| , and| ne
acce' e|ated ra|eo| cnangenas| ncreased| n| s press0re
oy a' ' ow. ng 0s ' ess and ' ess t . me to |espond to wnat
| s nappen . ng. Ve s| | 0gg. e to seep 0 p w. | n tne
compet . t . on, w. tncnanges. n ' . |esty' eo| |asn . on, w. t n
advances. no0| t . e' ds . Assoc e| eswecanna|d' yseep
0 p w| t no0rse| ves. Hav ngp| od0cedvastnewtecnno|
og. es andcomp' ex netwo|sscon nect ngpeop' ew. t n
prod0ct s, wenow m0 st po0 r o0| ene|gy . n| oma| nte
nance. Ve m0st 0pdate o0| macn. ne|y, |epa. | o0|
roads, rev| se o0| ed0cat | ona| programs , andrenovate
o0 | expand. ngc. t . es.
Cn' y a| ewdecadesagomanypeop| e|e' | con|| dent
tnatna|dwo| swo0 ' doe|ewa|ded, andt nat t ne|ewas
room a| | ne| op |or | nose wno s| r. ved to acn . eve | t
wasposs . o' eto| asecna|geotone sown' . |eandmase
ap| ace|oronese| | wnatevert necond| t | ono|| newo|' d
as a wno' e. | | pa|ent s co0 | d not |ea' . ze a ' ' o| t ne |
d|eams,t neys | . ' ' nad | a. | nt na| t ne | ' aoo| wo0 ' dopen
0pg|eateroppo|t 0n t . es | o| t ne. | cn. | d|en
Today we cannot oe so ce|| a. n t nat we w. | ' |eap
t ne|0 ' ' |ewa|ds ot o0| e|to|ts C0| s s ' ' s and t |a n ng
may not s 0s t a n 0 s t n|o0gno0 | o0| p|od0c| . ve yea|s,
many o| 0s may end o0| wo|s. ng | ves s no|t ot o0|
goa' s | t . s oecom. ngc' ea| t na| o0| cn. ' d|en may not
oe ao| et o en| oy a mo|e com|o|t ao' e, sec0re way o|
' . |e | nano0| own
Time to Change 39
Tne 0 nce|l a. nly we |ee' aoo0l l ne| 0l 0|e s 0o| ecl s
0s l o' eve' s o| sl |ess0 n snownl op|ev. o0s gene|al . ons.
Cn pe|sona ' , nal . ona' , and . n | e| nal . ona' ' eve. s we
nave ' . l l ' e conl |o' ove| evenl s l nal co0 ' d a||ecl o0|
' . vesa l a nymomenl . Ma ny|ee' anx. o0s a ndne' p' ess,
snow. ng l nal lne dange|sl oo0| wo| ' d a|e . nc|eas. ng
as l ne |al e o| cnange acce' e|al es |ven now sl |ess . s
se| . o0s. ya||ecl . ngl nen0 man nea| l , oody, a nd m. nd,
pnys. ca' , emol . on a . , and men l a ' p|oo' ems a |e . n
c|eas . ng. n va| . elyand. nl ens . l y, anda|e oeg. n n . n gl o
|eacnep. dem. cp| opo|l . ons
A sen se o' . n sl ao. ' . ly ex' ends| a| oeyond o0| own
c 0 ' l 0 |a . s pne|e, a |o0 s . ng 0 nce|l a . n l . es aoo0 l l ne
| 0l 0|e d. |ecl . on o| nal . ons a n d l ne wo| ' d Po' . l . ca' ,
m. . . l a|y, andeconom. cpo' . c. es s n. |ls o' |eq0enl ' y. l . s
d. |l. c0' l | oassessl ne. | . mp' . cal . ons. Vo| ' dw. decom
pel . l . on | o | |es o0| ces , man0 | a cl 0| . ng, and l | ade
ne. gnl ensas new nal . ons oecome. nd0sl | . a' . zed
Ve nave l ne wea' l n, snow' edge, and powe|| 0 '
. nsl | 0menl sl owo|smo|egood . nl newo| ' d| naneve|
oe|o|e, wo| ' d ' eade|s . n pa|l . c 0' a| nave an 0 n p|ece
denledoppo|l 0n . l yl ocnan ne' lne ene|gyo| m. ' ' . ons
o| peop' e. n l ned. |ecl . ono| peacea ndp| ospe| . l y. Ve
c' ea| ' y nave eno| mo0s powe| | o a ' l e| l ne co0 |se o|
evenl s. Cn l ne ol ne| nand, o0| powe| may p|ove no
mo|e sec0 |e l nan l ne |' ameo| a cand' e . n l new. nd.
V. | no0l g|eal e| snow' edge, wea|e powe| ' essaga . n sl
l ne dynam. c |o|ces o| l . me, wn cn can eas . ' y l 0 |n
o0| snow' edgeaga. nsl 0s
Vnen we a|e 0nao' e l o |ecogn . ze and 0se l ne
oppo|l 0 n . l . es we n ave ' . n l . me' , l . me w. ' ' sweep
oppo|l 0n . lyo0l o| o0| g| aspandca' cn 0s . n . l s wase
Ve. gnled down w. ' n p|oo' ems, we may |. nd o0 |
40
Knowledge of Freedom
se| ves p0sned | n| o nasty dec. s . ons and ac| | ons | na|
co0| d naveser. o0s |epe|c0ss . ons.
Now | na| t ne na| | ons o| t ne wor| d are | . n|ed
|oge| ne| t nro0gne| aoo|a| ecomm0 n. ca| | onne|wo|ss
and de| ca|e oa| ances o| econom| c, po| | t | ca| , and
m. l . t a|y powe|, | . pp' es o| cnanget|ave' |ap. d' yac|oss
tneent . |e g' ooe. Vne|eassnow' edgeot tnedownla' .
o| an emp. |e m. gnt once nave t asen yea|s to sp|ead
ac|oss a cont . nent , today t ne e|lects ot t ne s ma' ' est
a . | e|at . on . n t ne p|eca| . o0s oa' ances we depend on
| o| o0 | sate| yandwe' ' oe. nga|ele' | a|o0ndt newo| ' d
w. t n. nno0|s.
T| ad. t . ona' ' y, nat . ons , c 0 ' | 0 |es, and . nd v d0a' s
nave avo. ded ' n |eats | o t ne. | sec0| . | y oy o0. ' d. ng
oa| | . e|s oetween t nems e' ves and | ne o0 | s . de wo| ' d.
Today | ne|e | s no | e| 0ge, no sa|e p| ace |o | . ve | n
| so' a| . on |rom an eve| mo|e oew| ' de| . ng comp| exo|
proo| ems. Aggres s . onanywne|e | nrea| ens |ose| o|| a
cna| n|eac| . ont na| co0 | d | nvo| ve | neen | | |ewor ' d.
Negat| ve |o|ces a' ready se| | n mo| . on, |epeated' y
|e. nlo|ced oyo0| p|esent act . ons, mayoe oecom. ng
t oo powe|| 0 ' |o| n 0 mancont |o' . | nd. v. d0a. s wno a|e
t nemse' ves0n oa' ancedandne0|ot . cnave' . t t ' ep|otec
| . on ||om negat . ve . n |' 0ences and . . t t . e con| |o' ove|
| ne. | |esponses | l s 0cn pe| sons a| t a. n pos . t . ons ol
powe|anywne|e . n t newo| ' d, t neycaneas . ' yoecome
opencnanne' s lo|des . |esand nat |edst na| nave oeen
acc 0m0 ' at . ng l o| n 0 ndreds ol yea|s Tne conl 0s. on
| na| a ' ' owsna' |edanddes . |et oove|wne. mo0| n0man
sens . o. ' . | . esmay oeo0| g|eat es| enemy, anda dange|
| own . cna ' ' o| 0sarev0' ne| ao| e.
Tne . nc|eas . ng pace o| cnange . t se| | may oe a
symp|om o| ' a|ge| . moa| ances o| wn . cn we a|e no|
Time to Change 41
awae, pe| napseven |el' ect . ngcnaot . c| ocesat wo|s
| n | ne un | verse | t se| |. On seen des | ruct | ve |o|ces may
oe o0 ' d. ng, ' . set neunde|g|oundst |essest nat p|ec. p
. tateea| t nq0ases. Vnat wedo. no0 t mem. gnt nave
more pro|ound|eve|oerat| ons t nanwerea| | ze.
Be|o|e wecan 0nde|standt ne |0 ' ' s. gn . |. cance o|
numan act | ons and t ne. r e||ects on soc. ety, on t ne
wo| ' d, and poss . o' yon a |a ' a|ge| sca' e, weneedt o
app|ec. atet ne . nterconnect . ons among a ' ' aspectso|
o0r wo| ' d. Cn| y | n |ougn g|eate| snow| edge can we
oa' ancet nedest |0ct . ve| o|ces. ntnewo| ' dandw. t n. n
ou| m| nds.
Pe|naps we can | 0 | n to o0| ea|tn , o0 paent and
ou| nome, as a g|ea| | eacne|. Tne sa' t water | n our
ood. es|em. nds us t nat t neseasgave0s ' . | e Tneg|owtn
o| tne n 0 man emo|yo, |epeat . ng . n . ts deve' opment
| neevo| u| | ono| ' | |eonour p| anet , | eacnes us t na| we
snaea oondw. t neve|yt n. ngt nat ' . ves.
| n a | ' t ne un . verse, we snow o| no| n | ng mo|e
oeaut . | 0' t nanou| p' anet.Noonedes . |esto acce' e|ate
t ne ' o|ces t nat co0 ' d ' eave o0| wo| ' d oa||en and
numan| |y nome' ess. | | we can acsnow| edge ou|
. nte e' at . onsn . pw. t n a' ' | o ms o| ' . |e andapp|ec. ate
| ne' | neagewecarryw| | n| nour ood| esandm| nds, we
may| . nd t ne eso0 |ceswe need t o p|otect o0 |se' ves
and o0| wo| ' d. Stengt nened oy o0| . nne| |eso0 |ces,
wecan co0nter| negatne|| ngmoment umo|negat | v
. t . es andcnoosea newd. |ect . onlo|t ne| 0t 0 |e
o
F reedom and Prosper i ty
It seems that the more we know,
the more we need to know.
ne concept o| p|og|ess nas cnanged ove| t ne
cen| u|ies, |eeping pace wi| n | ne |ecn no' ogy | nat
nas o|ougnt us | newea' | no| goodsandcom|o|lswe
en| oy t oday Seve| a' nund|edyea|s ago, t nenot . ono|
p|og|essca||ied|e' igious andpni ' osopn . ca' ove|tones
c ' ose' y|e' ated |o | neideao|| neper|ec|io ' i|yo| man
Ass c| ent . | | c|now' edgeaccumu ' a|ed andwas | o. ned
to new soc. a' . deas, t ne locus o| p|og|ess s n. lted
|owards improvi ng ma| eria' and socia' condi|ions
A' t nougn t n . s cnange . n empnas | s naswea|ened t ne
assoc. at . on oetween p|og|ess and s p. | . t ua' g|owt n,
| neidea o| progress s| | ' ' t oucnes deepyearningsand
as p. |at . ons.
Tne con| empo|a|y concept o| p|og|ess nas cap
t u|ed | neimagination o| mode|n man and oecomea
gu . d. ng|o|ce . n ou| c. v. ' | zat . on. New unde|st and. ngs
ol ||eedom, | ust . ce, and numa n | . gnt s nave c|eated a
Time to Change 43
v s. on o| . nc|eas. ng ' . oe|ty and p| ospe| . t y as o0|
nat 0|a' o. | | n | . gn | Tn. s d|eam n as a|o0sed t nedes . |es
andnopeso|m. ' ' . ons o|peop| eand. ns p. |edsweep. ng
soc. a| cnange. Soc| a| cnangenas, | n | ur n, oeens| rong| y
supported oy | ne rap| d advances | n sc| ence and
tecnno' ogy, aspec|s o| mode|n ' . |e t nat test |y to t ne
powe| o| n 0 man . nt e' ' ect and s0 ppo|t t ne . mage o|
man as a|o te| o| n| s own dest . ny R. cn . n . deas and
exper| | se, our cu| | ure s| | mu| a| es our | ngenu. ty t o
accomp| | s n any| n| ng | mag| nao| e, |rom exp| or| ngt ne
oceandept nst ose| t ' . n gt ne|eacneso| space.
C0| w. ' ' ngnesstosna|eo0| . nc|eas. ngsnow' edge
w t nc0 ' t 0|es a|o0nd tnewo| ' d nasst |engt nened ou|
|ee| . ngo| oe| nga par| o| onen uma n |am| | y, aswe| |
a s our des | re | ooeo| oene| . | t o| n ewno| eo| numan
soc. ety. C0| o|oaden . ng v. s . on, como. ned w. t n o0|
. nc|eas. ng comm. t ment t o ||eedom t n |o0gno0t t ne
wo| ' d, seemst o oea|w. t ness t ogen 0 . n e p|og|ess . n
our soc. ety.
|oos. nga|ound ustoday, wecan see | |emendo0s
advances made . n t ne pas| cent 0|y a' one C0| tecn
no' ogynaso|o0gnt us g|eat p|ospe|. ty, andt nemod
e|n ded. cat . on to ||eedom and to . nd. v d0a' | . gnt s
nascrea|ed| nemos| opensoc. e| | est na| | newo| ' dnas
ever snown l n many count r. es, ||eedom o| speecn,
||eedomo|t nougn | , and||eedomo|oe| e| a|enowa ' '
p|o| ectedoy ' aw.
Ye| our d| ||| cu | | | es seem |o seep pace w| t n our
advances. 1newor | d' s proo| ems | n manyways seem
mo|e |a| |eacn . ng and mo|ecomp' ex t nan. n tnepast.
Ve |ace . nte| ' ocs. ng env. |onment a' moa' ances and
comp' . cated soc. eta ' and econom. c . ss 0es. cve|y
44 Knowledge of Freedom
advancewe mase seems |o ca| |y w. l n .l newd. ||. c0'
l . es l nal we nave no| oeen ao' e l o p|ed. cl Tne
pesl . c. des | nal naveo|o0gnl 0sn . gne| c|opp|od0cl . v
| l y now causeconcer n | o| our nea| | h, | nedrugsused
l o l |eal oned. sease a|e lo0nd lo oe naza|ds . n l ne. |
own | gnl , . n sl . l 0l . ons and . aws . nl ended l o oene|. l
l ne e' de| ' y, l ne poo|, | ne nand. capped, and | ne
menl a' ' y . ' ' may acl 0a ' ' y conl |. o0| e |o l ne s 0|l e|. ng
weare | ry| ng| oa| | ev| a| e. The | . s| o| proo| ems seems
end| ess. Cur p|oo' em so| v| ng p|ocess | | se| | seems| o
oegene|al . ngp|oo' ems
Venowseem l o oe capao' e o| a' l e| . ng oa' ances
. n na| 0re, | n our soc| e| | es, and | n ourse| ves C0r
l ec hno| ogy | s powe||u| enough | o change l he very
cond. l . ons 0ponwn . cn' . |eonl n. s p' aneldepends | n
|emov. ng oas. c s 0 osl ances ||om l n e g|o0nd and
|ed . sl |. o0l . ng l nem l n|o0gno0l l ne wo| ' d, a|e we
c|eal . ng . moa' ancesw. | n. n o0| p' ane| l nal co0 ' dnave
|ar reach| ng| mp| . ca| | ons ! V. ' | | necompos . | . ono|o0r
a| mos phe|e oe a| | ered | n ways l na| w| | | nave un
|o|eseen e|leclsonocean ' eve' s, c|ops,o| n0 man ' . le!
Vnal . s n appen . ngl o lne wo| ' dw. deeconom. coa'
ancea s na | . ons v| e| o| conl | o' o| |eso0 |ces!
Op |o | n| s po| n| we h avere' . ed uponour po| l | ca'
and . ega . sysl ems and 0 pon o0| lecnno' og. ca' expe|
l . se lo |. nd so' 0l . ons lo anyp|oo' ems | nal may a| se
| | one ene|gy so0 |ce . s |0 nn . ng o0l , we ass 0me we
can |. nd anol ne|, . | we c|eale po' ' 0 | . on w l n o0|
l ecnno| ogy, we l urn aga| n l o | echno| ogy | o dev| se
ways o| c' ean. ng . l u p. | | . n| 0sl . ces a|e c|ealed oy
oene|. l . ng one g|o0p, we expecl o0| ' aw mase|s lo
enacl mo|e comp|enens . ve . aws Tneve|yao0 ndance
o| so' 0 | ons we nave p0l |o|ln . n | ne pasl g. ves 0s
Time to Change 45
con| | dence | n ou| ao. | | tyto |. ndmo|e so' ut . ons | n t ne
|ut u|e. But canwecont | n ue do. ngt n| s | n de|. n | te| y'
Tnemo|esopn| st . cat ed andcomp| exou| p|oo| em
so' v| ngoecomes, t neo|oade| and ' ess p|ed. ct ao| e| t s
e||ects C0| snow' edgecannots eemtocat cn0pw. t n
. t sown |es 0' ts | l seems t nat t ne mo|e wesnow, t ne
moewe need tosnow, t nemo|eweaccomp' . s n, t ne
mo|ewe need t odo. Now t nat wen ave, |o| examp. e,
a|l |. c. a' . . |e s0 ppo|t syst ems, genet . c eng. nee| . ng,
and ea|t n o|o. l . ng sat e. . . tes, we a |e | aced w. t n new
' ega' and etn . ca' p|oo. ems |e' ated to | ne 0 se o| t n. s
tecnno' ogy. | n sett ng 0 p | nep|oced0 |esl og0a|antee
eacn . nd v. d0a' tne |. gnt to p|otec| n. s nle|ests, we
seem to nave set n mot . on a wave o| d . s | | 0st and
de|ens . veness t nat was neve| . n | ended. Now m no|
d. sag|eement s oecome |u' ' o| own cont |ove|s | es t nat
emo|o. | us | n| . t | gat | on, c|owd| ngou| cou|tsands | ow
| ngtnep|ocesso|j ust . ce.
Somenow | n espous | ng ||eedom and a | m. ng at
p|ospe . ty |o| a ' ' , we n ave o|o0gnt m. xed o' ess . n gs
0pon o0 |se' ves | n o0| ||0st|at . on, we may tee' l nat
| neea|en dden|o|cesa| wo| s, 0 nde| m. n . n go0| ve|y
dea. sande|to|ts Yeto0 g0. d. ngp|. nc. p' esseemt |0e,
| 0st, and noo' e, t wo0 . d oe 0 nt n . n sao' e |o l adeo0|
wayo| . . |e |o l nat o| . esst|ee soc et . es o| . essdeve'
opednal . ons .
M0cn o| o0 mode| n p|ogess and pospe| . |y
wo0' d nave oeen mposs . o' ew | no0 | lne . ns p |at on
ol tecnno. ogy| ogel ne w. l nl ne||eeen | e| p| . sesystem
and tne p| | nc| p' e o| compet| t | on, t ney nave g| ven
. nd| v. d0a' s tne oppo|t 0n | t y t o exe|c| se t ne| | | nte| | |
gencea ndc|eat | v. t y. n t ne| u| || | | ment o| t ne| | d |eams.
46 Knowledge of Freedom
The ||ee enterpr| se system cha' ' enges peop. e to do
t he| r oestto prod0ceoet | e|p| od0ct sandserv. cesand
to | mprove t he cond| t | ons o| | | |e. Th| s sys| em has
served 0s we| | , creat | ng s 0ch prosper. ty t hat . t has
oecomea mode| t hro0gho0t thewor| d.
Yet ||ee ent e| p| . se h a s an 0natt|act. ve s. de t nat
exp|esses . t se. | . n . nc|eas . ng' y se' | o| . ent ed and . ||e
spons . o' eact . on. | n t nenameo|pe|sona' | . ght s, many
peop' e . nt e|p|et ' l |ee ente| p| . se' as ' . cense to se|ve
s e' | . s h goa ' s, and cons . de| snow' edge as a pe|sona'
posses s . on t hat can oe oo0ght and so' d a| t ne
d. sc|et . on o| t he ' owne| Tho0gn we attempt to
|eg0 ' ate ao0ses o| snow. edge, many q0est . ons
|ema. n Oo a |ew . nd. v. d0a' s have | ne | . ght to p|o|. |
||om snow' edge at t ne expense ol | ne we' |a|e ol
ot he| s'Vhat . stned. v. d. ng ' . neoe|ween t he' g|eate|
good' o| soc. etyas a who' eand| he| nconven| enceor
ha| mo| a|ew'| | t her. ght | oapp' ysnow| edge|orga| n
m0s t oe rest | . c| ed, prec| se| y how| ar can restr| ct . ons
gow. | ho0t | nt r0d| ngon | nd | v| d0a| |reedoms '
| nt e| p| et . ng snow| edge and ||eedom se| l. sn| y
c|eates t hecond. t . ons | o| oot n . nd. v. d0a' and g' ooa.
con|' . ct s | | . nd. v. d0a' s and g|o0ps p0|s 0e t he. | own
spec. a' . nt e|estsexc ' 0s . ve. y, t ne. | v. s . on may oecome
dange|o0s ' y na||ow. Th. s seems |o oe happen . ng
t oday. As compet . t . ve p| ess0 |es he. ght enwo| ' dw. de,
we have ' . t t ' e t . me to cons . de| t he e||ects o| o0|
act . ons . | deas and advances . n | ecnno' ogy a|e . m
p' emen | ed q0 . cs' y, o| | enw. | h' t | ' e| no0gnt | o| wnat
|0 | 0|e p|oo' ems t hey m. gn| ca0se. | n o0| com
p' et e' y . nte|connected mode| n wo| ' d, wnateve| we
dow| | | a||ect ot hers Yet . n order |o ga. n a compet
| | | ve edge, we may sett | e|or exped. en| s hor| s| ghted
Time to Change 47
act . ons t nat do not cons | der t ne needs o| soc ety
as awno| e.
| | wecompetes 0ccess| 0 ' ' y, o0| p| ospe| t yat t |acts
compet . t o| s we d| d not nave wnen we we|e ' ess
s 0ccess| 0| Compet | t | on grows mo|e | ntense, t ne
p|ess 0|e t oseep0 p t nepace. nt ens . |. es, lo| compet
t . on . tse' | does not seem t o nave a nat 0|a. st opp. ng
po| nt . Tnes amewesternsoc. et | es t nat navepromoted
tne | dea| s o| progress and compet | t | on are now
econom. ca. . yt n |eat ened oyot ne| nat . ons wnoadm. |e
and des |e t n. s p| ospe| . ty and so nave oeg0n to
compete | n t nei r own r | gnt Cnce compet | t | on nas
esca| ated, s uccess can oe counterproduct | ve. Vnen
one. s . m. ta| ed, onecana' so oe s 0 |passed.
Cne o| t ne most d. st |ess . ng s . deet|ects o| o0|
mater| a| s0ccess| s t ne| nsec0 r. ty| t |osters | n o0 r | | ves.
C0|tecnno' ogynowadvancesso|ap. d' yt na| compa
n. es needto' 0 pdate' t ne. | eq0 . pmen| and p|oced0 |es
ove| and ove| aga . n . n o| de| to | ema . n compet . t . ve
Newresearcn . soe| ngdone. n somany|| e| ds t nat |ew
peop' e can |ee' on top o| | ne. | cnosen spec a' t y
w| | no0t const ant st 0dy. Manyo| 0stodaycannot |e' y
0pon one s et o| ss| ' | s to s 0stain 0 s t n|o0gno0t o0|
wors| ng | | ves.
Tnecompet . t . ve at mospne|e | nat cna' ' enges 0s to
do o0| oest and o| . ngs 0 s m0cn o| o0| s 0ccess a' so
|ostersasenseo| sepa|at | onamongpeop| e, p|ovos. ng
envy, |ea|, andan0nw. ' ' . ngnesst ocoope|ateo| sna|e.
Tne . nsec0 |. | y and p|ess0 |e . | c|eates cont | . o0te to
pe|sona' andsoc. a' p|oo' ems Onde . nc|eas . ngst |ess,
wemayt 0rn mo|eread| | yt oa' cono| anddrugs, peop| e
today seem | o s 0cc 0mo mo|e eas . ' y to emot . ona'
48 Knowledge of Freedom
. moa| ances, anx. ety, and dep|es s on Tnose n n. gn
p|es s u|e s t uat . ons o|ten |ee| t neq0a ' ty o| t ne. | ' . ves
| s decreas | ng even as | n ey advance . n t ne| | ca|eers.
| nd. v. d0a' s wno nave oeen unao' e to matcn tne
compet t . on may oe ca0gnt up . n |ee' . ngs o| la. ' 0 |e
| na| s p| ra| down | n| odespa| r . C| nerswnoareunw| | |
. ngt opa|t . c. patecompe| . t ve' y oecomed. sco0 |aged
|romma|. ngva| uao| econ| r| ou| . ons |osoc| e| y.
ne s | dee|| ect s o| many o| our soc. a| and po| | t |
ca' | |eedoms seem pe| napseven mo|e oa|l' ng, lo|
l|eedom s tne co| ne|st one ol ou| way o| ' . |e Tne
Cons| | | u| . on guar an| eed |reedom o| t nougn| and
|e' . g. on t o eve|yone, t ne p| . nc. p' e o| t ne sepa|at . on
o| cnurcn and s| at e removed q 0es | | ons o| | nd| v| d0a'
mo|a | . |y ande| n . cs | | omt nespne|eo|gove| nment to
. n s0 |e t nat t nese||eedoms wou' dneve|oe ' ost. Bas c
e| n| ca ' and mor a| s| andards were . ncorpora| ed | n|o
c. v. ' ' aw, wn . ' e t ne |espons . o ' t y | o| nst |uc| . on n
mo|a ' . |y andet n. cs was ' el | t ot ne|am. ' y, t nescnoo' s,
and | o|e| | g. on.
Tn s syst emwo||ed |o|gene|at . ons B0t . n |ecent
decades, | ne scnoo| s nave oeen p|ess ured | o draw
oacs l|om matte|s t nat seem to . mp. nge on pe|sona'
||eedom Tne| am| | y| s | n || 0x. Paren| s nave | es s | | me
todevotet ot ne | cn. | d|en, andmanypeop' enave| oos
ened | ne. | t . es | o |e' . g. on. A gap n mo|a' and e| n .
ca| | ns| | uct | on nas opened up | na| we canno| c' ose
w | no0| a|o0s . ngm0cncont |ove|sy
As a soc. e| y, we nave ' os | | oucn w| | n a w. de' y
s na|ed mo|a ' s | anda|d | nat wo0 ' d p|ov. de . nd v. d0a'
andsoc. a ' s | ao| | | t y Venaveaseem| ng| yend' essa|ray
Time to Change 49
olmo|a' cno. ces Newatt . t 0des towa|d soc. a' |o' eso|
menandwomennavemadeaw de| angeol oenav o|s,
et n. cs, and | . |est y' esava. ' ao| e. B0twe m0stsea|cnon
o0|own|o|wnat nas mea n. ng andva| 0e| o| o0| own
' . ves. Tn. s nas ' el t 0s . n a q0anda|y | nd. v. d0a' s nave
many cno ces, o0t wnere can | ney ga| n t ne |now'
edge and0 nde|s| and. ngto ma|emea n. ng| 0 ' cno| ces
|o|| ne| | own | . ves! Vedonot want re| | g| on or gov
e|n ment to d. ctate mo|a' and etn ca' cno. ces to 0s,
o0t w. | no0t a cone|ent mo|a ' andet n . ca' consens 0s,
t . s easy to do0o| t ne w. sdom o| o0 | cno. ces and
d. |l c0 ' | | oo0. ' daoas. so| | |0 stw. | not ne| s Asa |es 0' t,
manypeop' e|ee' a ' ac|ol sta o. ' . t yandcomm. | ment
| n| ne| | ' . ves
|ac|| ng mo|a' cons ens 0s, soc| et y seems | o oe
l|agment . ng ntos ma' | e| ands ma' ' e|g|o0 ps, eacnw tn
. | s own v. ews, tastes, . nt e|ests, and demands. As a
g|o0p d. v. des nto s ma' ' e| 0 n . t s, t ne s 0 ppo|t and
oa' ancep|ov. dedoy| ne' a|ge| g|o0p. s ' ost Now t nat
t ne o' de| gene|at . on, | o| examp' e, nas ' ost . t s p' ace
w t n n | ne| am ' y, we|ace| nep|oo' emol s 0ppo| | |or
t nee' der| y | nst | t 0t | ons are created, o0| t n| s so| 0| | on
crea| es | | s own proo| emspsycno| og| ca| , soc| a' , and
|. nanc. a' At t nesa met me,t nes ma' ' e| lam. ' y nas ' ost
t new sdom andexpe| . enceo|. | s o' de| memoe|sand
t ne sense o| cont . n0 . ty w. | n t ne past, nc|eas . ngt ne
senseo| |oot ' essness and con| 0s . on . n o0| soc. et es
V t no0| senseo|comm0 n . ty . ndec' ne, andmo|a'
andet n. ca' va| 0es. n | | 0x, v| o| ence . s | nc|eas . ngont ne
st|ee|s and even w. t n | n |am| | . es. C0r sense o| | n ner
|est|a nt and o0| |espect |o| | aw | n t ne context ol a
' a|ge| soc. ety . s e|od ng, and we a|e com. ng to |e' y
mo|e neav ' yonexte| na' |o|ms ol|est|a . n|
50
Knowledge of Freedom
Vnen we cannot t | 0st t ne stao. ' . |y o| . ntent . ons
o| o| ne|s, wna| ||eedom ac| ua| | y |ema| ns | o us' Ve
| | ve | n |ea| on | nes| |ee|s and | n ou| nomes, we | ocs
ou| doo|s, | ns| | | ' |ea| | n ou| cn| | d|en, and a|m
ou|se| ves. | n | ne nameo| ou|own pe|sona| ||eedom,
wemay |ee| compe| | ed| odemands| |onge|| aws Bu|
t n. s app|oacn. s not comp' et e' ysat . s|acto|y. cvennow
we do not nave a ' ' t ne p| sonswe need to ca||y o0t
sent ences passed 0nde| ex. st . ng ' aws. And |ew o| 0s
wo0 ' d oenappy . . v. ng. na soc etywne|e sec0 |. tyand
st ao. ' . ty depended so. e' y 0pon . nc|eased |est | . ct . ons
andeve|na|sne| en|o|cement o| t ne' aw.
A' t nougn on one ' eve' o0| cno. ces seem nea|' y
0 n ' . m. ted, . n | ne l |eest, most p|ospe|o0s soc. et . es . n
tnewo| ' d, weseem to nave|ew|ea' cno. ces opento
0s Howcanweg0a| an | eeo0| own | | gnt |o||eespeecn
w| t nou| suoj ect | ng ou| c n| | d|en |o con| us | ng o|
na| m| u| p|opaganda' Can wemasemo| a| cno| ces|o|
o| ne|sw| | nout sac|| || c| ngou| own||eedomo| cno. ce'
How can weeven oeg. n | o add|ess po| ' u| | on o| | ne
env| |onmen| wnen we canno| ge| | o wo|s w| | nou|
us. nga ca| o| masst |ans . t '
Tne s ndo| ' a|gesca' e, . nte|' ocs. ngp|oo. emswe
|ace today a|e d. ||. c 0 ' t even to t n. ns aoo0t ca|e|0 ' ' y
and 0nemo| . ona. ' y Con||onted w. t n s . t 0at ons . n
wn . cn we nave no cont |o. , we |ee' ne' p' ess and
anx. o0s How can we espond e||ec| . ve' y' S0|e. ywe
cannot . gno|et neom. no0s poss . o . t . es|o|o0| | 0t 0|e,
o| tne |espons . o. ' ty we nave to p|o| ec' | ne we. la|e
ol o0| cn . . d|en' s ad0 ' t ' . ves
Tne potent | a' |o|| nc|eas | ngd. ||| c u' | . es and con|u
s. onex| endsoeyondou||am| | | esandcommun| t | est o
Time to Change 51
| nc| 0det neent | rewor | d. Asmoredeve| opedsoc| et | es
o|fe| a| d to deve| op| ng nat | ons and p|ov| de tecn no
' og. ca' ass . st ance fo| t ne. | . nd0st | . es, we a|e see. ng
t ne ea| ' y symptoms of potent . a ' ' y se|. o0s p|oo' ems
|esswea' t nynat | ons are acc0 m0 | at | ngdeot s | norder
to mode|n . ze, anda |e p0|cnas | ngtecnno' ogyt nat can
oe 0sed not on ' y fo| peacef 0' means o0t a' so f o|
agg|ess. on S0cn cnanges t n |eat en t ne we' f a|e and
stao| | . ty of t nese trad| t | ona| c0 | t 0|es as we| | as t ne
oa' anceolwo| ' dpowe|
Vn . ' etne w. sn fo| wo| ' d p|os pe|. ty . s 0 n . ve|s a' ' y
snared, | s | t act 0a' ' y poss | o' e |o| a' ' soc. et | es | n t ne
wo| | dtoenj oyt nes ame| eve| o| mat er | a| wea| t n' Has
t ne wo| ' d s0ff. c. ent |eso0 |ces t o s 0st a. n o. ' ' . ons of
peop' eattempt . ngto ' . ve aswedo' How wo0 ' dt ne
econom| es of t ne now prospero0s nat . ons fare | n a
vast ' ymo|e compet | t . vewor| d ' |ven now, nost | | | t | es
and tens . ons seem to . nc|ease . n t andem w. t n t ne
demandl o| goods and|eso0 |ces.
| n c0| t 0res wnere n0ma n oe| ngs st | | ' st r 0gg| e |or
s 0|v. va' , t neva' 0esolmode|n soc. et . es |a. seexpecta
t . ons lo| a n . gne| st anda|d of ' . v. ng. | f powe| passes
. nto t ne nands ol a p|ospe|o0s few, tne g|eate| pa|t
o| tnepop0| at | oncanoe' e|t w| t na ne| gnt ened s ense
of dep|. vat . on and . n| 0s t . ce t nat sets t ne stage fo|
0 n |estandv. o' ent |evo' 0t . on.
Vnatw| | | nappen | | envy o| t ne mat er | a| oenef| t s
en| oyedoy. nd0s t | . a' . zedsoc et . es nc|easestnesense
ofsepa|at . onamongtnepeop' eoftnewo|' d ' V. ' ' we
faceeven g|eate|f | 0st |at . onanddange|, g|o0ppo| a|
| zed aga. nst gro0 p, t ne o| d aga| n st t ne yo0 ng, |ace
aga. nst |ace, nat . on aga. nst nat . on ' ' f we n ave to
competelo||eso0 |cesto p|otecto0| sec0 | . ty, o|even
52 Knowledge of Freedom
to s 0|v ve, w. ' ' we . nc|ease | ne ' eve' o| ange| and
aggres s . on | n o0| wor | d, andc| ea| et necond. | . ons | or
ana|cnyt nal wo0 ' dendange| t newno' en 0 man |ace'
1
n tne |ace o| s 0cn w| desp|ead poten | | a| d. ||. c0'
t . es, t nen eed | o| | 0 ' | e| |now' edge nas neve| oeen
g|eate|. A' | no0gn we d|aw 0pon a ' ' tne snow' edge
a|o0| command, andl |yl o|o|eseetneconseq0ences
o| o0r ac| | ons, o0r pred| c| . ons are se' dom acc0ra| e
o| comp|enens . ve eno0gn to t a|e al | |acto|s . n | o
acco0nt . C0| . n |o| mat . on and o0| t neo| . es seem
somenow . ncomp' el e Ve o| | en oota. n not on' y
somet n| ng d | ||erent | rom wnat we des| |e, o0t | ne
oppos . t eo|wnat wedes . |e | . |e| neso|ce|e|' sapp|en
t . ce, we seem to oea t t n e me|cy ol o0| own pa|t . a'
snow' edge Vnatwo0 . dweneed| odot ooot a. np0|e
and 0 n m| xed oene| | t s |rom o0r e||o| | s |o ennance
| |eedomand p| ospe| . t y'
Tne|e may oe a' te|nat . ve app|oacnes and act . ons
t natwenavenot exp' ored, newposs . o| | | t | est nat co0| d
| | ee 0s | | om t ne dest | 0cl . ve s . de e||ects | nat now
|o' ' ow 0s ' . se a s nadow cacn o| 0s . nd. v. d0a ' ' y can
q0est . on wnat . s nappen. ng | o o0| wo| ' d and | o
o0rse| ves, as|. ngwnetne|wna | wearege| t . ng| s wo|| n
tne p| ce. Pe|naps t ne|e a|econcepl s and va| 0es l nat
a |e nol se|v. ng 0s we' ' , wn . cn we co0' d |edel. ne o|
set as. de Pe|naps | ne l . me nas come | o |econs . de|
progress . n | er ms o| | nner as we| | as ex| erna ' we| '
oe. ng, and|e|| ectonwnal o0 . ' ds | ast . ng mea n. ngand
va' 0e. nan . nd. v. d0a' n0 man. |e
Vnere can we | oo| | or a meas 0re o| good t na|
wo0| d o||er t ne g|eates| nope |o| 0p| . | | | ng n0 man
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oe| ng! Opon wnaI oas | s can we snape a new v. s . on
|orn0manva| 0eand| reedom! How n | gncanwese|
o0rgoa| s |orn0ma nnapp| nes s ! S0re| ywecanexpand
o0r de|| n | I| on o| |reedom. Pe| naps Ine on | y |actor
no| d. ng 0 s oac| | s a | ac| o| con| | dence . n o0r ao| |
| Iy | o co0nter t ne negaI. ve |orces | na| . mpede o0|
pog|ess Can we devote o0| t . me and ene|gy t o
t. nd. ng a new d. mens . on o| snow' edge t nat w. ' ' t |ee
0s ||om' . m. tat . ons andoean0nend. ngso0 ceo|nope
and. ns p. at . on!
Tnee aemanyt |eas0 |es . nt n. s soc. ety| nat co0 ' d
s0 ppo|t a | a mo|e peace| 0 ' , na mon. o0s, andsat . sty
. ngwayo|' . |e Venaveg| ea| wea' t nandt|emendo0s
| ecnn . ca' expe| | . se cd0cat . ona' sys | ems,comm0 n . ca
t . on sys| ems, andvas| sev. ce netwo| |s a' |eadyex. st
How w| | | we 0se Inese too| s ! VnaI |now| edge w| | |
g0. de0s ! V| | | se| | | n|eres| preva. | , or w| ' | we 0 se o0 r
reso0rces| oacn| evea n | gne| p0rpos e!
Pe| napswe cand| scovera deepe| mean | ngI o| ne
||eedomand. nd . v. d0a ' . s m t nat nave. ns p. |eds om0cn
o|o0 s0ccess, and p0t | nem . nto p|act . cew. t n . no0
own m. nds. ' t we co0 ' d exa m. ne now o0 p|esent
patte|ns o| t no0gnt and act . on | eopa|d. ze t ne vey
q0a' . t . eswemostva' 0e, wem. gnt openo0| nea|t s and
m. ndst oa mo|ecomp|enens . ve snow' edge
V. t n g|eate| snow' edge, weco0' d we' ' a|| od | o
aoandonsno|t s . gntedgoa ' s andv. ewp| ospe| . ty . nan
ent . e' y new ' . gnt | ns p. |ed oy a o| oade v. s . on o|
|reedom and we| ' oe| ng, we co0| d awasen | o new
poss| o| | | | | es |o|0 n ' | m. | ed n 0 manp|ogress
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OPPORTUN I TY FOR CHANGE
Respond. ngl omode| np|oo. ems 5
Comp' ex. l . eso| p|oo' ems b0
Reacl . ons lo p|oo' ems b0
cmol . ona' e '|ectso| avo. dance b0
Conl |onl al . on | o|c. ngcnange b1
Cood . nl en | . ons andnope b1
Vesle|nsoc. ely, mode' l o| t newo| ' d b2
Mode|n . zal . ono|| | ad. l . ona' c0' l 0|es bJ
|ossolconl |asl, g|ow| n ol0 n . lo|m. l y bJ
Oange| o| ' oss
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|0ndamenl a' q0 esl . ons b4
Vas. ng0pl o|espons . o. ' . |y b5
On . q0eoppo|l 0n . ty|o|wo| ' d' eade|s b5
S0s| a . n . ng mol . vat . onw. ln awa|eness bb
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Tendencyloavo. dp|oo' ems b8
Roold |'. c 0' t . es b8
At l . t 0del owa|ds snow' edge b8
|. m. l at . ons o| o0| wayo| snow. ng b
H0 manoe. ngas snowe|/ acl o| b
Conseq0enceso| snowe|/act o|pos . l . on b
Sepa|at onandd . scontent 0
l mpe| | ed t orespond 1
Repet | t | onanddup| | ca| | on 1
Cyc| es o| |eac| | on 1
Tas. nga pos . t . on 2
|ocs ng. n . na||ow. ngo|v. ew 2
Act . ngaga. nst o0| ownwe' |a|e 3
Vo| ' dtens . onand |eact . ve |esponses 3
Oe|0s . ng|eact . vet endenc. es 4
V. den . ngv. ewo| snow' edge 4
0est . on. ngt ne' s e' | wnosnows' 5
CHAPTER .
BREAKING THROUGH THE KNOWN
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Changeandn 0 manoe. ng
Tne . ndependent snowe|
Know' edges hapedoyconcept s 8
| . m. t at . ons o| concept 0a' snow| edge 8
Need tosnowo0| cons c. o0sness
0est. on. ng ass 0mpt . ons 80
C|eat. veo|east n|o0gns 80
Comm0 n . cat . onol snow' edge 80
|xper. enceo| | ns | ght 81
Rat | ona| | |y ou | | d| ng snow| edge 82
Cha| | eng| ngt hev| ew o|sepa|at | on 82
uesI. on . ngandoe| ngaware 83
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Opport u n i ty for Change
No problem that afects us as human beings
is so beyond our comprehension
that we cannot look at it
and question why it is happening.
os| o| 0s |ee' |a. | ' y we' ' . n|o|med aoo0t | ne
p|oo' ems o| mode| n ' . | e Ve |ead newspapes
andmagaz. nes, t e' ev. s . ont ases 0stotnesceneo| t ne
' a|est d| sasters and cr | ses, da . | y we hear aoou| | n |e|
na| . ona' tens . ons,te||o| . s m, and. nc |eas . ngc . me Ac
co0 nt s o| d. saste|s and s u|| e| . nga| o0se an odd s. nd
ot |asc. nat . on . Tney a|e |ea' , yet |emole, epe. . . ng,
ye| st | mu' a| | ng. Ve' | s| enand read, concer ned aoou|
. nd. v. dua' andsoc. a' p|oo' ems .
Asevent scomeandgo, today snewss upp' anl s t ne
o| d, and | he de| a| ' s o| yes|e|day s cr | ses |ade ||om
memory. | magea|ter | mage, |ac|af|er|ac|crowd our
m. nds, evos. ng. mp|ess . ons andemol . ons, o0t a ' ' ow
. ng 0s ' . t t ' e t . me |o| |e|. ect . on on t ne o|oade . m
p' | ca| | ons o| what. s happen| ng . n o0| soc| e| | es a nd| n
| newo| ' d
60 Knowledge of Freedom
Ve may oeove|wne' med oy | necon |' . c| . nglacts,
| nterpretat | ons, andop| n. ons tnataccumu' atearound
evey. mpo| t ant . ssue,and|ee' t nat many. ssuestoday
pesent us w t n . ns u|mount ao' e comp' ex. t es Yet at
ot ne t . mes, t ne causes o| p|oo' ems may seem so
oov| ousandt ne. r s o' ut . ons sos | mp| et nat wewonde|
wnysomeonecan not| . xt nem
Oesp. t ed . || e| ences o| v ew and op. n on, most ol
us prooao' y |ee' apprenens . ve aoout many o| tne
samet n . ngsanda|e|eact | ng. n manyo|tnesameways.
Rel ' ect . ng upon t ne d . s t u|o. ng | |ends . n soc. ety,
snow. ng | ney cou ' d a ||ect ou| ' . ves a | any momen| ,
| s d| sconcert | ng. Vemay conc| udet nat t nep| oo' ems
p|o' . |eat . ng nt newo ' dt odaya |et ne. nev. t ao' ep| ce
o| p|og|ess, and|es gnou se' vestoas. ndold. sapp|ov
ng to' e|at . on. Ve may asc| . oe t ne cause to . nnate
numangreedo|soc| ety' s| ntr| ns | c. n n uman| ty, |em| nd
. ngouse' vest nat numanoe. ngsnavea' waysoeent n s
way, we mayexcuseou|se' vesl|om exa m. n ngcu||ent
poo' ems mo|e deep' y, and g|adua| ' y s . ns . n |o cyn
c| sm or pess | m. s m. Know. ng tnat t ne proo| ems are
extens veandcomp' ex,we may oe tempted to gnoe
' nema' toget ne,a ' |eadyp|essu|edoymoe. mmed. a| e
conce| ns . n ou da. ' y | . ves, we may sense t nat wnat
we see mayon ' yi nc|easeou| | r us| |a| . on Pernaps we
p|e|eto concent |ateont nepos. t veaspectso| | . le
But we can not comp' et e| y gno|e ou| soc. a| and
. nterna| . ona| s . | ua| | ons. |ong a|te| even|s |ade |rom
memo|y, t ne. | emo| . ona| ove|t ones s| ay w. t n 0s,
ne. gnt en . ngunde| ' y. ng| ens . onsVelee| unsa|e n| ne
s | ee' s o| . n our own nomes, weare anx ous |o| our
cn| | d|enand| or t ne| ut ure Yet wedonot snow now
Time to Change 61
toconnecto0| conce| nw. t nelect. veact . on. |' seems
as . | we nave ' . tt ' e cno. ce o0t t o accept wnatever
nappens
Vneno0| concernpenetratesmo|edeep' y, andwe
wan ' tot aseact . on, wnat canwedo! Mosto| 0s nave
' . m. tedaccessto. n|o| mat . onand' acst neoacsg|o0nd
t oana' yzeany ones . t 0at . on. n dept n. |venexpe|tsdo
not ag|ee, t ne. r op. n . ons may oeswayed oy pe|sona'
p|e| 0d. ce o| a' . gn ment w. t n spec. a' . n ' e|est s C|ten
t nosec' osest ' o tne proo' ems mayacsnow' edget nat
t ne|e a|e no easy so' 0 ' . ons, and end oy ol|e| . ng no
c' ea| co0 |seo|act . on
Somet . mes a spec. |. c p|oo' em may seem c ' ear' y
de|. ned and too p|ess. ngto . gnore, so wero0se o0r
se' ves to act . on, p|o' est . ng . n| 0 s ' . ces o| demand. ng
cnanges ||om g|o0 ps o| nat . ona' ' eade| s As we | ase
a strong pos . t . on on one s . de o| an . ss 0e, we t |y to
al|ect t ne o0t come oy . mpos . ngOUf w. ' ' and |a. s . ng
o0| vo. ces Tnose on t ne otne| s . de ol t ne . s s 0e do
tne same B0t t n. s app|oacn seems | o p|od0ce on' y
' . m. ted res0 ' t s Vn. ' eo0| . nt e' ' . genceandenergya|e
d|awn . ntoa con |' . cto| w. ' ' s , oppo|t 0 n . t . es to cnange
s . t 0at . ons o|ten d. m. n . s n, . n tne neat o| oppos . ng
pass. ons,t nep|oo' emga. ns moment 0m, | 0stasac n. | d
grows mo|e 0 nr0 ' ywn. ' en . s parent sa| g0e aoo0t '. s
d. sc. p' . ne
Tnere nave oeen t . meswnen . t seemed t nat good
. nt en| . ons oacsedw. t npass. onandcomm. t ment we|e
a ' ' we nad to |e' y on ' o |o|ce cnanges we saw m0 s '
oe made. B0t we|e o0r snow' edge and met nods
s0|l. c. en ' 'o ens 0re t ne res0 ' t s we w. sned, w. t no0t
ent ang' . ng 0s . n | 0|t ne| d. l|. c0 ' ' . es ! Ve may oe
62
Knowledge of Freedom
repea| | ngan app|oacn| na| oro0gn| aoo0| cnanges| n
t ne past, o0t we m. gnt q0est . on wnet ne| t nose
cnangeswe|eaccompan . ed oycnanges . n 0 nder' y. ng
v| ews |nt |encned at t . t 0des do not cnange eas. ' y, . n
fo|c . ng l n e appea| ance of cnange w. t no0t cnang. ng
t ne n0 man nea|t and m. nd, we may oe ne. gn| en. ng
| ens | ons | na| pas s 0 nnot | ced f or a | | me, o0| crea|e
|eservo| |s o| resen| ment t nat co0 ' d oacs' asn | |cond|
| | onswe|e r | pe Pernaps wenave| o' oosmore deep' y
. nto t ne 0nde| ' y. ng ca0ses of o0| p|oo. ems to f. nd
a ' t e| nat . vemeans of so' v. ngt nem
Par| of o0| d . f|. c0. ty seems t o g|ow o0| of o0r
nopes Venopetnatgood . ntent . ons w. . ' o| . ngaoo0t
a good |es0 | | , we nope t nat we a |e | mprov| ng | ne
n 0 mancond| | . on. | n a| | ow| ngo0rse' ves | ooed| s| |act
ed oy nope, we do not see c| ea r| y|ne |orcesa| wors
. n tne p|esent . Tne 0nde| ' y. ng pat t e| ns of o0| p|oo
' ems e' 0de 0 s. Ve exper . ment w. tn so' 0 | . ons to . so
. atedp|oo' ems, o0ta|e0 nao' elop|ed. cl t neo0t come
of o0| act . ons. How | nen can we t ase |espons . o. ' . ty
fo| l ne f 0t 0re o0r act . ons are c|ea | . ng' Yet w. | no0t
| as| ng respons | o| | . ty, we nave no rea. con| | o| , we
d |. |t w| | n | ne c0||en | , nop| ng | t w| | | no| | ead |o a
wa|erfa | ' o| oe| | ev| ng | nat somenow we w. | | oreas
f|ee al t ne ' ast moment oy a sl |en0o0s new ' eap of
. ngen 0 . ty.
| n tneVest, as. nd. v. d0a' s andassoc et . es, wenave
a |espons o. ' . |yforl nef 0l 0 |et nat ext ends oeyondo0r
own conce| ns |ess deve' oped nal . ons cons . der | ne
mode' es| ao| | sned | n wes|e|n soc| e| | es as t ne sey |o
wea| | n, sec0r . |y,andn 0 mann app| ness. |ewco0n| r. es
nave nol fe' t l ne . n f' 0ence of modern lecn no' og. ca'
soc. et . es, and t ne p|ess 0|e to mode| n ze . s . nt ense
Time to Change 63
|ducated c| asses a|ound t ne wo| | d are adopt . ng t ne
| anguages t nat g| ve t nem access t o west e|n sc. ence
and tecn no' ogy, and enao' e t nem to commun . cate
. nte|nat . ona' ' y Veste|nc. v. ' . zat . on. snowsett . ngt ne
pace, andt newo| | dw| | | |o| | owwnere | t | eads.
Many peop' e may not oe awa|e t nat tne sp|ead
o| weste|n sc. ence and tecnno' ogy t n|ougnout t ne
wor| d . s p|ec| p| t at . ng |ap| d cnanges | n t rad| t | ona|
va| ues and | |esty| es, upset t | ng t ne oa| anceo| ent |e
cu' t u|es Cccupat . ons t nat gave m. ' ' . ons a p' ace . n
soc. ety,noweve|numo' e, a|eoe. ngd. s p' acedoynew
met nods and tecnno| ogy t nat | eave many w| t n no
emp| oyment or pos | t | on Tnesenseo| | nnerent numan
wo|tn and se' | |espect, wn . cn once cou' d oe ma. n
ta. ned even . n t ne |ace o| pove|ty, . s oe. ng ' ost as
numan va| ue | s com| ngt odepend mo|e exc| us| ve| y
onwea| t nandpower
Asnopes|o|a oette|' . |e a|e . nc|eas . ng' y. nvested
. n mat er. a| we| | oe| ng, cu| t urest nat naveempnas| zed
s p| r| t ua| va| uesare | os | ngcont act wt nt ner |e| | gous
t |ad. t . ons Know' edge o| a' t e| nat. veways | o| |. nd. ng
mean . ng . n ' . |e . s d sappea| . ng, wn . ' e t ne ' . m. l ed
oene|| tso| mat e| . a| prosper| tyreacnon| ya |ewo|t ne
wor| d s peop| es. l | modern patterns o| | | v| ng are
estao' . sned wo ' dw. de, and |a. t n . n a mal e| . a' . st . c
app|oacn comp' et e' y s upp' ant s |e. . g. ous t |ad . t . ons ,
we may ' ose va| uao| eoppo|t un| t | es tocons| derot ner
wayso|oe| ng| n t newor | d
Ve may oe ' os . ng somet n. ng vey p|ec. ous .
Tn| ougnout n . st o|y, w. de' yd. ve|gent v. ews and att .
tudes, even pro|ound cu | t ura| d| f|erences, nave oeen
cal a| ysts |o| new . ns . gn | s. Vn . ' eun|a m. | . a| . deas a|e
64 Knowledge of Freedom
o|t en0 n sett ' . ng, t neycana' soc|eateopen . ngs|onew
|now| edge | na| can nave | ong- rangeoene|. |s |o|t ne
ent . |ewo| ' d.
| n |o| | ow| n gon | y one mode| | or | ut u|e soc| et | es,
we mayoe' ocs. ngo0|se' ves| ntoonewayo|tn . n s. ng
and act . ng A g|eate| 0 n . | o| m. ty o| va' 0es, ' ang0age,
and cu| t ure m. gnt reduce pre| ud| ce and m. sunde|
s | and. ng, o0t . t w. ' ' a' so d. m. n . s n poss. o. ' . t . es |o
c|eat . v. ty, |resn | deas, andt ne reeva| 0at | on o| estao
| . s ned patterns Vnen nost . | . t . es a| se t natcommona|
. ty o| c0' t 0|e cannot |eso' ve, conceptsl | omd. ||e|en|
t |ad| | | ons m. gnt prov| de va| 0ao| e perspec| | ves | na|
co0 ' d. ns p. |e new andc|eat . veso' 0t . ons.
gu. de' . nes |o| oenav. o|, ' anguage, and va' ues, as
we| | as moree||ec| | vemeanso| w| nn| ngapprova| . Our
. nglnese ea| . yyea|s, we deve' op pat | e| ns o| |e' a| . ng
tot newo| ' d | nat may susta. n us| o| a ' . |e| . me Vea|e
Time to Change 95
c0r. o0s, we reacn o0t and grasp, we want to sat . s|y
des . |es . ns | an | ' y. Vnat s | |at eg. es dowedev. seto get
wnatwewant wnen want . ngg|ows . n tense'
|vent 0a | ' ywed. scove|t nat pa|ent s can|ee' g0| ' ty,
andwe| earn top' ay ont ne. | |ee' . ngs . not sod. ||. c 0 | t
|o ge| wnat we wan | , wnen we s now now. St . ' ' , we
a|e olten ' e|t lee' . ngd. ssat . s|. ed o| d. sappo. nted Oo
werea ' ' y snowwnatwewant '
Ve oecome mo|e ss. ' ' | 0 ' at ma n. p0| at . ng t nose
a|o0nd 0s , o0 | t ne|e a|e ' . m. ts |o wnat we can do
oelo|e ad0' t d. s p' eas0 |e st ops 0s | l o0| pa|ent s a|e
ange|ed, we |eart hevo| d s 0dden| yopened oetween
0s. | | t ney s 0||e| . n s . ' ent exaspe|at . on, wesen se t ne
|e| ect . on and oecome anx. o0s . Vnat . | t ney do not
seem to ca|e wnat we do' Ve m0 st mase t nem t ase
not . ceandrespond, |ega|d' esso| t neconseq0ences.
Vne|eve| we t 0| n, . t seems we even | 0a ' ' y |ace
con|' . ct cxte|na ' ' y, |est |a. nt s a|e . mposed, . nt e|na' ' y,
needs m0| t | p' y|aster t nan o0r ood. es can copew| t n
t nem, and we oecome ||0st |ated w. t n o0| own ex-
na0s t . on So m0cn nappensso q0 . cs' y, o0| m. nds a|e
|' ooded w. t n senso|y s | . m0 ' at . ons and emot . ona. |e
act | ons, wn. | et nere | s | . t t | ewe can rea ' | y0 nderst and.
|ven ascn. ' d|en, wenave a means o|escape. Ve
can con| 0|e 0p a l antasy wo| . d and ' . ve . n o0| own
secret rea ' m Here we n ave powe| and cont ro' , ne|e
tnere are nocon || | ct swe can not overcome, no d| |||
c0' t . estoo | | . gnten. ng to 0 nde|stand Ad0 | s may . n
t |0de, o0t wec a nn . de oen . ndt nep' ay s . t 0at . ons we
nave created and ' ocso0t |ea| and pa| n. Vnywo0 ' d
we w| ' | . ng' y ' eave t n| s rea | mwnere everyt n | ng . s o|
de|' y, wa| m, and sec0|e, lo| tne ' |ea' wo| . d, so cna
ot . cand 0 ncont |o' . ao' e'
96 Knowledge of Freedom
nen we oeg| n scnoo| , our wor ' d grows s0d
den| y w| der. A| ' at once we are more ' grown
u p' , t nougn we nave no cno| ce out |o l a|e wnal
comes Pernapsour t nougnt s run some| n| ng| | |el n| s.
| | | |e scnoo| . y y | | | |e mynew |r. ends, ou| someo|
t neones | | . |e won' t p| ayw| t n me Tney | augn at me
| ' ' ' snowl nem Myl eacne| wanl s melo oe s mal e|
' . |e n . mor do eve|yl n . ng | . gnl' . se ne| Vny do
| navel odownal l ney say'
Ve oeg. n to nol . ce ol ne|s . n new wayswe |ee'
we ae ' s pec. a. ' , o0l p|ec. se. y now ae we spec. a' '
Ve compa |e ou|se' ves w. l n ol ne s, nol . c. ng d. ||e|
ences . n appea ance, s . ze, c. ol nes, possess . ons, and
s s . ' ' s . How dowe' meas 0e 0p' ' Oo o0r d. |te|ences
ma|e 0s ' oeller' o| ' wose l nanl neot ne| s Oowela' |
d. f|eren| ' y, or say t n| ngs l na | ma|e o| ners | augn
a| us' Ooou| nao| t satt racl a|l enl . on' How dool ners
|ee' aoout us ' Vno . s more | mpor | ant to p| ease
our teacners or our c| ass ma|es' Cver l ne nexl |ew
yea|s, wne| ne| we| | |eour s . | ual | onorno| , wne| nerwe
en| oy ou| exper. ences or dread eacn day, we ad| ust,
wesoc. a' . ze, andwet . l . n asoeslwecan Venavel o
Soon we |. nd o0|se. ves cnang. ng . n ways l nal
arousenew|ee. . ngsandl no0gnl s aoo0l o0 |se' vesand
ol ne|s. Somenow we seem lo oecome moe se' |
con sc. o0s , mo|e sen s . l . ve to c|. l . c. s m and | . d. c0 . e
cve|yl n. ng seemsd. |t e|en l , andwedon' l |ea ' ' y snow
wny Tne al mospnee . s mo|e compe| . | . vewe |ee'
lne need lo exce. . n sometn . ng, lo cave o0t a p' ace
ot o0| own Ve may |. nd o0 |se' ves empnas . z. ng
acl . v. l . es. nwn . cnweexce. wn. . edowngad. ng | nose
l nal | n|eateno0r se| |con|| dence
Time to Change 97
Vnen we do we' ' , we |ee' exn . ' a|ated, a' t no0gn
we maywor|yaoo0t wnetne| wew. ' ' oeao' etocome
| nro0gn wnen t ne press 0|e . nc|eases Ve |ee' t ne
pangs o| no| oe| ngwanted wnenweare among | ne
' ast t ooecnosen |or a | eam, we may |ee| as named
oroew. ' de|edwnenwe' ose. nacontesto| . nte' ' ect 0a'
ss. ' ' s |ee' . ngs o| |a . ' 0 |e can oe devastat . ng, and we
w. t ndrawmo|eq0 . cs' y||om s . t 0at . ons wne|ewenave
|e| t n0|| oe|ore. B0t now we snow we nave |o n. de
our |ee' | ngs, | | o| ners sense weare v0| nerao| e, | ney
m. gn| n0rt 0s mo|e. Vnen o| ne|sa |e n0|| o| ' e| | o0| ,
we mayt 0|n away . nemoa||assment and|ea|, or | o. n
t negro0p. n| . d. c0 ' . ngt ne. r pa. n .
Now we are more aware | na| we a|e g|ow| ngup.
Ve| aseourse| vesmoreser| ous | y, | mag| n | ng nowwe
wo0' d' . setooe. Vea|e moresens . t . vetonowt n. ngs
' sno0' doe' , wewant tooe' ong, andto dot n. ngs | . gnt
Veoeg. n tonot . ce . ncons . st enc. es . no0| pa| ent sdo
t neymeasure0ptoour| dea' s ' Soonwe|ee'con|' | ct . ng
| oya' | | esoe|weenparen| s w. | nwnomwe. den| | |yand
t ne |o' e mode' s we adm. |e A g|ow. ng |ee' . ng o|
d. scom|o|t may s 0dden' yc|ys | a ' ' . ze . n |o tne |ea ' . za
t . ont natwenave noce|t a. nsense o|wnowea|e
ur| ng | ne con| us| on o| our ado| escen| years,
we |ee' mo|e vent 0|esome and . ndependent o|
ad0 ' t s, o0t m0cn mo|e v0 ' ne|ao' eto t neop. n. ons o|
o0r||. ends cve|yoneseems tooe' oos. ngat 0s Vnat
a|e t ney see. ng' Vnat s no0' dwe ' oos ' . se, act ' . se'
Sowe copy. | n| s pe|son' s way o| speas| ng, | na| per
son' s manner . s ms , t ne | . gn | | n. ngs to say, | ne | . gnt
t n. ngs to do. Ve copy t ne cna|acte| . st . cs o| | | . ends
98 Knowledge of Freedom
we adm| re, peop| ewnonaveacn| eved |ameandsuc
cess, wea| | n, or power,cnarac| ers | n nove| s, mov| es, or
| e| ev| s | on. |xper| men| | ngw| | n appearances, ways o|
speas| ngand dress| ng, we | ry ond. || erent persona| |
| | es Vewan | despera| e| y| o expressours e| ves, t ooe
a|onceun| queand yett nes ameasour |r. ends.
C0 | | | . endsoecomeo0| m. | |o|s . Byoose|v. ngt ne. |
|eact . ons t o0s , wet |y t ot. g0|e o0t nowt o' oos, now
t oact, nowt ooe Ved. scove|t natd|ess . ngandact . ng
. n ce|t a. n ways mase 0s accepted as a pe|son C0|
| e' at . ons n . pt o | neg| o0 pwnet ne| we |ee' pa|t o| . t
o| a' . enated ||om . tg. ves 0s a senseo| . dent . ty. C0|
deve' op. ngt a' ent s and capao. ' . t . es g. ve 0s new |ee'
. ngs o| con|. dence. B0t . n stead o| d. sappea| . ng, tne
so0 |ces o| o0| . n sec0 |. ty nave on' y g|own mo|e
comp' ex
Cur | . me | s oecom| ng more s | r uct ured, and we
nave| esst | meto ourse| ves. Pressu resanddemandso|
paren| s, |eacners, and | r| ends are o|ten con|| | c| | ng, | |
| s nardt osa| | s|yt nerequ| remen| s t na | comea| us |rom
a| | s . desscnoo| , soc. a| | . |e, s po|ts, new des. |es, new
standa|ds o| oenav. o|, and p' ans |o| t ne| 0t 0 |e. | n ne|
con|' . ct s a|e g|ow. ng mo|e . nt ense, a|o0s . ng st |ong
emot . ona' eact . ons, we a|e to|n oetween p|ess0 |es
to act and mase mo|e g|own 0pdec. s . ons t nat |o|ce
o0| attent . ono0twa|d and|ee' . ngso|. nadeq0acy| nat
mase 0swant tow. t nd|aw
Ve spend a ' ot o| t . mewo||y. ngaoo0| o0 |se' ves
Vnydo| |ee' soawswa|d! Noonee' seseems to|ee'
| n. s way, eve|yone e' se seems so con|. dent Vnat . l
| neyseenow | one' y anduns0reo|myse| | | |ee' ! Tney
seem |o doeveryt n . ng r | gn| wnycan' | | oemore | . se
| nem! Vnydo| nave| ooe me! But wnoam| !
Time to Change 99
Vestart tot n| ns aoout grow| ngupandassum| ng
ad0' t |espons o. ' . t . es, vac . ' ' a| . ng oetween a des . |e to
oe . ndependent anda des . |e t ooet asenca|e o|. C0|
a| | | | udes towa|dou| parent scnangedramat | ca| | y, and
we oeg. n o|eas. ng away | | om t ne. | cont |o' . Vny
won' t yo0 | et mer un myown | | |e' As | ong as you
' . ve . n t n. s no0se, yo0 nave |o |o' ' ow o0| |0 ' es | n
t n. s p|ocess o| |eoe' ' . on, we may deve' op negat . ve
|ee| | ngs toward our parent s t nat can t ase years t o
|eso' ve.
Newenergy|| owst nrougnour ood. es errat | ca| | y
we expe| enceo0 |stso| exc | ement andnew pnys. ca'
des . |es. Ve cnange pnys . ca' ' y, andwea|e d. st 0 |oed
. | o0| deve| opment d| f|ers |rom wnat seems most
des. |ao' e, o0| emot . ons | ' asn un p|ed . ct ao' y | | om
e| at | on to depress| on, wn| | enew des | res, nopes, and
n |e|ests occ0py o0| m. nds |ee' . ngs ol pan. c ove|
wne' m0sw. t no0t wa|n . ngwea|ecnang. ngwnet ne|
wewant to or not , andweare not s ure wnat we are
oecom. ng.
|ant as| es and . nter na| d| a| ogues || | | our m| nds,
|e. n|o|c ngo| c| . | . c z . ngt n. s o| t nat . mageo|o0 |se' ves
aswesea|cn| o| somestao' e dent . ty Vewan t t o| nd
o0|se| ves, as. | wewe|es omenow' ost, as| | t ne|ewere
somet n |ead. n t n s tang' eo|eventsandemot . ons t nat
wou' d| ead toour rea| se| ves. Vnocans nowus wnere
to ' oos' Vewan| g0 . dance, o0t wea|e a| | a. dto open
o0 |se' ves to ot ne|s wn . ' ewe |ee' so v0' ne| ao' e and
unce|ta| n S| ow| y, pa| n|u| | y, we p| ece toget ner tne
pe|sona' . t . es t nat w. ' ' snapeo0|ad0 ' | ' . ves.
Crad0a| ' ywe oecome mo|e assured | n our soc| a'
|e' at . ons n. ps Ve . dent . ly w. | n g|o0ps o| o0| pee|s,
we | . nd a part . c0 | ar t a' ent o| ss. ' ' t nat seems to ex
1 0
Knowledge of Freedom
p|ess o0| 0 n . q0eness. | | we a|e ' 0csy, t ne s s. ' ' s we
h avec hosen | odeve' opmay | ead 0s |orwa|d |oward
a j oo or career. B 0 | wha| | | none o| | he ava . ' ao| e
cho| cesseems | o| . | w| | nwhowe|ee| weare'
l | wehavea s| rongsense o|d| rect | on, 0ponwna|| s
. | oased' H aveweoeen| a0gn| | o| h| ns . ndependen| | y
aoo0t goa ' s andp0|posest nat a|e nea' t ny|o|o0| own
' . ves ' How we' ' do we 0 nde|st and wnat . s nvo' ved
. n a | ooo| p|o|ess . on' Pe|napswe a|e n|' 0enced oy
t ne va' 0es o| ||. ends o| t ne expect at ons o| pa|ents,
pe|haps we |ee' ' ost Vnat s t ne mean. ng o| o0|
cno. ces' Ve may mag newecan cnange o0| m. nds
' at e|, yet. nev. t ao' ywea|eopen. ng 0psomeoppo| t 0
n . t . es and c' os . ngo|| ot ne|s | snowwnat | ' mdo. ng
| ' m ndependent now. | ' manad0 ' | , a|en' t | '
Vemay snow wha| we do n o| wan| | | | ne ' . ves
o|o0| pa| ent so|o| he| ad0 ' | sseem con |. n . ng, wemay
oe det e|m| ned | ha| o0rs w. ' ' oed. ||eren| B0| whe|e
can we ' oos |or oe| te| examp' es, and how can we
snow wh . ch mode| s o|| e| a nea| t h. er wayo| | . |e' Ve
|. nd o0|se' ves ca0ght . n 0 nce|| a | n|y and | ndec| s . on,
pe|naps t o| n oetween oo' gat . ons t o pa|ent s, eco
nom. c |ea ' . t es, and o0| pe|sona' w. snes Anx. et . es
compete w. t n powe|| 0' | ant as. es, nopes, and mages
o| s 0ccess
On ao' e| odec. de| o| o0|se' ves, wemayt|yto|0 ' |. ' '
o0| pa|ents' expect at . ons C| pe| naps we set t ' e . nto
com|o|tao' e patt e| ns t na| |eq 0 |e |ew changes Ve
may t ase wnateve| oppo| | 0 n t . es a| se and no' d a
se| . es o| | oos, p|o' ong. ng a sense o| ||eedom and
. ndependence oy avo. d ng wo|s tnat demands a
comm| | men| C| we may neve| have | ne . ' | 0s . on o|
cno. ceandnaveto |. ndwna| wo|swecan.
Time to Change 1 01
Now l nat we nave oecome ad0 ' l s, s . gn. |. canl
|oman| | c|e| a| | ons n . ps a| eo| l enexpecled andanl . c.
pated oy o0| lam. ' . es. | | we a|e . n ' ove, ma| | . ageand
lam. ' y may seem a ' og. ca' st ep o| a |e| 0ge | | om l ne
many | nsec 0 |. l . eswe |ace Tno0gn we may | ee' o0|
' . ves a|e open. ng oelo|e 0 s as we st ep . nl o' t ne|ea'
wo| ' d' , o0| opt . ons oeg. n lo d. m. n . s n, o0| | . ves
oecome | n| e||w| ned w| ln |ne ' | ves o| o| ners, and
|espons . o. ' . l . es acc 0m0 ' at e
Vnet ne| we no' d oacs, |e' 0cl ant t o g. ve 0p
dependency on pa|enl s o| cn . ' dnood | | . ends, o| se|
o0l w. ln de|| n . l egoa ' s and p0 |poses, we m0sl mase
o0| own way. Vnel ne| we lee' t ne exc. l emenl ol
cna| ' engeo| l nepangso| se' | do0o| and anx| ely, l n| s
. s o0| t . met o' . veo0| own ' . ves
T Z
Years of Our Pr i me
If we stop for a moment, step out of our roles,
and reexamine our purposes and achievements,
what have we really accomplished?
_ow s | | mu| a| . ng ou| ea| | y adu| t yea|s can oe,
wnen we |ee' we a|e exe|c s ng o0| m. nds and
ood. esto| ne| 0 ' ' est ' St ' ' , wea|e lacedw. l nsomenad
cno ces. Cnce we a|e on o0| own, we may |ee. a
we| comes enseo| | ndependence, ou| wemaya| so|. nd
tnat . l . s not a' ways easy to gel wnat we want
|st ao' . sn ng a ' v ng s . t 0at . on may oe mo|e comp. .
caled andexpen s . ve | nanwenad t no0gn | . | | we | ase
our paren| s ' . |es|y' e|orgran | ed, wemay|| ndweneed
la| mo|e money l nan we a|e ao' eto ea|n. Tnesa' ay
l nal seemed . mp|ess . ve at t neo0t sels 0dden. y seems
m0cn| oos ma' ' , pe| napswel. ndo0 |se. vescomm | | ed
todeo| s| na| ' . m| tou| ao| ' | t y|odot net n | ngs wewan|
Vnat am | do. ng' | s . l a' ways go. ng lo oet n. s way'
Oo | wan | mo|e espons . o. ' . | y' Oo | need d. l|e|enl
s s . . s o| mo|eed0ca| . onl oge| wnat| wan | o0t o|. . le'
Oo| wanl tospendyears o|my' . |e s| | 0gg' | ngtomase
Time to Cha nge 1 03
ends meel . n ode lo nave wna| | want ' Vne|e w. | |
| gelt nemoney'
Tn . ngsl nal nl e|es| 0s o|l ensnow' t | ' ep|om s e|o|
| 0l 0 e emp' oyment , wemay navetocomp|om se o0|
n |e|es | s w. | n an eye l o | ne | oo ma set a nd o0|
| | nanc. a| s | | ua| . on | | we nave | necnance | o purs ue
| ne s 0o| ec| s | na| exc| | e us, we may d. scove|| na| we
mus|devo|e | ongyea|s | oprepa|a| | on oe|oe wecan
nope t o masl e| l nem. Veae |aced w. t n t neneed to
we. gn o0| des. es | o| mo|e . mmed. at e g|al . | cal . on
aga. ns| | neva' 0eo| acn ev. ng' ong |angegoa' s
cven . | we ae ' . v. ng wna| ' ooss ' . se a cae|ee
' | |es| y' e, we a|e o|| en seen | y aware o| | | me and o|
| | nanc| a| p|essures Tne| 0l 0|e | s mucn on our m. nds
aswecompe| e| o| j oos or recommendal . ons | na| w| | '
open | ne doo|s t o | n e | oo we wanl , | o p|o|ess ona'
l a. n. ng, o pe|naps gad0ate scnoo' Vea|e a ' |eady
s . z. ng 0p o0 poss. o. ' . t . es, compa ng o0 se' ves w. l n
peop' e a' |eady estao' . s ned . n o0| cnosen | e' d, con
s de ngnowwem gnl come| o| nea |lent . ono|t nose
wnocan ne| pus s 0cceed. Ve may |ee' wea|e oe| ng
man| p0' a| ed oy| nees|ao| . s ned sys | em, and need | o
man| p0 | al eol ne|s | n | u| n.
As we p0 |s0e o0 nd. v d0a' goa ' s, we may |ee'
' one' yand|es | ' ess, even | we nave| ends Ve 0s 0a' ' y
wanlonespec. a' pe|son l ocon|. de . n , o| |a' ' n ' ove
w. l n, someone wno can sa| s|y o0| ' ong. ngs |o|
com|o | andca| . ng Pe| naps we do|. ndsomeone|o
wnomo0r |ee| | ngsa |edeepands . nce|e B0l m. s 0 nde|
s|and| ngsmayocc0|, and|ee| | ngs o| ' one| | nessre| urn
Cnepa|t ne maydec. delo masecnanges, | eav. ngl ne
ot ne| |ee' . ng n0|l and |e| ecled Ve may d . |l . n and
1 04
Knowledge of Freedom
o0t o|a se|. eso|| e' at . ons n. ps | nat seemto |. . ' a need,
o0t wn . cn a ' so na0nt 0s as a po| en t . a' so0rce o'
emot. ona| d . st |ess
How ' ong do we go on, not | as. ng | ne t . me t o
| e|' ect on t ne ca0ses o| o0| 0 n napp. ness' Aga. n and
aga . n, we o| ame ot ne|s | o| o0| p|oo| ems , w| t no0t
. oos. ng at t ne | ea| s ol ne' p' essness and . s o. at . on, a|
t necyc' es o| n eed, des | |e, and||0s | |at . ont nat p|ope|
0s to oeg. n and end |e' a| . ons n. ps w. tn . ove|s and
|r. ends . Ve snow t n e. r ' ove may not ' ast , we snow
o0 | own |ee' . ngs maycnange, o0t we . ns . st on | |y. ng
| o| . t o0| ' . vestoo0r| ant as. es
| n o0r daydreams , we ' oos |o t ne l 0t 0|e, wnen
eve|y| n. n gw. ' | oe oette|. C0| app|ent . cesn . p | o ' . |e
w. ' ' oe ove|, and o0| |ea. ' . |e w. ' ' oeg. n . ' ' ' . nave
eno0gn . ncome to oe . ndependent and to do wnat '
|ea. ' ywant to dow. t n my| |ee | . me. ' ' ' ' go p' acesand
do| n. ngsw| t n someonewno|ea | | y 0 nde|stands me.
B0t . n| nemeant . met nepress0 |est ope| | o| m. ncrease,
andwewonde| . | s tn . s rea ' ' y wnat | want todow. tn
my ' . |e' O| d | mase tne w|ongcno. ce' Am | m. ss . ng
o0t on somet n . ng oetter' Mayoe I sno0 ' d cons . de|
ot ne| poss | o. | . t . es
| | we |ee' 0 ns 0 |e o| wnat wewant , we may t . nd
o0 |se' ves | ' oat . ng a' ong, occ0py. ng o0| t . me w. t n
| ant as| eso| ent e|t a| n ment s , s omenow 0 nao| etocon
necto0rdreams t o|ea' . ty. C0| p. ansaresnortterm, or
e' se so vag0e we do not snow now to . mp| ement
t nem. Boredomseems t ooeo0rworst enemy, orpe|
naps ' one' . ness. Ve |ee' ' os | and oew. ' de|ed, wny
can' twe' get . t toget ne| ' '
Vemayde' . oe|ate' yavo. d mas. ngcomm. t mentsto
j oosand p|oless . ons , or |es. st ' o|m. ngc' ose re' at . on
Time to Change 1 05
s n ps Ve may p . deo0 |se' ves ono0 . ndependence,
and|ee' wecanenj oy t nerewards o||ered oysoc| e|y
w. t no0| t ne|espons . o ' . | . es| na| t n |eat eno0 l|eedom.
Ae we no' d. ng oacs l|om lea|s ol la. ' 0 |e o n ade
q0acy, or |romalear| nat ot nersm. gnt ga| n powerove|
0s!Tnat' s . d . c0' o0s| ' mdo. ngwna| | wan t t o. | | 0s |
|el0se | o getca0gnt 0 p No| n . ng | s wortn sac| | l| c. ng
my leedom Ve may st and oacs l om soc ety and
c|. t c. ze t s nega| ve s . de w. t no0t oe. ng w ' ' . ng | o
contr | o0| eanypos | t . veene|gy| ocnanget nes . | 0a| . on .
Alte| a ' ' , not n. ng can oe cnangedt n. ngs nave a'
ways oeen | n. s way. Vnys no0' d| waste myt . me'
ost ol 0s accept t ne |o' es soc. ety olle|s 0s
soc| a| press0 res and |. nanc| a| needs cat cn 0p
w. t n 0s, a nd we sett ' e down Vew. sn t o s 0cceed,
andoeg. nt oapp' yo0rse| ves t oo0r wors w| | nv. gor
Rewa|ds may come|ecogn t . on, advancement, |a. ses,
p|est . geconl rm ng o0| s0ccess C0| conl . dence
g|ows, andwe lee' more sec0 |e, ao| e to cont ro ' o0r
' . vesandnave wnatwe want . Ve| ea| n nowt omase
peop' e ' se 0s and now to w. n t ne | s 0ppo|t . | l we
oeg. n tostagnate| n onej oo, wecanl. ndanot ne|.
Soon we may dec de to |a. se a |am ' y Ve may
neve| | n. ns aoo0 | wny we' |e do. ng | |-everyone
expec| s. t Pernapswean| . c pa| ea senseol l0 ' l. | | men|
| nsee. ngo0r cn| | drengrow,and. n ne' p. ngt nems nape
tne. | l 0t 0|e. Cl co0 se, we snew cn . d|en wo0' d
comp' cate o0| ' . ves, o0| we d. d no| an| . c. pa| e | ne
worr| es| nat neverend Aret ney sale, are | ney nappy,
a|e tney n good company! Vna| . nt e|es| s a|e | ney
deve' op ng, wna| va' 0es, wna| a| | . t 0des! V. ' ' | ney
s 0cceed. n scnoo| , w. ' ' | neyl. ndj oos! Aeweadeq0ate
aspa|en | s! Vna| m. st asesa|e we mas ng! ' l| ney a|e
1 0 Knowledge of Freedom
d. sao' ed, g|ow se|. o0s ' y . ' ' , o| d. e, t ne ang0. s n may
oe a' mostmo|e | nanwecanoea|
As we advance . n ' . |e, mat e| . a' needs expand
|ap| d' y Veo0yca|s, wep0rcnasenomesand|| | | t nem
w. t n| 0|n . sn . ngs. Veopeno0s . nessesando0yeq0 . p
ment. | dent | |y. ngw| t no0| possess . ons,wewo| |y | nat
wem. gnt ' oset nem, o0| |ee' . ngso|. nsec0 |. tyw. ' ' no|
goaway Vecont | n 0etoaddtoo0| possess . ons Tne|e
. s a' ways somet n. ng | 0 st oeyond o0| |eacn t na| we
can nave. |oo|| ng aro0nd at a| | we own, we can
t e' ' o0 |se' ves t nat wea|e gett . ng somewne|e at ' ast .
C| co0 |se | wo|rys omet | mesdoes n' t everyone' C|
co0|se | nave d. sappo. nt ment swnat' s ' . |ew. t no0t a
' . t t | et |o0o| e'
Vn| | ewe are yo0 ng and gett | ngwna| we des| |e,
| oyandso||ow,e' at . onanddep|ess . on, ' oveandange|
co| oro0r | . vesw| tn r| cn, compe| | | ngemot | ona| tones.
Pnys. ca' d. scom|o|t s come and go, and can oe a' ' e
v| ated eas | ' y. |mot . ona' stress can oe d| m| n| s ned
t n|o0gn t | anq0 . ' . ze|s o| a' cono' , and | ne naze and
c| o0d| ness t ney o| . n gto o0r ' | ves may seem a sma ' '
p| . ce | opay| o| |e' . e|, a t ' eastwe can seep go. ng | |
can' t n 0 rt everyonedoes. t .
s t ne yea|s go oy, we weave an eve| mo|e . nt | .
cate weo o| | e' at . ons oetween o0 |se' ves and
ot ne|s, o. nd. ngo0 |se' vesw. t noo' . gat . ons and|espon
s| o| ' | t | es, | nvo' v| n g o0|se' ves . n ot ne|s emot . ons,
p|oo' ems,andneeds Ve s | | . ve to ' . ve0pto o0| |o' es
wo|se|, o0s . nesspa|t ne|, p|o|ess | ona' , ' ove|, mate, o|
pa|ent Pe| napswe p| . de o0 |se' ves on o0| ao. ' . |y to
p| ay many |o' es s . m0 ' taneo0s ' y, and oecome adept
Time to Change 1 07
a| s n| |t | ng among d| ||erent ' ang0age pat | erns, at t |
t 0des, andgest0 res.
Vnenac| | ons andeven| s 0 n |o| dasweexpec| , we
|ee| con|. den| and| n cont ro| , wnenwe|ee| o0r con| ro|
s ' | pp| ng, or cna| ' enges come|rom t nose c. ose t o 0 s,
we tense w. t n anx. ety. A. t no0gn we may oecome
ss. ' ' ed at p0t t . ng on a good lront even t o o0 rse' ves,
at neat we sense o0r con| dence . s no| gen 0 . ne. Ve
snr. ns re|' ex. ve' y l rom s . t 0a| . ons and even t no0gnts
t nat t n|eaten to evea' weasnesses we s 0spect o0t
can notacsnow' edge
Nomatter now compe| ent and con |. dent we|ee.
d0r . ng t ne o0sy part s o| t neday, wnenwe area. one,
w. tn notn . ng to st . m0 . at e o0| senses, we o|ten |ee.
0 neasy. C0r m| nds | eap|romt no0gnt |o t no0gnt | | se
a monsey |romtree |o | ree. C0 r ood| es grow rest ' es s
and0ncom|ort ao' e. Aga| nandaga | n weare | mpe' ' ed
to dosomet n| ng| | st ento t nerad| o, wat cn| e| ev| s . on,
read, | a| st o| r | ends, gosomewnere-| ore| | evea sense
o| ooredomandd. ssat . slact . onor escapet net no0gnt s
t na| comewnenweare a' one
How l . t t ' e . t t ases to mase 0s lee' pess0 ed ' | l
somet n. ng goes aga. ns | 0s a t wors, or o0 emp. oyers
or |am. ' . es mase 0 n 0s 0a' demands 0pon 0s, . mme
d. a| e' yo0r nerves are on edgeand o0 ood. es t ense,
s| ress gnaws at o0r stomacns and mases o0 neads
acne Vemaycarry on, . gnor. ngor rat . ona ' . z. ng| en
s . on, or mas s. ng. t sd. scom|ort s w. | n med. cat . on, o0t
. n t . me t ne press 0re t ases . t s |o' . Ve mayl. nd o0|
se| vesneed| ngmores | eep, |ee' | ngd0 ' | or | | | , ' essao| e
tor| setocna| | engesweoncewe' comed
1 08 Knowledge of Freedom
Vecanwa' | o0t o| 0 n p' easan| s | t 0a| | ons, we can
cnangeo0r j oos, o0r mates, o0r |am. | . es, o0r s 0o0 nd
. ngs , o0| canwecnangeo0 men | a' env. onment ! Ve
may | y to eso' ve o0 cont' . c| . ng t no0gnt s, o0| t ne
| n ner d. a| og0es cont . n0e, we canno| escape t ne
dr . v| ng. ns . st encyo| o0r own| no0gnt s . cvenwnenwe
need to concen| at e, o0| . n| e na' convesa| ons o|| en
g. ve0s nopeace Mean. ng' ess|ep' ayso|s . | 0a| ons tnat
nave' e| | 0 s n0rt or angycyc' eoverandover. Canwe
cnoose not to |ee| n 0 t , not | o oe depessed, not |o
|ee' ' one' yoanx o0s ! Aeweeve| eeo|o0 se' ves!
| |weac|now' edgeo0 anx. e| . esandtea sandw. sn
to econs| de o0r s | t 0at | on, we may enco0nter tne
. nsec0. | . es o| o0 ma|es, o0 cn. ' den, o0 paen| s,
. t we con |. de . n o0 | . ends and |e' ' ow wo ses, we
| s| || d. c0' e, ' os s o| s0 ppo| and | | endsn . p, even
t hesec0 r| ty o| o0r | oos. Vecan comp' a| neveryone
comp' a ns , sowecantee' com|o | ao' ew. | n| nosewno
s nae o0 g0 mo' . ngs. Ve may expess o0 wo. es
t n|o0gn n 0 mo| o| sacas m, o0 | | t | s d| t|. c 0| | to open
o0r hear| s comp| et e| y | o |ear o| appear. ng wea|
Pe napswecanno| t. ndwods | oexpesswna| we|ee' ,
o penaps we nave | . ed | ocomm0 n cateand| o0nd
o0rse' vesm. s 0nders| oodo o0 con|| dencesoe| rayed.
Vnat nappens wnen someone s0gges| s we nave
a poo' em! Tna| | o0cnes ot ne tee' . ngs, and we
d. ssemo' e | don' t nave poo' ems, ea' ' y, . | 's no| so
oad as a| ' | ha| Act 0a' ' y | ' m pre| | ywe| | o|| Anyone
wo0 ' d |ee' | nesame n o0 s . t 0a| on.
| | we tee. t neneed |o adv ce, wemay | nd t ' ess
t nrea|en. ngto t a' | w| | n someone more remot e |rom
o0r da| ' y' . ves, to|. nda gro0 po | nd| v| d0a| |o s 0ppor|
o adv. se 0s B0t now do we 0nave. | ne weo o|
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1 09
anx| e| . es | nat oppressesus, nowdowecomm0 n | cat e
| ne| ong. ngs andneedswe|ee| ' A' | no0gnwemayga| n
| ns| gn| . n| o our proo| ems and oe reas s ured | nat we
a|e no| a' one, our anx| e| | es are | | se u nwe' come
acq0a| n | anceswecanno| o| | ngourse' ves| ocon| ront
d. |ect ' yt ney a' ways comeoacs. Most o| 0s manage
to seepo0| anx. et . es 0 nde| someso|t o|cont |o' , out
| we ' ett nem navet ne. |way, | ney maymove . n w. t n
0s, ' eav. ng0s nopeaceata ' '
| | t n . s does nappen, we may ' ose a ' ' . nt e|est . n
o0| 0s 0a' act . v. t . esa n dapp|oacnou| wo| sw. t n|e' 0c
| ance o| even d|ead } 0st as ou| ca|ee|s a |e |eac n ng
tne | peas, we may |ee' ' etn a| g. c and 0 n |espons . ve,
0nao' e|o matcn tnecompet . | . on, ' o0|n ed o0 | ' . n o0 |
p|. me. | | we t u| n to ' ess st |ess|0 ' wo| s, we may |ace
tne d| ||erent pressure o| ooredom and |ee ' . ngs o|
| nadequacy
Tnese are | neyears we an| . c. pated w. | n so muc n
|e| . sn . nour you| n. Howexc. t | ngandp| eas 0rao| e| ney
can oe wnen our v| | a | . | y rema . ns n . gn, ando0 | s ense
o| va' 0e and wo|tn . s con| | med oy o0| |a m. ' . es, o0|
accomp. . s nments, o| t ne g|owt n o| s s . ' s a nd expe|
t se Ve |ee. ousy and cont ent ed-| ne|e a|e st ' ' so
manyt n. ngst oen| oy, and som0cn mo|ewecanant
c. patedo ng . nt ne| 0t 0|e Ve may naveo0| 0ps and
downs, o0t o0| ' vesseemoas ca' ' y0nde| cont | o' and
sat s|y. ng.
e may t | u. yoeen| oy. ngt nemoment 0 m o| o0|
' . ves. B0t . |, . n tne m. ds | o| o0| en| oyment and
s0ccess, wes| optoeva| ua| e| nemea n| ngandpurpose
o| our ac| | v. |y, do we |. nd we wou' d ra| ner no|
exam| neour | . ves| ooc' ose| y' How dowe|ee' aoout
1 1 0 Knowledge of Freedom
l ne cno. ces we nave made. n |e' al . ons n . ps, p|o|es
s . ons, ' . |esly' es ! Vo0 ' d wedosomel n . ngs d. ||e|en | ' y
. | wenadanol ne| cnance!
| | o0| sle|eolyped|o' es d|oppedaway, wnal wo0 ' d
oe ' e| | ! Vnal a|e we apa|l | | oma ' ' l n. s ! A|e o0| . . ves
an exp|ess . on o' o0| c|eal . v. l y! A|e o0| |e' a| . ons n. ps
w. l n ol ne|s pe|sona' . y sal . s |y. ng! A|e we spend. ng
mosl o| o0| l . me | 0 ' | ' . . ng oo' . gal . ons and expecla
l . ons , o| a|ewewo| s. ngcons c. o0s ' y lowa|d s0 oslan
l . a' goa. s !
Nea| ' y na' | o' o0| ' . |e nas now passed, a|e we
o0. ' d. ng a oas. s | o| |ea' va' 0e! Vnen we ' oos oacs
0 ponl n. s pe| . od lwen lyyea|s ' |omnow,noww ' ' we
|ememoe| . l ! V. ' . we|ee. we0sedo0| l . mel o. l s oes|
advanlage! | | we s | op| o| a momenl , slep o0l o| o0|
|o' es, and|eexam. neo0| p0 |posesandacn. evemenl s,
wnal navewe|ea ' ' yaccomp' . s ned!
T J
The Wan i ng of Our Li ves
Where have we learned what death is,
or how to face it unafraid?
| we cou ' d a' ' ow ou |se' ves t o move mo|e gent ' y
| h|ough t he space oetween t he stages, we wou ' d
| . nd ou |se' ves n an nte|es | ng ha' ||o|med wo| ' d
P|ess u|eso|onestage haved|opped away, andt hose
ol |he next stage have not yet swept us up Ve may
h ave ' ost n 'eest n ou| ea|' e act v. t es out no| ye'
havelound new ones, o ou ene|gy has s h |ted away
l| om lam ' a | nt e|ests out has no| ye' st ao ' zed n a
new patte n. | n ' h s unsett ' ed st at e, we can actu a' ' y
oe mo|e sens t ve and awa|e These t mes can s hase
us out o| o' dpat t e| nsandhao t s andg ve us achance
t owase uptonewunde|st and ngs
Aswe ' oos at ou| ' ves n t e| ms o| cyc' es and t he
spacesoetweent hem, wemayoeg ntonot ces ma' ' e|
cyc ' es w t h n ' age| ones Toget he| w t h each cyc' e
comes a spec a' space oetween t he oeg n n ng and
end ng, a space|u ' ' o|poss o ' ' es
The|oundo' t heseasons o| ngschanges n mood
andenegytoa ' ' ' v ngt h ngs V nt e g. vesway'ot he
newnesso|sp| ng, t hegow' ho|su mme| scomp' eted
n t hemat u| ' yolla' ' Thought hemode nwo|' d may
no' t ase t hese sh 't s as deep' y pe|sona' even ' s, ' he
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1 89
na| ura| responses to t hese anc| en| cyc ' es mu st oe
deep' yemoeddedw l n n o0 ood . es andm. nds Most
o| us |ee' t hal l he | meo| l he' New Yea' o||e s 0s a
| esn stat, a new oeg n n . ng. Somel ad. l . ons setas de
spec a' t mes al l nec' oseo| l heo' dyea l oeca ' ' and
eva| ua| e | he acl ons and es u| l s o| t ne ' asl twe| ve
mon l hs, ea1 m. ng o chang ng goa' s and g0 d. ng
p| nc| p| es. Somet h| ng n us seems toyea n|orcomp' e
l on, enewa' , and| esh oeg. n n ngs
|ach mon| n a| so seems na| ura| | y to nave a com
p' etepalteno| t s own Amooncyc' eao0ndt heeal h
passes | hrough c| ear| y demarcat ed qua l e s | ha| are
el' ected . n l he hyt nms o| o0 ood. es. | t may oe l hal
ou men| a| and emot | ona| pa| | er ns a' s o h ave core
spond ng hyt hms t hatwedonol 0s ua' ' ynol ce | st he
new moon a ' so a t me o| c' ear ng away | he o' d and
' oos ngaheadtonewoeg n n ngs !
|ven as ng| eday| s acyc| et o| t se' || n| hemorn | ng
weawasen| oms ' eep, and|oa momenl t seems we
are nol yet pesenl Cur senses each ou| toward
shapes, co| os, l ho0ghl s S0dden' y we | nd ou se| ves
aga n. | n theeven ngaswegolos ' eep, weexpe. ence
a s m| | ar process | n reverse. Ves ' ow' y' ose | hesense
o| o0 s 0o0nd ngs 0 nl . ' event 0a' ' y we ' ouse' ves
d| sappea |romv ew
V t h . n t hedayt heeae nal 0 a' sh | l s. nmoodand
energy, s owemaynot cecel a | n aspectso| | . |e more
c' ea ' y al d. r|eent l . mes The nous oe|oe s 0n . se
rad| at e a s | mp| ec ' ar t y and a sense o| |es h ness and
new oeg nn ngs, wh. ' el ne m dday geneates a moe
dynam cout a| s oamoecomp' exqua| | t y. Theeven| ng
o|l en' ends l se' | l oe|' ect on Sen s . ngl newno' eness
1 90 Knowledge of Freedom
o|each day, wecanconc' ude. | w| t ha ||eshapprec. a
t . on| o| o0| ownt . meandene|gy. Aswego| os ' eep,
we m. ght cons. de| t nat we w. ' ' awasen . nto a
comp| et e| yn ew day. Vhat sha ' ' we o| | ngt ot n. s new
oeg. n n . ng!
| | we cou ' d cons| der t he open| ng o| each day as
t he oeg. n n . ng o| a new cyc' e w. t n . n o0| ' . ves, now
manyh 0 nd|edso|oppo|t 0n. t . eswo0 ' d wenaveto' et
n ew poss . o. | . | . es come . n |o oe. ng! | | we cou ' do| . ng
a sense o| comp' et . on t o t he end o| each day, we
cou| d oeg| n to ou| | d our s e| | snow| edge day oy day
ona| . | moas. s. As we movedt n|o0gnt he' a|ge|cyc' es
o| ou| ' . ves, each mont h and each yea| wo0 ' d oea|
t ne| | u. t o| . nc|eased awa|enessanda deeperunde|
st and. ng o| ou| own m. nds. P|oceed. ng t h|o0gn t he
stages o| ou| ' | ves, we cou ' d we| come each new
oeg. n n . n gasa spec. a' oppo|t 0 n . |y
} ust as t he gaps oetween ' arger cyc' es g| ve 0s
oppo|t un . t . est o' oos. n ||eshwaysat o0| expe|. ence,
t nemoment s o| t |ans . t . onoetweens ma' ' e| cyc' esmay
a| s o oe open . ngs to n ew poss | o| | | t | es. |ven w| t h| n a
s . ng' e day we may nave many s0ch oppo| | 0n . t . es.
Vnen we|ee' emot . ona' , wemaysensenowwe' st a|t
u p' anot ne| cyc| eo| wo| |y| ngo| ange| Somenowwe
nave passed 0nawa|e t h|ough a s ma' ' open . ng
oetween cyc' es. | | we re|| ect on t h| s cyc ' . ca' nat ure
o| emot . ons and t hougnt s, we may d. scove| a mo|e
spac. o0s q0a ' . ty to o0| t ho0ght s and emot . ona'
pat t e| nst hanwehadp|ev| ous| yno| | ced Pe| hapseach
moment p|esent s 0s w. t h oppo| | un . t . es to see moe
c ' ear' ywhat | s nappen. ng, setas . dewhat . s no' onge|
0se|0 ' , andopen 0p newoeg. n n . ngs. Vedonot have
to ' oseva' 0 ao' et . me . nemot . ona' cyc' es t hat g. ve 0s
Time to Change 1 91
' | |t ' e p| easure V| t h greater se| |- unders | and| ng, we
cou | d see how t hese cyc| es oeg| n, and pass t hrough
| hem more qu| cs| ytoapprec| a| e| hepos | t | veaspects
o|eachexper| ence.
| | we were to tase t hese opport un. t | es |or new
oeg. nn. ngs and deepen our s e' | underst and . ng w. t h
t hecomp' et . ono|eachcyc' e,wem. gnt s ens eour ' . ves
progress . ng. namov. ngs p. ra ' | n steado| repeat . ngour
past patterns . n greater and greater comp' ex. t y and
con|u s . on, wecou ' d groundou rse' ves . n a consc . ous
apprec. at . on o| t he past t hat a' ' ows us to ' earn and
change Then each new cyc' e, t hough repeat . ngcer
t a. n patterns |rom t he past, cou ' d oeg. n on a n. gher
' eve' o| understand. ng.
Asweapproacht heendo|our ' | ves, our snow' edge
w| | | cont | nueto protect us |rom |ear and con| us . on.
Ve may d| scover u nsnown d| mens . ons | o our own
m| nds, and open u p | he mys| er| es o| | | me | t se| | .
|ven| ua' | y, we may|| nda who| | y newu nderst and. ng
o| oeg| n ni ngs and end| ngs t ha| cou| d . ' ' u m| na| eour
' ast daysw. t hmea n. ngandsat . s|act . on
ZT
I mages of Oursel ves
Hidden within are not only our
fears and confusions, but also
our deepest feelings and aspirations.
e have many mageso| whal wea|e andwhat
/ wes ho0' doe Some mageswep|o| ect toot he|s,
and some ' e c ' ose| to ou| hea|t s. Tne mages we
p|esen| |othewor' da |es e' domcomp' et e| ys| ao| e,out
sh ||acco|d ngtohowweseeo0 |se' ves n|e| al onsh . p
| oo| he| s V | h c h ' d|en, wemayp|o| ectone mage,
w t h mat es, ano| he| |o| emp' oyees, |o| cowo|se|s
and | | . ends, among men o| a mong women, we may
proj ectst | | ot her mages.
Ves h | | among | hese . mages so |ead ' y | ha' they
a|e ' se c' ot hes we change a| w ' ' C0| wa|d|ooe o|
mageshe' ps us|ee' con| dent andat ease nwhal eve|
|o' ewe a|e ca' ' ed 0 ponto pe||o|m . n l i fe. | n a sense,
our magesserveasa pro| ect ve | aye|oetween 0s and
theout s dewo| ' d.
Vh ch o| ou| mages |ea ' ' y exp|ess wha| wea|e!
A|e a ' ' ol l hem | | 0e to o0 |se' ves, o| do some seem
Time to Change 1 93
| essrea| t hano| hes!Oowe|nowwhenwea ep| ay| ng
a o' e, o do we denl lyw t na ' ' t heo' es we ass0 me!
Ae pe naps a' ' o| t hese mages extens ons ol o0
se' ves n someespect !
Ve seem |o oe ao| e t o j ugg| e n umerou s | mages
atonce, po| ect ngo0l wad ' ywhatwewanttooe' eve
weaeandwnatwew s nol neslosee. Cl ne q0a ' t es
| ha| wedonot | | |e nourse| veso donot want ot hes
|o see we t ry |o h | de. Peop| e around us s upport | he
pos t ve mageswepesenl tot newo' d, l o | heynave
l ne own mageslo potect, and 0s 0a' ' ynave ' t t ' eto
ga n |rom cha| | eng| ngours. Veent er n|o u nspo|en
' pac| s w| t hot hers. | won td | s | uoyou r v| ewo| your
se' | | you don t d s t 0o m ne 'Ve 0se t h s ' s uppot
t o con | m t o ou se' ves t ha| o0 pos t ve s e' | mage
| s ea' , and we may oe gen u | ne' y s urpr sed o u pse|
when we d scover t ha| ot hers do not a| ways see us
a s weseeou se' ves.
Ve |ee' m0c n moe com|ot ao' e when peop' e
va' | dat eou pos t | vese| | mage oys how| ngus espec|
andt0st, ' oveandappec at on. Act ngono0 pos t ve
v ews ol o0 se' ves, we can ma|e comm l ment s and
| ase on respons o ' t es w ' h con| dence. C0r con|
dencemay oecont ag| ous, | ns p| r | ngot hes to e| yon
o0 stengt h and ao | . l es C0 espons o | t . es gow,
a' ongw t no| hes' appec al onand espect .
Cur |a | h n ou se| ves s con|| rmed as we oecome
nceas ng' y nd spensao| e. B0t wnat nappens | s 0d
den' yt n ngsgowong, and| nepa sel 0ns t oc t c s m
ando' ame! | n l heg| owol pa s eands e' | con| dence,
we may have |a|en on moe espons o| | | ty | han we
co0 ' dnand' e.Canwenows 0st a n lnepos t veo0t | oos
wenad wnen we oegan, wnenwe |e' t especled and
1 94 Knowledge of Freedom
app|ec ated! Can we meet t ne cna ' ' enges, 0s ng o0
| 0| | energy and res o0rces, o are we | ostw| t no0t the
conf | mat on o| o0| se' | mpo|| ance' | | o0| con|
dence | s not oased 0 pon | nnerst rengt h, we may tee|
a ' most|o|cedto p0 ' ' oacsto' de|endo0se' ves'
Cover| ng 0p o0 | |a| | 0res and s no|tcom| ngs w| t h
|easonao' eexp' anat ons,wec' oaso0 |se' ves nexc0ses
| norde| toescapetromcont |ont | ngo0rse| vesd| rect' y.
Onao' etopenet|atetnep|o| ect ve' aye|o||easonsand
exc0 ses we create aro0nd o0rse| ves, we 0 nderm| ne
o0| ao ' |y to accomp' sn even o0| mos| cne| sned
goa' s Ve | et t h ngs go, s 0ove|t ngo0| owne|| otsto
| aset neact ons t hatco0 ' dmaset hec 0c a' d f|eence
oetween s 0ccessand|a ' 0 e
S' ow' y, a sense ol mess ness, o| | n ngs 0ndone,
o0| | ds 0pas a |ee| | ngo| wa mt gnt ness, | t catcnes0s
|. |st n t hestomacn, t hen n t nenea |t andth |oat, and
| na' ' y n t ne nead. C0| t me goes oy, l ' ' ed w tn
con|0s ng n ne| deoates Veoeg ntomoveandt h . ns
mo|e s ' ow' y, t oecomes d |f c 0 ' t t o o|gan ze o0|
t ho0ght s andact | ons, andweoeg| nt ocare | essaoo0t
wnatevewea|e do ng. Vedonot p' an aswe' ' aswe
co0| d, we | eavet h ngs o0t andseepmas| ng m| stases
weco0 ' d n aveavo ded, tnen c|ea| emoe |at ona. za
t | ons to exp' a n to o0|se' ves and otne|s wny t n s | s
nappen ng
A| t ho0ghwemay|ee' t hetorceo| t h| s pattern as
apa' pao' ep|esence0nde|m n ngo0| deepest|ee' . ngs
andasp rat | ons, wea |e so0sedtono| d ngthe|am ' | ar
sense o| ' m | a| on c ' oset o o0| nea|t ' na| wecanno|
' et t go. |ven | wewant tocnange, we| ee' t ooweas
| odoany| n ngono0| own, eve|yonee| se | sdo ngtne
samet n ng n t ne | own way, so wno w ' ' s0 ppo|t 0s
Time to Change 1 95
| we l y! | | we do manage lo mase a sl a l , ol hers
l hrea| enedoyo0| a| | empl slo| ncreaseo0r con|| dence
and sl rengl h may | y lo 0nderm ne 0s |acs ng l he
compass| on and energy lo wase o0rse| ves 0p lo a
' argerv ew o| whal we can oe and do, we evenl 0a ' ' y
a| | owo0rse' veslo oe| | evel ha| wecanno| dowha| we
selo0| loaccomp' sh
Cnce we ' ose con|| dence, we c a n || nd many
reasons| or la ' ng| o meel oo' gal ons Theewas an
0nexpec| ed d| f|| c 0 | ly-| nad no way o| snow| ng. '
Someone ' el me downl here was no| h ng | co0 ' d
do ' | l r ed my oesl Vhal e' se can | do!' | d dn' l
prom se any| h ng. | on| y sa d | wo0' d l ry. ' Sens . ng
|a ' 0 e, we may oacs o0l o| comm l menl s lo spare
o0rse' ves |0 rl her d| s | ress. | can' | over| oad myse| | or
| ' ' gel r0n down and neve accomp' sn anyl n ng ' |
have |o| asesomel meof| oe|ore | ge| soaggrava|ed
| nal | can | doany| h ng. '
C0r ra| ona| | za| | ons so0nd very conv| nc| ng, and
oncewe |orm0' alel hemloo0 rse| vesandl hen speas
| hema| o0d, weo0rse| ves| end|ooe| | eve| hem. Vhen
o0r exc0ses are accep| ed, we may |ee' re' eved l hal
weareno| o| amed. B0| l nere| s as| range|ee| | ng| ns| de
l hal wehave somehow gol | en away w l h somel h. ng
orl r csedsomeone,perhapso0rse' ves. C0r energynas
gone nlo se' ' prolec| on nslead o| n | o o0r wors
o0l wnal ae we prol ecl ng' An mage o| o0rs e' l as
a |a| | 0re! Po| ec| | ng o0rse' ves a| | he expense o| d
m n s h ng o0 se' ves, weare ' e|l w l h a v ew o| o0r
se' vesl ha| ca0ses0 s pa n.
|ven l o0r exc0ses are accepled, o0 |a ' 0re lo
ma|cho0r pos| l | ve| magemaycompe| 0 s l ocon| | n0e
o' am ng o0rse' ves. C0r n nerd a ' og0es may l ry l ol x
1 96 Knowledge of Freedom
| heo| amesecu|e| y Vha| a ta| ' ure | a m. | wasa d| s
appo nt ment to eve|yone. ' B0t to get o0|se' ves ' ot|
t ne noos' we a' so o' amet necond t ons t nat seemed
| ooe| hecause ot our ta| | ure Bu| | cou| dnavedone
oette|, l on. y | na ' ' y, we' accept' o0|se. ves | t s
notsooad cve|yoodyo|eassp|om ses. | d dt neoest |
cou| d| n | he| | me| had. '
Vny do weexpe| ence s0cn g|eat nne| t 0|mo. ' !
Vne|e nave o0| pos t ve q0a. t es gone! Vnydo we
haved| ft| c u' |y | n s us| a| n| ng| hem!
Vnen t n eq0a' t es t nat mase 0p o0 | se' l mage
arenot s| ao' e, ou| senseotse' tes| eem|sneversecure
C0 | | mages may ma|e 0s | ee| good aoo0t o0|se| ves
|o|a t me, o0t wnentneq0a' t est ney p|o| ecta|e not
|u ' | y nteg|ated | ntoo0r oe. ng, wea|ea . waysv0' ne|
ao| e cven| ua| | y o0r tenuo0s ho| d on | hese qua| | t | es
w ' ' oecome appa |ent , and we w ' ' l nd o0 |se' ves . n
a d ' emma.
Vnen o0| . mage o| o0 |se' ves a' te| nat es oetween
pos | . ve and negat ve modes depend ng 0pon tne
v| ews ot o| ners or u pon our own s h| t| | ng a| t | t udes,
wne|e can we l nd o0| |ea. se' ves! Vnat q0a| t es n
anyo| o0| . magesa|e stao. e! Canwep|ed ct nowwe
w| ' ' tee' aoo0t o0rse' ves t omor|ow oreven tne nex|
nou| ! Ve cannot t | 0 | y t | 0st o0|se| ves to |o| ' ow
t n|o0gn w t n |espons o ' t es and comm. t ments, we
can neve| oe ce|t a| n | nat we can ret a| n t ne | | 0s | o|
| ove ol o| ners . Vac . | | at | ng among our many | mages,
we ' ose t o0cn w. t n wno we |ea ' . y a|e, and nave
d fl c 0' | . es n deve' op ngo0| |0 ' ' potent a' .
| l t nese mageso| o0 |se' vesa|enotoased0pono0|
|ea. q0a ' t es, wnat a|e t ney oased 0 pon! Vnydowe
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1 97
conl . n0e lo |ee' l ney epesenl 0s even wnen we
s0specll nal l ney ae nol comp' el e' yacc0 al e!
Tnese magesa e vey c' ose' y e' a ' ed ' ol nesense
ol se' l we eslao' s n d0 ng o0 c n. ' dnood wnen we
' ean esponses l nal w. ' ' . ns 0e o0 accepl ance, ga. n
0s appova ' o a | | enl on, and m. n . m ze pesona'
d sl esso l 0sl al on
As veyyo0ngc n ' denwecanse' domela nl om
expess . ngo0 lee' . ngsd ecl ' y, o0l aswegowo' de ,
we soon ' ea n lo mod. ly o0 oenav o and al l l 0des
n l e msolwna| ol nescons de appop . al e Ve ' ean
wnenwe sno0 ' d' a0gnandwnenwe s no0' dc y, wnen
wes no0' d oes e o0s , wnenwes no0' d oeaggess . ve
o s 0om ss ve, wnenwe m0sl oe po' l e Ve ' ea nnow
lomass |ee' . ngsl nal ae 0nacceplao' elool nesol nal
pod0ce an 0 ndes . ed es 0' l , and wnen lo expess
l no0gnlsandop n. ons al va ancew l nwnal weea' ' y
l n. ns andlee'
As al | c a' pal l e ns ol esponse oecome deep' y
mp . n |ed, ' ney comp' . cale moe gen 0 . nees ponses.
Ve ' ea n lo concea' o0 se' ves |om ol n es, 'o d . s
semo' e, lo ma n p0' al e, l o al . ona' ze, and lo exc0se
o0 acl . ons n ways l nal ae soc. a' ' y acceplao' e
|venl 0a' ' y, we come |o oe' eve o0 al . ona' zal . ons.
Honesl andd s nonesl esponsesoecomeveyd. ll c0 ' l
|od || eenl al ewe' ea n l o' . eeven loo0 se' ves
| 0sl as we nave sl ong pe| eences | o p' easanl
expe ences and avo d 0 n p| easanl ones, we ' ea n lo
|oc0s on l ne aspecl s ol o0 se' ves l na| o| ne s ' . se o
l na| we seeae egaded asdes . ao' e Ve ae s. ncee
and nonesl, we ae con| den | , snow' edgeao' e, and
capao' e nowco0 ' dweoeol new s e! O. scove ng
1 98 Knowledge of Freedom
l nal ol ne|s w ' ' accepl l ne mage we p|o| ecl, we
consc o0s ' yl |a n o0|se' ves lo man lesl q0a' l es l nal
w ' ' g0a|anlees 0ccess n o0| wo| sand |e' al ons n ps.
Toc|eal eamo|eacceplao' emage, wen deo| deny
va| o0s aspecls o| o0| consc o0s ness we nave oeen
l a0gnl l o |ega|d as' oad' , s0cnas| ea' o0sy, ange|, and
|esenl menl . B0l l ne 0nwanled q0a' l es slayw l n 0s,
s 0 | ' ac ng n d sg0 sed | o| ms o| |ep|essed al l ne cosl
o| m0cn ene|gy. Tnese d sowned q0a' l es co' o| o0|
|e' al ons n ps w l n ol ne|s n ways we can nol |ead ' y
0 nde| sl and. | | we a|e 0nao' elo acsnow' edge |age n
o0 |se' ves, o0 | | nd l | s ng nl ov ew, wecan 0ncon
sc o0s ' y p|olecl o0| se' | mage oy p|o| ecl ngl n s an
ge| onlo anol ne| pe|son, wnom we can l nen se' l
| gnl eo0s ' y|e| ecl
Vnenwepe|s sl nsee ngo0 |se' vesasa' waysgood
o| | gnl , any 0ndes |ao' e q0a' l es we lee' ns . de 0s
m0sl oe o' amed on somel n ng o| someone e' se. | l
s easy l o conv nce o0 |se' ves l na| ' ev ' ' | no0gnl s and
acl ons o| g nal e | | om an exl e| na' so0|ce, we a|e
l ne|elo|e | 0sl | ed n al l acs ng o| e' m nal ng l n s
l n|eal l ownal s ' | gnl n o| ne| wo|ds, o0 |se' veso|
wnal wesl and |o| | n exl eme cases, wemay see an
enemy neve|y dea, concepl, o| pe|sonl nald sag|ees
w l no0| | xedconcepl s, wemay maseg|o0pso| even
wno' ec0' l 0|es ' nal |avo| d ||e|enl app|oacnesl o ' |e
scapegoals| o| o0| ownn ddenagg|es s on.
Tne mo|e s0ccess|0 ' we oecome n eslao' sn ng
andp|ol ec| ngo0| s e' l mage, l nemo|e powe|l0 ' and
capao' e we can appea| Ve may oecome adepl al
nl m dal ngol ne|s w l n l ne snee| l o|ceo| o0| oe' el
n o0 |se' ves. | n |' aled w | n lee' ngs o| | gnl eo0sness
Time to Change 1 99
and powe|, we cont | n0 a ' ' y de| end o0r sense o| o0r
se| ves oy sett | ngo0r own | deas and op n | ons aoove
tnose o| ot ne|s . Ve may neve| see now | g d and
w ' ' | 0. ' y o' nd wenaveoecome.
1h s t endency |o h | de ' |om o0r nne| responses
pe|meatesm0cho|o0 expe . ence. Somet meswea |e
awa|e o| n d ngo0 |es ponses, pa|t c0 ' a ' ywnen we
' | eto protect o0rse' vesor de' oerat e' yt |y to dece| ve
someone. B0 | o|ten weon' yha| | not | cewhat weare
do. ng, o| aecomp' et e' y n t neda - aoo0t o0 act 0a'
|esponses. | | an0ndes |ao' elee' . nga . ses, wemay| nd
o0rse' ves exp|ess | ng an emot on o| |ee' | ng t hat s
act 0a' | yt heoppos | |e o| t heonewea |e exper| enc| ng.
| n t n s way we can nand . e t ne 0 nwanted lee' . ngs
w t no0t nav ng t o con||ont t hem d |ect ' y Cnce ex
pressed, | h| s |aor| cated o0t er response oecomes ' t he
rea| one , and we eas | | y' |orge| o0r o| g na| | mp0 | se
C penaps wed d not not . ce . t at a ' ' B0t even . | we
a|eao' etocomp' et e' yep|esso0| negat ve es ponses,
cove| | ng | nem ove| w| | n o0r pos | t ve v ew o| o0r
se' ves, t heemo| ons and|ee| | ngsa |e s | | | ' p|esen | , and
w. ' ' s0ot ' ypevadet ne magewema n |estt oot nes.
As cn ' dren we na| 0ra ' ' y sense t ne rea' |ee' ngs
oeneat ht ne| magespeop| epres en| to 0s. Vhen there
s a d |leence oetween t ne . n ne| |ee' ng and t he
o0te| appea ancewnenange|,|o|examp' e, s h. dden
oenea| n a ca' m, con| ro' ' ed s 0 ||acet ne con|' | ct | ng
s| gna' s can oe very con| 0s ng S' ow' ywe |ea' | zet hat
t ne n dden lee' ngs we sense ae oest gno|ed, |o
when we to0cn t nem, spa| -s a |e geneated t nat . n
| ' ameemo| ons wecannot cont ro| . Cr perhapsweo0r
se| ves do not w s n to see | h| s h | dden s | de Ve | earn
20 Knowledge of Freedom
|o dea' exc ' 0 s ve' yw t h t he o0te| |ee' ngs d s p' ayed
oy| hosea |oundus
Ve may event 0a. . y come t o do0o| o0 own
pe|cep| | ono| | he' h | dden | h| ngs and ' ea n to gno|e
t hem a' toget he. C0 | own n ne| |ee. ngs may st ' . |e
spond|o | heh | ddens | deo| o| he|s, ou| we no | onge|
snow wnywe | ee' aswe do, we can on' ysense | nat
s ome| h ng | s not | | gh| .
} 0s| aswe. ea nt o| | cso0 |se' ves n| o gno ngwnat
we see n o| he|s, we ' ea |n | o gno|ewhat we do not
w s h to see n o0 |se' ves. These |e| ected q0a . | escan
como new| | hthedeep nsecu| | |y, con|us | on, and|ea|s
we have co. ' ected t no0gno0| o0| . ves |o |om a
nega| | ve se' | mage. Revo| v ng a|o0nd o0| weases|
|eat 0es, t n s nega| ve mage pesen| s 0s | o o0 se| ves
n t he wo|s| poss o' e ' gh|-ha| el0 . , ncompetent,
s | up d, d| s nonest, 0 nwo|t ny o| ' ove, weas. Sucn a
se' l mage can oe | 0s | as powe|0 ' as | he pos | ve
| mage we d sp| ay on | he s u ||ace. Pa| | o| | he powe|
ol | he nega| ve s e' | mage de| ves l|om | s pat a'
t | 0| hwe suspec| we have t |a| | s we w| s h we|e not
| he|e B0| | 0s | aso0 p0o. cse. ' mage o| con| dence
| sanexagge|a| ono|o0 act 0a' ao ' | | es and q0a' | | es,
soo0| nega| ve mage sa ' so a one s ded and nacc0
|a| eves ono| o0 |se' ves.
Vnen | ne mage we pesen| |o t he wo . d s
t h|ea| ened, we o| | en || nd o0 |se' ves a| | ne me|cy o|
o0 nega| ve s e' l mage Tne mages o| now wew sn
to seeo0 se. ves wa w t h mages o| nowweleawe
' ea| | y' a e Some| mes t ne negat . ve mages p|ove
s | |onge|, and we a|e d ven oy |ea and do0o| | na|
dest |oyou| se' |con || dence. Ye| noma| | e| howmuch
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pa| n | hey o| | ng us, | he nega| | ve | mages we tea| a|e
a' soapa||ot ou| tam| | | a| senseotse| | . 1heycon| || ou|e
|o ou| secu| |y
| ew| ng each expe| | ence | h|ough | he t| | |e| ot
ou| se' | mages, we oecome a ' ena|ed l |om ou|
se' ves. Ve a|e unao' e |o | |acs ou| |ea' |ee' ngs
| h|ough | hemazeo| |a| ona ' za| ons and p|o| ec| ons
| ha| p|o|ec|sou| | deas otwha| wea|e. | so| a| edoeh| nd
| heseoa|| e|s, wecanno| he' pou| con| nua ' ' ydece ve
ou|se' vesaoou| ou| unde| ' y ngmo| vesands | ua| | on.
As pa||e|ns o| se' |decep| on oecome deep' y n
g|a| ned, wecome| otee| sates|| n supe||| c| a| |e| a| | on
sh ps | ha| do no| cha ' ' enge ou| mages o| ou |se' ves
S | ua| ons |ha| m gh| o| ng h dden aspec| s o| ou|-
se' ves n |o | he open may mase us |ea|| u' o| hos| | ' e.
Onao| e| ooe hones| w| | h ou|se| veso| o| he|s, wea|e
unao' e|o g veo| |ece ve|ea' wa| m| ho| ' ove
H dden w | h n a|e no| on' y ou| |ea|s and con| u
s| ons, ou| a| so ou| deepes| tee| | ngs and asp |a| | ons .
Ye| | s d h cu' | |oopenou| hea||sw | hou| | ouc h ng
upon pa| n and|ea|aswe' ' Vhen | he|e a|e manyo| d
pa ns and con| us ons ' ocsed n ou| hea|| s, we need
mo|e| haneve|| ooe| eve| ha| | he| mageswep|esen|
|o o| he| s a|e | | ue. | | may oe nea| ' y mposs o| e | o
acsnow' edge ou| own weas and nega| ve qua' | es.
Conv nc ng ou |se' ves| ha| we a|e' f| ne' | us | aswea|e,
we may see no need |o deve| op |ea| nne| s| |eng| h
andcon| dence.
| n ou| o. . ndness, we canno| see | he ef|ec|s o|
ou| ac| | ons on o| he|s o| unde| s| and whywe tee' so
| so' a|ed and a| one |one' | ness | nc|eases ou| pa| n,
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wh| chwepassonlool he|s. n manyways, pe|pel 0al | ng
| heu nhapp| nesswetee| deep| ns de 1rapped w l h n
l hese na||ow v. ews, wecan spend l newho' eo| o0|
' |e de|end ngo0 |se' ves aga nsl se' | snow' edge Ve
c ' oseot| op| | ons to|enr| ch| ngou ' | vesw| | hcompas
s | on and j oy, and ' ose oppor| un| | es lo deve| op | he
|ea. con|. dence l ha| wo0 ' d a. ' ow 0s l o accomp. sn
somel n ng mean ng|0 '
|ven when we w| s h | o s | |eng| hen ou r pos | l . ve
q0a ' l es, we may no| oe ao' e |o mase o0| w. snes a
|ea ' |y Ve have manygood nlen| ons . | |ea. ' ywan |
| o mp|ove. | |ea ' ' y wanl lo change | | | had ano| ne|
chance, | wou' doehaved| fteren| | y. 'Cr | w| s h|cou' d
|ea ' ' y oecon| den | Nexl l . me | ' ' l y ha|de| . ' B0l o0|
a| | empls may end n f| 0sl |a| on. C0| w s h ng s no|
eno0gh, we do nol snow howl o o|eas l ne|o|ce o|
o| dpa| l e| ns, sowe|a| | oacs| n|o | hem. 1henwe may
o' ameo0 |se' veseven moe
Pe| haps we a|e l|y. ng lo ac| p|emal 0|e' yoe|o|e
we can change our pa| | e| ns we may need |o snow
mo|e aoo0l | nem By oose|v| ng o0| own expe| . ence
and as s. ng o0 |se' ves wnal s ' m l ng o0| e||o|ls lo
deve. op lhe q0a ' . l es we des |e, we can oeg n lo
deepenou| u nders|and| ngot| hesepa| | erns Vhenwe
|ef| ecl on how | ongwenave oeen | | a ned |o n deo0|
wo|slq0a' . l . es and|ememoe nowmanyo| nessna|e
| he same d ff. c 0 ' | . es, we can l |eal o0 |se. ves moe
gen| | y. Oeeper compass | on w| | ' he| p us re' | nqu s h
| he|ea|ando| amewe| end| od |ecl|owa|d o0 |se| ves
andol he|s.
C0 | | n| | | a' al | emp| s lo seeou |se' ves mo|ec ' ea|' y
and hones| | y may oe con| us | ng. A| | our | |a| n| ngand
cond l on . ng have l a0ghl 0s lo h de o0| 0ndes ao. e
Time to Change 203
q0a' | es , to p0s nt nemaway, orexp| a n| nem n ways
t nat seem reasonao' e |o' ' ow ngo' d pat t erns, wemay
t r cso0rse' ves ntonot see ngwnat s oe|oreo0r eyes,
a0tomat | ca' ' y cover | ng 0 p o0r react ons oy deny| ng
t hemorexc0s| ng o0rse| vesw| t hnet worssotreasons.
Pernapsweare asnamed o|o0r react ons andoe' eve
otners wo0' ds name0s | 0rt ner | wea| ' owed t nemto
s0r|ace, pernaps we|ee' t neyare oeyondo0r cont ro' .
B0t wehave|0nag|eat r | s s| n |e|0s | ngt oacsnow' edge
o0r darsest t no0ght s and tee| | ngs. 1hey are tar mo|e
power|0 ' wnen repressed, |or t ney may er0 pt 0 n pre
d c| ao' y n ways we can not cont ro' . However m0cn
wemayw. s nt nese|ee' ngswerenot part o|0 s,t ney w ' '
po sono0r ' ves0nt . ' weacsnow' edget nemand | nd
waystot ranstorm t hemcomp| et e| y.
Ve| e 0pm0cno|o0renergy n no| d ngq0a ' t es
wecons der o' ame|0 | n cnecs, or engag ng n n ner
deoates aoo0t now we ' rea ' ' y are . Tn s seeps o0r
attent | on cent ered on o0rse' ves, separat | ng 0 s | rom
ot hers l t oecomes h ardert oseeoeyondt h econ|| nes
o| se' | . nteres| . Vnen wecan cat cn g' . mpses o| now
we do t n. s, we can recogn ze t ne de|enses t nat
prevent 0s |rom snow ng t ne rea' nat 0re o| o0r
emot ons. A' t no0gnwemaynot ' | se wnat wesee, we
maysensetort het| rstt | met nat weco0| dc hange o0r
' vesona very deep' eve' . Re|' ect ngd. rec| | yonwna|
we see w t no0 | exc0s ngo0rse' ves, wecan oeg n to
ooserve t ne t endenc es we nave oeen . gnor . ng.
Vnatever we see g ves 0s snow' edge we can co0nt
0pont os 0pport o0r ett ort s tocnange
| tt ' e oy ' . | | | e, t . s poss o' e to oecome more oo
| ect ve. |ven . n | ne m. dst o| emot on, we can wat cn
o0rse. vesast no0gn wewereactors n a granddrama,
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arg0| ng w| t h d| tterent | mages ot o0rse' ves cach | n
st ance ot more ooj ect | ve s ee| ng he| ps decrease t he
heat o| t he moment , grad0a| | y we w| | | oe ao| e to
part c| pate | ess n t hedrama. As weexper| ence more
d| |ect | y what | s happen| ng, we can recogn | ze t he
end' es s st or | es o0r m| nds sp| n as detenses and j 0st |
| cat ons, and s ee t ne 0nde| ' y ng patte|ns t hey a|e
t |y ngto h de
Vnen we |ee' ' ess p|es s 0|ed to nte|p|et expe
ences lo accod w t ho0| se' l mage, wecan oemo|e
attent veto o0| deepe|t ho0gnt s and|ee' ngs Pe|naps
' ong alte|an 0n p' easanl s | 0at on naspassed, we|ee'
a t ght ness n o0| stomacns o| sno0 ' de|s, wnat
emot onae we ho' d ng! Vnenwe a' ' owt h s | ens on
| o |e' ax, whal t ho0ght s a| s e! | s |esen| ment | he|e, o
anger!| s t heretea|!1o0ch ngt hes 0rtaceot t nelee' ng
| ght | y, we can watch t he d |ect on ot o0r t ho0gh| s.
Oo t he t ho0gh | s p0s h t he tee| | ng down aga| n or
| nt ens| ty t ! Ve do not need to act on the t ho0ght s
or emot ons , or t ee| g0 | t ||omanyt h| ngthatar | ses, we
can s | mp' y oose|ve t he tee| ngs and t ho0ght s that
movet n|o0gno0|ood es andm nds
| | wegelca0gnt 0p n t neemo| ons andl no0gnts,
wecan a' so oose|ve l nal At wnal po nt d . d we oeg n
pa|| c pa | ng . n slead o| watc n ng! Vna| compe' ' ed
0s ! cmot ons l nal p0 ' ' 0s veys | ong' y. n| o | ned|ama
| neye' atecansomet mesoe' oosened0poycnang. ng
o0| |oc0s . | ns |ead ol ' oc0s ng so neav ' y on l ne
cont ent ol t he dama, we can oose|ve | ne st|0cl 0|e
o| | ne emo| . on ls e' l o| t ne nl eac| ons oelween
emo| ons , and wal ch l ne way ol ' p' ay ng w l n 0s .
Perhaps we g| | mpse s ome 0 nwanted q0a| ty | n o0|
se| ves o0t nstead o| | ett | ng t h| s snow' edge' s ns n' ,
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we oecome emo| ona' , and avo d conf |on| ng | ne
| | u| h oy reve|| | ng | o pa||e|ns ot o| am| ng ourse| ves.
Vnen we see whal we a |e do ng n a s mp| e non
| 0dgmen| a' way, we can | |ace l ne pa| | e| ns of emo
| | ons and| hough| s m0chmore c| ear ' y.
Val cn ng o0| l no0gn | s, deep' y sens ng o0| own
fee' ngs, we can oe mo|e a| ease w l n wna| eve|
emerges w| | h| n us. Vhen wecease re| ec| | ngas pec| s
ol o0 |se' ves, we can open ou| nea || s mo|e f0 ' ' y and
' gn| ' y | o0cn pa nf u' p' aces of nega| v l y and conf 0
s| on. Se| | | ng as | dea | | | hough| ot s nou| ds andwou | ds,
wew ' ' f nd' oveandcompass ona| s ng no0| hea| | s,
we can d |ec| | nese fee' ngs |owa|d o0 |se' ves, as
| hougn|oa t | end | n need.
Cnce we snow | na| ' ove and compass. on a|e
a' |eadyp|esen | w | n n 0 s,wew ' ' nave| nesnow' edge
weneed |oopenourhea||st u|| he|. Vheneve|wefee|
o' d pa| | e| ns |e| 0| n ng, we can oe mo|e conf denl n
o0 | own n ne| s| | engl n a n d compass on, a n d a' ' ow
wha| ever pa n we expe| ence |o | ouch our hea|| s
d. |ec| ' y. Accep| ng wna|eve| a| ses w | no0| lea| o|
o' ame, wecan so|l o0| wn cn mages mal cn wna| we
|r0 | y are, wh| ch a |e ta' se | o ou| oe ng, and wn| cn
|ep|esen | o0| deepes| as p |a | ons. |venl 0 a ' ' y wecan
go f 0| | ne|, wa| cn ng o0| wo|ds, ou| ood ' y move
men|s, and our ges| 0 res, and o | ng| ng | nem | n|o
na| mony w| | n ou | | n ne| as p |a| | ons . Compa| | ng o0 |
wo|dsando0| deeds, o0| magesa ndo0| ac| ons, we
w. ' ' f| nd | ne ncons s | enc es weneed| o|eso' ve.
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CHAPTER 22: TRANS FORMI NG TE N SI ON
Tens ona ndsensoypecept on 21 1
1ens| onandst| m0' at | on 21 2
| nt ens |y ngst m0 ' at on 21 3
cttect s ot overst mu | at | on 21 3
Cop ngw t nt ens on 21 4
P' eas0eandt nee' e|o| tens on 21 5
1ens| onand| ntens | t cat onot act | v| t y 21 5
Tendenc es to comp0' s veact v. ty 21 6
Rac| ngaga| ns t tens | on
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Con| 0sed ntepetat ons o| expe ence 21 7
Anx. etyandemot ona' d st ess 21 8
Re| at | ons h| pot oodyandm| nd 21 9
Beatnande' axat on 220
Re' ev ngpess0 eo| tens on 221
On| ocs ngeact | ve pat t e ns 222
Know' edge t no0gnsensoy awaeness 223
CHAPTER 23 : CON F L I CT OF COMPETI TI ON
Compet t onandgoa' s
C0 ' t vat . ono| compet t ve att t 0des
Moment umo| compet t on
St v. ngandt ens on
Compet t onandexped ency
Oep' et ono|enegy
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| v ng0plosl anda|ds o|ol he|s 230
Bas | s torsa| | stacl | on 231
Pro| ec| | on| hro0gh| nner grow| h
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Se' | |especlandappec al on 232
Bene| l so| ' ong |ange goa' s 232
| nt eg |yands e' l re' ance 233
Shar | ngsnow| edgeotexper ence 233
Know' edgeandcoope|al on 234
CHAPTER 24: S E E I NG THROUGH PAI N
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Avo| danceotpa| n
Ondersl and| ngpa| n
|ea| o|pa n
P|ess0esconl | o0t ngl opa n
| n| erna ' dynam| c ot pa| n
B' am| ngo0rse| ves
Pe|vas venal 0 |eo| pa n
Re' ev ngl h ep|ess 0 |eo| pa n
Penel |al ngl h edyna m co| pa. n
Ne0l ra| see ng
0ey ngpal l e ns
|ell nggoo|negal ve emol ons
Conve| | ngpa n n | o snow' edge
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Transfor mi ng Tens i on
Our senses can be viewed as two-way channels,
capable of sensing inwardly as well as outwardly.
0 | senses a|e nal 0|a ' . y al l 0 ned lo o0| s 0|
|o0nd ngs, eadyl o |esonale . n esponse lo any
s| | m0| a| | on. Cpen| oacons | an| p| ayotmovemen| and
ene|gy, o0| senses nsl anl ' yg| aspand| |ans m l mp|es
s ons ol snapes and co' os, movemenl s, so0 nds,
l|ag|ances, l asl es, and ood ' y sensal ons . C0| m nds,
| se | he senses, are s 0o| | yl ense even when re| axed,
a' e|l and ac| ve, l ney a|e con | n0a ' . y |espond ng lo
sense mpes s ons . | 0 ndamenl a' lens onex. sl s neve|y
' v. ngce' ' o| o0| oody. Al a ve|y oas. c ' eve' , l ens . on
seems |ooepar | oto0| na| 0re.
Al l ne onsel o| l ne pe|cep| 0a' pocess, l ne m nd
gasps senso|y mpess ons w. l n ' gnl n . ng speed and
sorls and processes | nem. | mages a|e denl | f| ed and
| aoe| ed | n|o0gn a comp| ex p|ocess l nal d |aws 0 pon
a wea' l nol memo| esandassoc al ons . Cn' y l nen do
o0| m. ndsp|esenl 0s w. | ns. gnl s, so0nds, s me. . s , l as | es,
sensa| | ons, and | ho0ghl s | hal we can cogn | ze and
espond | o. Vna| acl 0a| | y s | m0 | a|es o0| consc. o0s
21 2
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|esponses a|e t he mages and t ho0ght s t hat eme|ge
f|omt h s cha nol n ne| act v ty.
1he m| nd then cont | n0es to |eact to | t s own |e-
act | on. | f weoose|vewhat | s happen | ng| no0| m nds,
weoecomeawa|eoft ho0ght echo ng t ho0ght ast he
m nd comment s on t s own |esponses | n an nstant
wecan oe fa| |emoved f|om the mmed acy of expe
| | ence. Vh | e t he echoes of one | ho0gh| a|e st| ' |
|eve|oe|at | ng, o0| m nds a|e p|oces s | ng ongo| ng
s t m0 ' f | omw t h n o0| ood es and l |om t heo0t s de
wo| ' d, ' aoe' ng and nt e| p|et ng t hem n t ne same
manne|. Befo|e wespeas, t ho0sands of mp0 ' sesmay
have st|eamed t h|o0gh o0| m nds Th s exc| t ao| e,
h | gh| y |eac| ve t endency ot the m nd |ende|s 0s
v0' ne|ao| etost |ess
|veno0 acc0stomedact v. t esst m0 ' ateco0nt ' ess
nte|na' |eact ons . Vheneve|theq0ant tyo| ntens ty
ofs | | m0 ' at ons exceeds| hecapao| | tyoto0| m nds and
ood es to | n | eg|a| e t hem, |es | d0a' |ens ons acc0 m0
. at e. As st m0 ' at on nc|eases, o0| senseshave' esst me
to |e' ax. Tneyg| aspfaste|, compe' ' edto |espond 0nt '
t hene|vo0s system oecomesove ' oadedThem nd n
| 0|n g|asps faste|t oengage and so|t o0t t heoa||age
of | mp0 | ses | | | s |ece v ng. Vhen ove|st m0 | a| ed, t he
m nd s ' |e' yt op|esent 0s w t n conl 0 sed nte| peta
t ons ol o0 expe| ence Vhen t s act v t y pod 0ces
ag t at on n o0| ood es, welee' ' en seandanx o0s
|ong afte| | he s t m0 ' at ons a |e ove|, | ens| on
|ema| ns no0| oody. | t | hetens ongoes0n|ecogn | zed,
o| we have no elfect ve ways to |e' ax, t o0 ' ds 0p,
const | ct ng t nenat 0 a' l' owol o0 ene|gy. Vnenwe
oecome acc0 stomed to tens on, we may not no' ce
t hat o0|sensesa|eoecom ngn 0 moed, o0|expe| ence
Time to Change 21 3
mo|e | as| e' ess and t' al . 1hen we tee' | he need |o
he. gh ' enl he nl ens lyo| sl m0 . al on
C0r ve|yao ' |y | oen| oya n exper | encemaycome
| odependonsl |e| ch ngo0 sensal ons | onewhe gh| s
Vecan oecomes oadd cl ed l o n' ens |y ngsl m0' a
| onl ha| we|ee' oo|ed even | n l he m| dsl o| exc | | ng
evenl s o ac0l e' y 0ncom|ol ao' e n l he p|esence o|
peop| e who are s | | enl . Vhen we are a ' one o| have
nolh ng spec . | c lo do, o0| ood. es |ee. |es | | ess, o0|
m nds may sense l h. s es | ' essness and dwe. . on
l hough| s | hal d| sl 0ro 0 s even more. 1he| r end' ess
nl e| p|el al ons p|ov de 0s w l h many easons|o o0|
d scom|o|l , and sl | 0p con |' cl ng emol ons. cmo
| | ona| ene|gyon' y| nc|eases o0| |esl ' essnessandp|o
v des o0| m nds w l h sl . ' ' mo|e | 0e' |o| nl e| p|el a
| | ons Ve m gh| || nd o0 |se| ves loo ag| | aled |o s ' eep
o| awasened ||eq 0enl ' y oy d sl 0 o ng deams o
l ho0ghl s
osl peop' e l oday h ave ' . ved n a slale o|
exc| l a| | on and overs | mu ' a| | on s | nce ear' y
ch ' dhood. C0| |asl paced way o| ' |e oomoa|ds 0s
w l h sl m0 ' al . on. Vhe|e n l he co0 |seo|a s ng' eday
can we || nd mo|e | han a |ew o| e| momen| s | ha| a |e
||ee o| menl a' , emol ona' , and senso|y exc. l al on!
cven when we |ee' we a |e re' ax ng oy read| ng, | | s
len . ng' o l he |ad o, o| walc h ngle' ev s on, o0| emo
l ons , des |es, yea|n ngs, anx el es, and | anl as es a|e
aroused oya con| | n0a| s | reamot s gh| s andsou nds .
C0| m nds seem l o l h ve on exc l emenl and
enco0rage us |o oe con | | n0a' ' y l h n s| ng and do| ng.
|xc | ed, l hem nd ' ends |o |aceand' eap| oml ho0gh |
lo | ho0ghl , ss mm ng ove| l he s 0pe|| c a' ' eve' s o|
21 4 Knowledge of Freedom
wna| s nappen ng, o0l ' essao' elode| vemea n ngand
sa| | stac| | ontromwnal weare do| ng | nl e| p|e| | ngour
exper| ence | nrougn concep| s l nal may nave | | | | e | o
dow| | n| nerea' na| u|eot ou| expe| | ence, wemayle| '
ourse| ves weare tee| | ng p' eas ure o| | earn| ng some
| n| ngva| uao' ewnenwemayac| ua' | yon' yoe| ncreas
ngl ne' eve' of s| m0 ' al on
Tne fasle| l no0gnl s and mages a se, | ne moe
. se' y| neya|e lo oecome| 0 mo' ed andconf 0sed. Tne
comp' ex fee' ngs and emol ons l ney evose conf 0se
0s l 0|l ne|, sl m0 ' al . ng sl . . moe l no0gnl s, fee' ngs,
and emol ons n esca' al ng cyc' es Tnougnl s oecome
o' 0 ||ed and nd sl ncl , somel meseven ncone|enl , as
ou m nds ' eap l|om s 0o| ec| l o s 0o| ec| , o0 ood es
|espond w | n m0sc0 ' a l ens on and |es | . essness l nal
ne gn | enl ne' eve' ofag l al on.
Tneg|ea| e our l ens on andanx| ely, l nemo|e we
fee| | mpe| | ed |o ac| Ve may oe pnys| ca| | yu nao| e| o
s| | qu e| ' y and a| | ow oody and m| nd |o rega| n | ne| |
oa' anceand ca| m | n our exc| l emen| , we pour mo|e
ot ou| energy | n| oac| | v| |y un| | | our ood| esandm| nds
a |e exnaus | ed, o0| ood es fee. neavy and 0 nespon
s ve, wn ' e o0| l no0gnl s gow moe comp. ex and
dense. | l we nave no way l o o|eas | nese cyc. es, we
can eacn a po n l wne|e wefee' pa|a. yzed oyl ens on
l nal nas nowne|e l o go Tn s l ens on s s| oed n ou|
ood es and m nds, c|eal ng l necond ' ons fo| . . ness
o|despa |
Tocopew l n sl |ess and anx ely, we | y | o ad| 0sl
o0| ' fesl y. esacco|d ng lo | ne' eve' of | ens onwe l nd
| o' e| ao' e, andavo ds l 0al ons l na| l n|ea| en|oexceed
our | | m| | s Ve may t| nd re| ease n exe|c| se, w| l n a '
cono| , c gare| | es, o| drugs, w| | nagoodmea ' , o| sexua|
Time to Change 21 5
acl v l y Pe| . ods of pnys ca' nacl v ly o| po' onged
s | eepcan |e| eve awa|eness ot p|ess 0 |e, | a' s| ngw| l h
f| ends g ves 0s an o0l ' el fo| l ens . ons and conf | ms
l hal ol ne|s s na|e o0| f| 0sl |al ons
Tne ways we f nd l o |e| eve l ens . on may seem
eflecl ve and even o . ng 0s g|eal p' eas 0|e. Ve l 0| n
lo | hem na| 0|a | | y wheneve|weoeg| n| ofee| |es| | ess.
As ' ongaswecan ma nl a. n aneven oa' anceoe| ween
l ens on and |e' axa| . on, we may fee. l nal lens on s
ca0s | ng0 s nogea|d . f'| c0 | | y. B0| doweeve|fee| t 0| | y
esled f|om o0| e 'l ol s l o e' ax' C| do o0| mel nods
ot |e' ax| ngc|ealel he | ownl ens ons ' | t l neseacl | v| l | es
nave acl 0a' ' y|e' axed 0s, whydo we so oflen need lo
. nl ens fy l nem, o spend moe l . meon l nem, o| sees
o0lnewva| a| ons ' | lseems no| ma| | ow| s h| o nc|ease
p. eas0 |e, o0l o0| effo|ls do nol necessa | y o| ng 0s
| he |es0 ' l s wew. s n, pa|| | c 0 ' a ' ywhenwe oeg| n de
vol | ngmo|e andmo|e | | melof| nd| ngp| eas0|e.
Anyacl v | yween| oy, wnel ne| menl a' o| pnys ca' ,
wo|so| p| ay, can| | s e| t oecomeaso0 |ceof d| ssal . sfac
l on and anx el y cven who' esome acl v l es can oe
come 0nhea| l hy when | hey | ase on a d || v| ngq0a' | |y
l hal . nl | 0des on o| he| aspecls of o0 ' . ves. A' l no0gh
we may have . n | a. ' y engaged . n l nem fo| pnys ca'
f| | ness o| fo| p| eas 0|e, even| 0a| | y| hey can occ0 py a
m0chmo|ecenl |a ' p' ace n o0| ' . ves
Memo| es of p' eas 0| ao' e tee| ngs, he ghl ened oy
fanl as. es and nol ons of ach . evemenl , may seep 0s
sl | v ngevenwnenwea|e expe| | enc. ngf|0sla| | ono|
ood| | y pa| n . | | oecomes d| lf| c 0' l lo s|opsomel n. ng
seeps p0s n . ng 0s l oconl . n0e. As | ne p0sn . ng gows
mo|e demand| ng, o0| | ange ot | n | e|esls may na||ow
0nl ' we fee. enl e' y ded . caled and comm l l ed | o a
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Knowledge of Freedom
s | ng| eacl v| l y. C0r senseo|p0|pose| s conv| nc ng. Ve
a|e del em ned lo p0|s 0e | h s nt eesl , a. t ho0gh we
maynotsnowwhy, o|pe| hapsweconv. nceo0 se' ves
| hal | l o| ngs 0 s grea |oene|| | s. B0l o0| sl |ong| y|oc0sed
m. nds can oecome oo' . v o0s l o o0| own deepe|
|ee' | ngs and lhe |ee| | ngs o| ol hers who may |ee'
neg| ec| ed n lhe|aceo| o0| p|eocc0 pal on Onao' eto
e|' ecl on whe|e o0| nt e|esls ae ' ead. ng 0 s, we can
oecome l rapped n acl v| l es lhal | ase m0ch o| o0r
l me and enegy, c|owd ng o0| o| he conce| ns lhat
may havemoe ' ong |angeoene| t | oo0| . . ves.
Cncewe oecome sl |ong. yal l ached to mpov ng
o0| pe||o| manceand |ee' l heneed | o| ol hes lo |ec
ogn | zel hal wea|es 0ccess| 0 | , weselo0rse| ves 0 p |o|
g|eale|p|ess 0 |eandl heeve| p|esenl poss o ' tyo|d. s
appo nl menl . V| l h l he | ncreaseo|compel | l | ve pres
s 0|es, p| eas0 |e | ends| o|ade n lo a seconda|ygoa' .
cven | | wehaveno nc ' nal onl oo0 ' d a pa|l c 0' a|
acl | v| l y n lo a maj o| endeavo|, o0 mel hods o| e
' axal on can deve' op a d | ven q0a. ly t hal seems lo
prov| dea|ee| ngo| con| ro| ove|o0r ood es andm nds,
o0l ac| 0a ' ' y conl | o0les lo st |ess and | ens. on. Any
menl a' o oehav oa' patlencanoecomeacomp0 | s . ve
way o| avo| d| ng press0 |e, lens on, or pa| n w l ho0|
acl 0a ' ' y |eso' v ngt hem. | n t heend, o0 acl . v l . es may
d ra | n 0s o| energy w| l ho0l p|ov d| ng0 s w l h t he e
l |esh men| wesees.
Compe. | edloavo dpa. n, not snow| nghowlodea.
d |ect ' y w t h pess0|e, we oecome 0nne|s . n a |ace
aga nsl tens on. Ve h0 |y t h|o0gh each day, chas . ng
a|ler s omel h ng l ha| w| ' | or| ng 0 s |e| | e| or l |y| ng lo
gel away l|om somel h ng l ha| w ' ' . ncease o0|
Time to Change 21 7
|ens on. Ve canno| s | ow down and cons| der where
we arego ng, or wnywe wan| |o ge| t here-wedon' |
nave| me
|| sea macn| net na| canno| oe| 0rnedof|,we seep
on r0n n ng. Ve |0n narder and taster, | |y ng| o seep
0p o| ge| anead, | |y ng t o |ed0ce | ne p|ess0 |e | nat
seems t op0s n 0 s | |om oeh nd Vnat canwedo o0t
|0 n, | 0n, | 0n! Vemay even | 0npnys ca ' ' y n anel|o| |
t ost ay' nsnape' and|e' eve| het ens onandp|ess0 |es
we lee' . Rac ng aga nst | me, we can not escape t he
|0 nne|' s d ' emmat ne mo|e we | 0n, t he mo|e we
have to |0 n Cn' ywnenwed| veo0 |se' ves nt odeep
pnys ca' exna0st on o| emot ona' n 0 moness do we
l ndsome|e' e|| |omt net e| | o' ep|ess 0 |e o|o0| ' ves.
The s0dden |e' el o| tens on may |ee' exn ' a|at ng,
g| v ng 0s a ' h | gn' | ha| can | n l 0| n oecome a goa ' ,
enco0|ag| ng 0 s t o' r 0n' even narde|.
Vne| nerwen 0 moo0r sensesd| rec| | yw| | nd r0gs,
a| cono| , or | n|ense overs| m0 ' a| | on, or pe|pe| 0 a| e
cyc| eso| ne| gn|en| ng | ens| on | na| end n exna0s | | on
and co' . apse, e | he| wayol escap. ng p|ess 0 |e can oe
add ct ng C0| nc|eas ng' y |est ' ess m nds 0 |ge 0s on
w t n memo| es o| ant . c pa| on and p' eas 0|e, wn ' e
|o|get t ng| hepa n o| n 0 monesst hat wasa' so pa|t ol
t heexpe| ence
| s | poss o' e|o|o0| m nds | od s | ng0 s h oetween
|ea' p' eas 0|e n expe| ence and s mp' e |e' e| l|om
tens on! | | we we|et | 0 ' y|e' axed and sat s| ed oy o0|
expe| ences, wo0 ' d we|ee' s 0cna need | o|epea| t he
same expe| encesso o|ten ! | | wenave ' ea| ned to n
|erp|e| n 0 moness as p| eas 0re, wha| m| gn| o0r me| n
ods ot | ncreas | ngp| eas 0re oedo| ng | oo0r m nds and
21 8
Knowledge of Freedom
ood es ! Onde| ' y ng o0 | acl v l es l ne|e seems lo oe
a d| scomfor| , | | |e a deep | r| | | a| | on we canno| com
p| e| e| y |e| | eve. Ve can sa| | sfy ourse' ves | emporar | | y
oydu ' | | ngo| exnaus| | ng our senses, ou| weseemun
ao| e| ore| | eve| ens| ona| | | s source.
Vnen ourwaysof re' | ev| ng| ens on are no | onger
sal sfy ng o| a|e oecom ng n | 0|n new so0|ces of
sl |ess, we g|ow mo|e v0 ' ne|ao' e lo anx ely Tne
s ma ' ' esl d sl u |oances n o0| |o0l nes can oe ve|y
upsell ng, and| nes ' gnl esl ' | 0sl |al oncanp|ovose0s
loemol ona' o0l o0|sl s Oec s ons a|e na|de| lomase,
we face s ' eep' ess n gnl s mo|e ofl en, as we ' slen lo
o0| m nds c n0|n ng w l n n ne| d a' og0es |xna0sled
and dep' eled, we cannol s 0sl a n conf dence n o0|
se' ves o| wnal we a|e do ng, and s 0ffe| f|om l ne
nagg ngsofg0 ' l andfee' ngsofpe|sona' nadeq0acy.
Vef| nd | l d| ff| c 0' | logel| nrougn |ne wo||| ng dayo|
lof ndcomfo|| w| | nfam ' es orf r ends.
| n | | s mos| d| sl ur o| ngfor m, anx| elya| | ses w l noul
wa|n | ng. Ve may oe go ng aoo0| our da | y ro0| | ne,
even engaged | nwo||wef| nden| oyao| eandcrea| | ve,
on' y lo s 0dden' y nol ce lne sa me l no0gnl s cyc' ng
ove|and ove| n o0| m nds, we may oepe|sp | ng o|
na0seo0s. T me s pass ng, we may navea dead ' ne lo
meel , yel we fee' s l 0cs and f|ozen, on l ne ve|ge of
|ea' pan c. Tnemo|eene|gywepo0 | nlownal wea|e
do ng, andl ne mo|e we l n n| aoo0| wnal s nappen
ng, l nemo|eanx o0s andconf 0sedweoecome. | f we
cannol d spe' l nese sensal ons , | ney can oecome
ove|wne' m ng
Cnce we nave exper enced exlreme anx ely and
|now l nepan cl na| | | can ' ead lo, wemayoedeep' y
d| s | uroed oy | ne fear l na| | l m gnl re| u| n. A' ' we
Time to Change 21 9
assoc a|ew| | nanx| e| y| s s 0spec| -l hespec| t c env| ron
ment wewere| n wnen | | s l | ucs, l he|ypeot wo| swe
were engaged | n, even | hepeop| ewno nappened t o
oearoundus Tneneed| osomehow con| ro| | h| s tear
can | ead us |o t| xa| e on ce|l a| n oehav ors | ha| seem
' sa|e' or even to deve| op phoo| as we snow a e
at ona ' , o0l cannot ove|come. Be ng a|o0nd ot ne|
peop' emaya|ouse nea ' y nl o' e|ao' e|ee' ngso| gu ' t
o| sname
Becausesomanypeop' esu f| e| | omanx et ytoday,
we mayg ve nol no0gnl to p|ot ec| ngo0 |se' ves 0nl I
ou anx elys u|aces n moeexl eme|o| ms. Howeve|,
|weunde|sl and nowanx e|y s |oo| ed n | ens on, we
can ' ea| n to avo d |o| ms o| oenav o| t nat enco0|age
' | ns | eng| nen ng ou|own n | e na' |eso0 |ces, wecan
protecto0|se' vestrom a | ' to ms o|s| ress
ur me| hods o| re| axa| | on now emphas | ze re
' eas | ng| ens on| n ways| ha| crea| emorepress ure
or s| mp| y dra| n our energy and du| | ou | senses and
m nds | l s poss o' e l hal we cou| d nvesl gal e l he
|e' al ons n p o| oody and m nd mo|e | u' ' y, and | nd
waysl od spe' len s onl nat wou ' d oe mo|e oene| c a'
l oou| wno' e oe ng Tnen weco0 ' d g|eal ' y nc|ease
o0| sens l v ly to a ' ' |o| ms o| expe| ence | n slead o|
' exp' od ng' tne enegy ou ' t 0p oy ten s on, l s pos
s . o' ewecou ' d' ea|n lo | ap and t | ans|o|m l .
Ve nave |a| lo go oe|o|e we unde| s| and t ne
n |e|p' ay o| l ne oody, m nd, and senses comp' e| e' y
| l l ' e s snownaoo0t l ne e' al onsn ps among ood ' y,
men|a' , and emot | ona| | ens ons Vh| | e| he|e | s much
| ntorma| | onaooul | hephys| ca' aspec| ot our senso|y
organs and nervous sys| ems, l here has oeen | | | | ' e
220 Knowledge of Freedom
|esea|ch nlo l he nne| ope|al on o| l he senses and
m| nd. |ven l he concep| s we 0 se |o | n| erpre| o0r
expe| encemayoeloo | xed o|' m. l ed loexp|essl he
dynam| c na| 0re o| | he senses, oody, and m| nd By
d |ecl ' yoose|v ng o0| own esponses lo l ens on and
expe| menl ng w l h new ways lo de| 0se l , we can
ga n mo|e p' eas 0 e | om o0 expe ence as we' ' as
va' 0ao' e ns ghl s nlo l he nl male |e' al ons h po|o0|
ownood| es andm| nds
C0r oreal h and hear| oea| ar enal 0ra' mon loso|
lens on l he. |ales l end lo nc|ease when we |ee'
ag. l aled and l ense, and s ' ow down as we |e' ax Be
ca0se o| | h| s n le connec| on, we can 0se |he | se
and |a' ' o|| heo|eal hand l hehyl hmo|o0| hea|l oea|
lo penel ra| el ens on and anx| e| y. Bys | mp' y |oc0s | ng
genl ' yono|eal h ng, wecans ' owl heo|ea | handa. ' ow
| | lo | nd | | s own nal 0ra| movemenl .
Vecan| asea ' l l ' eq0 e| l . mel oa' ' ow | hena| 0|a'
| hyl hms andmovemenl s o| o0 oodyandm| ndlo|e| ax
| he o0l e| ' ayes o| l ens on As o0 oea| h ng so|l ens
and | l s hyl hm s mool hs o0| , | he m| nd oecomes ' ess
cowded w | h l ho0ghl s and mages, and l he oody
oeg ns | ore' ax o| | l s own accord. | | we can sense | ne
sleady oeal . ng o| l he hea|l | oge| he w. | hl hel' ow ol
o eal h, we can |ee' a nal 0r a' s | ao ' | y w l h n o0r own
oodyl ha| w ' ' oa' ance o0 l endencylowadag. | al . on
Vhen | he oody and m nd a|e mo|e |e' axed, we
m gh| |ee' a so|| e|, mo|e s 0ol ' e s de o| o0 senses
A| | ho0ghwe0 s0a| ' y0 seo0| sensesasw ndows|ol he
o0l s dewo ' d, | heymayac| 0 a ' ' yoe| wowaychanne' s ,
capao| eo|sens ng nwad' yaswe' ' aso0l wad' y. Ve
canl ygen | ' yd |ecl . ngo0| senses nwa d | n |e' eas ng
l he | . xal on on exl e| na' oo| ecl s, wehe' pl hem re' ax
Time to Change 221
|he g|as p ng | endenc| es | ha| seep t hem | | ght and
| ense. Vhent heya|e moreopenandre| axed, t heyare
more awa|e ot whatever presen| s | se| | | ns de or
out s| deo| the oody, | hem nd oecomes ' es s |eac| ve
andmorequ e| | ya| t ent | ve 1hen| t | s poss | o| e|os| mp| y
see w t hout ' oos ng at s ometh ng, and |o ' sten
w t houl ' slen ng to any pa|t cu' a| sound. Vnen
sensat . ons a|e not so t . gh| ' y g| asped, | ney a|ouse
gent ' e |ee' ngs | nat encouage a s mool he| |. ow o|
m ndandoodyenegy
Ba' anc ng n | h s neut |a. state, we can dea' w t h
tens on d |ect ' y Vhen we a| e qu e| , we a |e moe
awa|e o| t het ght ness n ou ood es and m nds, and
wecan use t h s awa|eness to | ap | neene|gy o| t en
s on B| ng ng | he attent on ' gnt ' y | o sensa | ons o|
| | ght ness | n | he ches| , we may|| nd | t poss | o| e| o re
| | evepressu |eoy mag| n | ngt hat eachorea| h s expand
| nga spacea| ound | he hear | . Theopp|ess| ve |ee' | ng
can oe opened u pas| houghwewere t | | | ng | t t u | | o|
a| | V| | heachout|| owo| orea| h, | het ens| oncant| ow
ou| n |o space Vecando| h| s w| | ho| her areasott en
s on aswe' ' , u nt ' ou who' eoody|ee. s moe |e' axed
andopen
As t ne oody |e' eases acc umu . al ed t ens. ons, |ee.
ngsg|ow moe d ectand p' eas u|ao. e. Cu| nea|toeat
s. ows, andootn ment a. andphys ca' ag l al on. gnl en,
even ou| oodytempe|at u |e may s uot ' ysh . |l , |egu . at
. ng l se' | as t ne oody oecomes mo|e oa. anced V | n
p|acl cewe can use t neo|eatn asa s gna' ol t ne l |s|
v oat ons o| | | ust |al on o o| any emo| ona' d st u|
oance. Ve can mo|e eas . ' y t nd our oa' a nce oeto|e
anx| e| y | nt ens| ' | es, we can ' | gh|en and expand any
p|essu |ed |ee| ng| op|otec| oot hhea|tandm nd | rom
t ens onands | |ess.
222 Know/edge of Freedom
A|te| some p|act . ce, t s poss o' eto | e. ax l 0|t ne|
| nto | heoreath V| t heach exha ' a| | on, we can|o' | ow
o0| o|eat n o0twa|d, oe ng pa|| . c0' a|' ym nd| 0 ' ol| ne
po nt wnen t ne o|ea| n comp. e| e' y ' eaves t ne oody,
and a| ' ow. ng t to d s pe|se . nto space. Vn | ' ewe a|e
|oc 0sedon| hespacea |o0nd0 s, | hem nd s a' ertand
s ' en| | mag n ng o0 |se' ves p|o|ec|ed l | om p|ess0 |es
oyanegg snapedcaps 0' eo|s . ' encet na| s 0||o0 nds o0|
oody, wecan expand t n | s s | ence | 0rt ner and | 0r| ne|
nto s pacew t heachexha| a| | on
Vnenwe|ema . nq0. et , m nd| 0' olo|eatn n eve|y
moment , we can open a space oe|ween 0s and o0|
t ho0ght s. Vem gh| t h ns o| o0 rse| vesasoose|verso|
an n te|est ng d |ama, ao. e to see t ne co' o|s and
text0 |es o| o0| | no0gnt s as t hey 0 n|o' d, w. | no0|
|ee' ng any oo' gat on t o |es pond Re' ax ng o0| t en
dency| o react | o every t ho0gh| and sensat on he| ps
| o o|eas t necyc' eo| t ens. ons. | | we deve. opa mo|e
spac. o0s, | ess p|ess0 |ed way o| |e' at ng |o o0| |ee'
ngs and t no0gnts, wecan |esto|e o0| oa. ance mo|e
q 0 | cs| y a|| eranyd s | 0roance
See ng t he |e' at ons h p oetween tens on and o0|
|eact ve t endenc es, we can 0nde|s| and now o0|
hao| | 0a| pa| | er ns o| respond| ng nd sc| m| nate' y to
s| | m0 | at . on pe|pet 0ate and | n | ens . |y emo| | ons, wo|
r es, and |ea|s Know ng t nat t ne|e s somet n. ng we
cando | o |e' eve t ens on, we mayoe ao' eto |ace o0|
own emot | ons more d| rec| | y, | nstead o| |eac| | ng |o
| hem w t h | 0| t ne| emot ons Ve m. gn| oe ao. e |o
wa| cn now t hey ma n |est n o0| ' ves w. t n a new
nte|estandsense o| oa' ance, andl|eeo0 |se' vesl|om
| he hao| | o| se| | o| ame | ha| may oe n| ens ' y ng o0r
proo| ems
Time to Change 223
Nor ma| | y, wewou| d nave no waylo u n | ocsl nese
deep| yroo|edpa| | erns. Bu| n l as ngcare |oqu | e| our
senses, o|ea| n, and m nd, we may f| ndwe nave or | e|
open | ngs oefo|e weare | o| a| | y caugn| up n pred c|
ao| ecyc' es u e| | yooserv ngwna| | s nappen | ng, we
conlacl deepe |esponses l nal can c0sn. on 0s fom
emol ona' exc l emenl andne' pus l o|eslo|eou| sense
of oa' ance |venl 0a' ' y, we cancnoosewnel ne o nol
lo|espond
Vneneve| we exec. se cno ce oy |ef|a n ng fom
|esponse o| oy |espond. ng n new ways, we ga n
sl|engln and en' a|ge l ne space n wn cn l|ee cno ce
s poss o' e | n l a' ' y, o0| nao | ua. esponses may ove|
powe|o0| awaeness, oul ou| u nde|sl and ng ofwnal
s nappen . ng can encou |age us | o con | . nue o0| oo
serval | ons and re' | eve |ee| | ngs ot ne| p| essnes s and
gu| | | .V| | npa| | ence, wecandeve| op| neao| ' | l y| ocu|
comp' el e| y | ne |o|ce of even l ne s l |ongesl nega| | ve
| nougn| sandemol | ons.
Tnesey| ona| ura| pro|ecl | on|romemo| | ona' sl ress
and l ens. on . sm ndf u ' nessol lne oeal n M ndf 0 ' ness
s no| focef0 ' conl |o' , oul an al l enl ve awaeness of
wnal socc0|| ng. Vnenwe|ema. nq0 e| and ooseve
l ne f' ow of l ne o|eal n, l ne oody and m nd nal 0a ' ' y
e' easel neenegyslo|ed n l ens onl|om l s denseand
so' . dfo ms. | oe|aled,l n. s ene|gy nc|easesv. | a' . lyand
c' a| . ly, andsl eng| nens o0 ao ' . l yl odel 0sep|ess0 |es.
| nslead of oe ng ca0gn| 0p n a cyc' e ol esca' a | ng
pessu |e,we candeve' opanao d ngpeaceandc' a. l y
| na| g|ow f|omw l n . n
Re| axeda ndc' ear,our sensesconveyv v| d mp|es
s| ons, ou| | nougnl smove s ' ow' yand cones ve' y, and
224
Knowledge of Freedom
o0 | lee' . ngs nave a cn and | ' ow ng lext 0 e As e
| axa| | on deepens, we m gn| even no| | ce new v l a| |y
and new |esonancesw l n no0| ood es, as | we wee
respond| ng|o mus | ca' l onesp0' s | ng| | gh| | y w | n n0s
Vnen we ' sl en |o l n s s . ' enl m0s c, we l o0cn o0
sensesw l hgrea| erawarenessandj o n o0| m| nd and
oody n moe na| mon o0s . nt eact ons . | se pe|ect
parl ne|s| n adance, m| nd andoody,pe|ect | yal l 0ned,
move | ee' y and sponl aneo0s ' y w. t n t ne nyt hms o|
l me. n space.
Aswe0nde|sl ando0 |se' vesmo|ed. ecl ' y, wemay
| | ndt na| o0| oodyandm| nda|ecapao| eo| s 0st a n| ng
g|eale|p' eas 0|el nanwe naveeve|expe enced no0
napp est momenl s . A' ' o| o0| capac. t . espe|cept on,
| no0gnl , |ee' | ng, and sensal | oncan oe e| ned and
deve' oped. nnewwayst nalo| . nggeate||eedomand
enj oymen| | n ' |e Theene|gynowcnanne| ed nt oo| d
pat t e| nsco0 ' d oe |ed. |ected . n ways we nave nol yet
d| scove|ed. V l h a more comp|ehens ve snow' edge,
wecanexe|c . se m ndandoodyt ot ne | | 0' ' capac l es
and deve' op a pos l ve, ||ee| way o| oe ng t nat | n
c|easeso0 app|ec. al ono| t neco0 nt ' essd mens. ons
o|n0 man' |e.
ZJ
Confl i ct of Compet i t i on
Measuring our lives against standards
set by others, we do not consider ourselves
intrinsically worthwhile, and our sense
of self-esteem is never secure.
ne wno' e dea o' compe| | on oe' ongs essenl a' ' y
lo l ne|ea' mol conl esls, wne|e we enle| l nea|ena
lo w n p| zes and g' o|y Tne goa' . s nol lo p|od 0ce
a | nep|od0cl o| s s ' ' | 0 ' ' y pe||o|m a va' 0ao' ese|v ce,
o0l lop|od0ceandpe|lo|moel l e| l nansomeonee' se,
as dele|m. ned oy | 0dges o| we' ' es |ao' . s ned | 0' es.
Al n ' eles con | n0a ' ' y cna. ' enge wo| ' d |eco|d no' de|s,
o0s nesspeop' ev e|o||eco|d o|eas ngsa' es, . nl e' ' ec
l 0a' s and p|o|ess ona. s a m |o| pacesell ng o| eas
l n|o0gns As goa ' s a |e se| eve| n. gne|, sl anda|ds ol
s0ccess |. se, conl | o0l ng |o o0| sense ol p|og|ess as
a soc. e|y
As l ne pace o| l ne mode|n wo| ' d q0 . csens , l ne
l |emendo0s p|ess 0 |e 0 pon 0s s |el' ecl ed, . n pa|l, oy
| ne ne gnl en . ng o| compel l . on A' | no0gn compel .
l onnas ' ongoeena pa|lo| n0 man' . |e, loday. | g|ows
l e|ce|, peop' e 'ee' mo|e seen' y lne need lo s0 |pass
226
Knowledge of Freedom
t hos ea|o0ndt hem . no|de| to ma. nt a nt he | . |esly' e
andevent he |s e' lesteem
1oday, compe| | t ve a| | | | 0des are c 0| | | va| ed and
rewarded | n every area ot endeavor. An a0ra ot
compet t on s0 | |o0nds |e' at ons h ps amongmen and
women . n schoo' , ca|ee|s, and n l he home, a ' ' t he
mo|e so as t |ad t ona' |o' es |ap d' y change. |ew
aspecls o| o0| ' ves a|e not anected oy o0| des |e lo
w n n compet t on. Vew s hlo oe oellet hanolhe|s
no| on' y| n o0r j ooso0| a ' so | n o0| hooo es , wew sh
| o have t| ner ho0ses and cars, more attrac| ve ma|es,
and s ma|terc h | d|ent hano0r | r | ends
Compet t onall | ms o0| senseo| nd v d0a' mpo|
t ance and enhances |ee' . ngs ol ndependence and
se' | |e' ance |ve|yonewanl s to exce' , to accomp' sh
somet h ngspectac0 ' a|.Vea m|o|t hemosl o| t heoest
ot wha| | | te seems |o o|te Ve s| | ve |o oe t hemost
at t rac| | ve, | he most | n| e| ' gent , o| | hest rongest. C0r
as p| |a| ons a |e s| | rred oy v s | ons ot c | | mo| ng | he
h ghestmo0nta n, set t ng new|eco|ds,andestao' sh
ngnewp|ecedents, ween| oy deve' op ngo0| t a' enl s
and test ng o0 se. ves aga nst ot hes. | |e t se' | can
oecome a cha' ' eng ng game n wh ch we ' ea|n the
|0 ' es ol lhe |o' es we p' ay and |ece ve |ecogn t on|o|
demonstrat | ng o0| s s ' | s | n those ro| es. Vhen we
oecome good at wha| we do, we ga n a sense ot
accomp' sh ment | hat can oe| r0 ' yexh | ' a|at | ng.
Compet l on oeg ns n ea|' y c h ' dhood when we
ae compaed to ol hes n o0| phys ca' gowl h, o0|
' ooss, o0| s s ' ' s , o0| atl t 0des, ando0| oehav o| S0ch
compa| sons , oased ' a|ge' yon c c0mst ances oeyond
o0| conl |o' , seem to del e m ne o0 wo|l h, even lo
o0rse' ves .
Time to Change 227
Cncewe oeg| ncompel ng, a momen| um| s esl ao
| shed | ha| ca||| es us onward. As | he ' oes| ' ar e w n
nowed |rom l he' average a| each s |age, l he n |ens| l y
o| compe| | | | on | ncreases. | | we do we| | enough n
schoo' , we move |rom | h e pre' m| nar | es | o a more
| n| ense arenao| app|en| . cesh . p o| g|ad0al e s| 0dy | l
weq0a' |y l ne|e,we passon l ol n esem. f na' s o| o0 |
caee| l se' | B 0 l l seems l ne|e a |e n o |. na ' s, one
conl esl l o' ' owsanol ne| aswe p|ogess . n o0| ca|ee|.
|venwnena c' ea| w n ne| doeseme|ge, lne slage has
on' yoeensel lol nenexlconlesll ooeg. n.
|ewcans 0sl a n compel l . ve mane0ve|sa ' ' ol l ne |
' ves, and many a|e hand capped . n l he eho|ls l o
compele Many peop' e s | ' ' oea| | ne sca|s o| se' |
do0ols and |ee' ngsol n|e| o ly o| g. nal ng . n com
par| sons maded0r | ngch| | dhood and ado| escence. A
nega|| ve se| | magedeve| oped | n ou| ear| y years can
hampe| 0s | or | he res| o| o0 | | | ves S | ua| | ons | ha|
cha| | engesomecan | eave o| herscr| ng ng| n s| de, un
a o' e | o | ase advanl age o| oppor| un | | | es |or grow| h
or | o deve| op l he| r | a| enl s and | n|eres| s Hao | s o|
se' |dep|ecal on and | ea| o| la ' 0 |e can l | u ' y 0 nde|
m. neo0| g|owl n
Tn s s. nd o| h 0 l s d. |f c0 . l l o ' el go | | wecan nol
nea' o0| lee' ngso| n adeq0acy,wemayspend m0cn
o| o0| ' ves |ee. ng 0se' ess and ' e|l o0 | How m0cn
need ' esss0f|e| . ng s end 0|ed nl henameo|compe|
| on! Have we no way l o avo d was | . ng s o m0ch
h0 manpolen| a ' '
Compel l on na s s deef|ec| s even |o| | nose wno
dowe| | 0 nde| s uchpressu|e | ncons de| | ngeachnew
s | ua| | on, we care| 0| | y we gn ourse| ves aga | nsl l he
s| andards wemus| mee|l os ucceed. | | | heyseem loo
228 Knowledge of Freedom
d |t c0 ' l , we may oe del e||ed ||om |o' ' ow ng o0|
nal 0 |a' nc ' . nal on and l a' en | s. S0cceed . ng a| some
l h ng l ends lo oecome mo|e . mpo|l an| l han || nd ng
mean | ngt u| wo| s.
C0| ' ves 0 n|o' d n a c' . maleo|l ens. on . Vem0sl
a' waysdoa' l l ' eoel l e|loslayanead, wem0slacn eve
a ' l l . e mo|e lo p|olecl o0| pos l on. Ve may come
l o|e| y0 pon| hesep|ess 0 |esto| s 0sl a | n| ngo0| p0|pose
andd || ve. B0l asl hep|ocessgal he|s momenl 0mand
|espons o ' l es acc 0 m0 ' ale, s0cn p|ess 0 |es lend lo
c|eale. nl enseag | al onand|esl | . cl c|eal v | y. Vemay
|ee' compe| ' ed lo cove| 0pm sl ases and exc0se |a '
0 |es, spo ' | ngl h esal | s|ac| | ono| wo|swe' ' done.
Asweoecomes 0ccess | 0| compel | o|s, o0| ac| ons
may no' onge| sal s|y0s . nl nemse' ves V nn ng . s l he
ool l om ' ne. Ve p|ess0 |eo0|se' ves | os 0cceed sowe
can |ee' ' se l he w. nne|, wnel he| we seep sco|e oy
t| nanc a' ga| ns, sl al us , o| powe|and p|esl | ge. Allacn
menl | o w| nn| ng a| so d |aws ou | o0| agg|ess ve
nsl ncl s and can ca0se 0s lo ' ose l o0ch w. l h o0|
s ens . l v ly lool ne| s. Vea ' ' snow peop' ewnosed| ve
l oo0 | sl | po| ne|s ' eavesoen. nd al |a ' o||esenl men |s,
peop. eto|wnomlhe| 0 ' esotlhegameseem loj 0s l | ly
any means | o gel ahead. V | | | ng |o | | ve | n a c| | mal e
o| h 0 |l and d sl | 0s | , l hey w. . ' | . ss anyl h ng n o|de|
lo s 0cceed n l he p|esenl , con| . den | | nal l hey can
' nand. e' wha| maya | se n l het 0l 0|e Asl h s senseo|
powe| oecomes nc|eas ng' y 0 noa . anced, | 0dgmen |
s u|te|s, andpa| nt u| detea| s a|e a' moslgua|anleed.
Ca0ghl 0p n l ne momenl 0m ot compel l . on, we
may | nd l eas e| lo ac| l|om exped ency ' nan l|om
a ' ong |ange v. s on oased on deepe| va' 0es. Al la n
menl s | hal o| ng 0s speedy |ewa|ds o| |ecogn | | . on
Time to Change 229
have a sl |ong appea' , |o| l hey e' eve l he . mmed al e
p|essu|e u pon us . Ve may t ee| we h ave no cho| ce
C0| p|o|ess ono| pos l ondemands l nal wedemon
sl|a|e p|og|ess | n s pec| t c ways n acco|d w| l h || xed
goa' s Bul each new al | a n menl may s usl a. n 0 s on' y
o| | e|| y, wh| ' e d| sl|acl | ng us ||om mo|e su os| anl . a'
accomp' . s h menl s
Asonegoa| s |eached, an | n| | a ' | us h o| p| easu |e
s |o. ' owedoyape| odol0ncela nlywneno0| enegy
' eve| may oesomewha| dep|essed 1henwees| ao' sh
a new goa ' and mol vale o0 |se. ves lo meel l he new
cha' ' enge. Aswe|esl alo0|se' vesaga n andaga. n, o0|
ene|gy g|ows e| |al c, even| ua. . ywas| | ng . | s e| | n l he
slopp. ng and sl a|l ng, and ' eav. ng 0s exha0sl ed. Ve
may|eachapo n| whe|ewe' oseou| senseot d| |ecl | on
o| 0slcannol laceanol he epel . l ono|l hecyc' e. C0
v| s | onmays ho|len somuc hl hal ou| goa' | s s mp| yl o
gell h|o0ghl heday.
Asweg|owo| de|,| hoseo| uswhohavep' ayed l he
game we' . may |ee' sec0|e . n o0| pos l . on. Bul l ne
g|eale|o0| s uccess, l hemo|e ' | |e| ys omeonew| ' | || nd
0s an ||es sl o' e cha' ' enge. Sec0 . l y . s . |e' y l o lade
at| e| we nave eached and passed o0 | p | me Awa|e
l hal we a|e cons de|ed ' essdes ao' eand 0se|0 ' w l n
age, we expe|. ence any . oss ol al l |acl . veness, s|. ' ' s,
l a' enl s, o| expe|l . se w l h g|ow ng uneas ness, espe
c. a ' ' y as we wal ch yo0nge|, mo|e v go|ous peop. e
p|epa|e |o| a|eou| p' ace
Mo|ev0 . neao' eloo' dg 0dges, wemays 0|| e| l ne
pa| n ol oe ng . ell oeh | nd wn ' e ol ne|s l a|e p' eas 0 |e
n o0| wea|ness. Yelo0| nal 0 a' des el op|eseveo0
se' tes |eem s sl | ong, andl op|oleclo0| pos | | onand
|ep0l al . on, wemay oecomeeven mo|e ded cal ed lo
230 Knowledge of Freedom
p' ay ngt hegame. Tas ngo0 |o' es mo|ese| o0s ' yt han
ever, we may t| ndo0r | | ves oecom ng more r | g| dand
a |t l c a' . |ven | t he game oecomes opp|ess ve, we
have | | t t | echo| ceo0t to con| | n 0e. |onga| | e| we | | |e
ol p' ay ng, t he hao t o| t |y ng to w n and t he|ea|o|
' os ngrema nw t h0s .
Meas 0 . ng o0| p|og|ess n ' |e aga nst exte|na'
s| andards, wedo no| cons de| o0rse| ves n | | | ns| ca| | y
wo|t hwh ' e, and o0| sense o| se' lesteem s neve|
sec0|e. A' ways on |he de| ens ve, g|as p| ng |o| wha|
s 0 ppo|t s o0| pos t on, we hes t at e to | 0st o0 |se' ves
o| lo' ' ow o0| own va' 0es. V t ho0t |ea ' ' y want ng |o,
wemay|. ndo0rse| ves' go ngw. t h t he|' ow' , 0nw | ' ng
to | s so0| pos | on oy stand ng 0plowhat we oe' eve
| n. Vemay oe ga| n | ng o0r prest | ge, st at 0s , wea| | h, o|
powe|at t hecos t o| o0| n teg| t y.
Vhen compet t | on dom n at es o0| way o' ' v ng,
o0 who' e sense o| se' |es| eem can come|o depend
on mee| ng standa|ds set oy ot he|s. Ctt en | hese
meas 0|es have oecomeso nat 0a' o|seem so | ght |o
0 s, espec a | | y l we are s 0ccess| 0| , t hat t can oe
d |l c0 ' | to|ea ' zet hatwehad nopa| n | he |c|eat on
Somes| anda|ds seemmo|eooj ec| ve| hano| hers, s 0ch
as s| anda|ds o| acc0 acy o| q0a' t y t hat |e|' ect t he
|e' ao ' | y o' o0 p|od0ct o| s s ' ' , he|e we |ece ve
|eedoacs lom o0 own es0 ' t s . B0t othe| standads
a|e no| necessa ' y n heen| n| hewos t se' '
C0 de' nes s et oy ot hes can g ve 0s an extena'
meas 0|e ol how we' ' we a|e do ng, o0| canno|
meas 0e o0 sense o| l0 ' | ' ' ment , o0 en| oyment , o|
even necessa ' yhow m0chweae ' ea| n ng o|deve'
op ng o0| s s| | | s. Cnce we have oecome dependen|
on meas 0 ng o0| s 0ccess aga ns| s0ch s| andads,
Time to Change 231
wemay' oset o0chw t ho0| own . nl | ns cwo|t h cven
t ho0gh wecons de| o0 se' ves s0ccess| 0' oy soc ety' s
standa|ds, oeneat ho0r st r v| ngandaggress| veveneer,
we may|ee' ncreas | ng| y0ncerta| n
oos ng oacs ove| o0| ' ves n o0| ' at e| yea |s, w | '
we oe sat s| ed w t h t he ' egacy we a|e c|ea| ng'
V ' ' othe soene| t|| omo0| |ep0tat on, o0| st at 0s,o0|
p|est ge' How m0ch good w ' ' comeo| o0r wea' t h'
Perhapswecan | eave an | nher | t ancet oo0r c h| ' dren
and grandch| | dren, o0| | n o0r hearts we |now t hat
t| nanc| a| or soc| a| att a nment s ar e 0| t | mat e| y a poor
meas0re o|o0rp| ce| essene|gyandt me.
Ach evement s s0ch as at h | el c ao ' . ty, wea' t h,
p|est ge, powe|, and | ame pov. de p' eas 0|e as ona
ment s l o h0 man ' |e, and can oe 0sed n ways t hat
oene| t ol he|s. B0t when we cometo depend 0 pon
any| h | ng| hat can oe| ost w| | h | | meas t hemeas0re ot
o0| va| 0eas h 0man oe| ngs, wec |eatet hecond| t | ons
| o| |ege|' at e| n o0| ' ves
A' ' that s |ea ' ' y o0|s . s . n o0| heads and hea| | s
C0| mosl pec o0s and ha|dwon possess . on s o0|
yea|s o| ' v. ng, ' ea| n ng, and expe| enc ng. No ' 0x 0|y
cancompa|etol hesat s|act ont hat comes| omac' ea
m| nd and a oody v| orant w| | h good tee' ngs. Vnen
wedeve| opadeepapprec| a| | on to|t her chesweoea|
w| t h n o0 se| ves, we can draw 0 pon an open s| ore
ho0seo|sal s|act on n o0 ' at e| yeas. Th s s | heon' y
|ea' s 0ppo|l wecan e' yon aswepass ||om l h s ' |e.
| | o0| ' . |e has oeen | 0 ' ' and deep' y sat s|y ng, we
can app|oach lhe end o| o0 days w t h the sense o|
a| v ng at a we' ' ea ned es | . B0t | we have spent
m0choto0| t | meanx o0s andd ssa| | st ed, dom| nated
232 Knowledge of Freedom
oy|o' es, ando0t o|t o0cn w t no0| own va' 0es, wna|
emp| | nes s m| gn| we| ee| asweapp|oacno0| ' as|days !
Yet most o| 0s m0st ' ve andwo|s n t nest |essl0 '
|ea ' mo| compel | on Howcanwe p|olec| o0 se' ves!
Ve can oeg| n oy awasen ng a g|eater0 nders| and| ng
of o0r own | n ner reso0rces and oy re' ax. ng o0r
dependency 0pon t ne | 0dgmen| s ol ot ne|s. Vecan
' ea|n lol | 0sl o0 |se' ves n new ways, sol na| wna| eve|
m| s| aseswemaymasew ' ' no| ca| cn0 s n | necrosst| re
ot exc0 ses and o| ame| nal occ0r . nev. l ao' ywnen we
o' nd' y|o' ' owmode' s esta o' s ned oyol ne| s. Vnenwe
' ea| n | o t 0s t o0 |se' ves, wnateve|we do w ' ' expess
a deep| nner | n|egr| |y| na| s 0ppo|| s o0| senseotva' 0e
andwo|l nt n|o0gnt nemostd. h c0 ' l t . mes, andpaves
t neway|o |a|g|eat e|accomp' s nmenl .
Vnenweres pecto0| ownva| 0e,weoecomemore
aware ot | neva| 0eot o| ne|s Ve can v ew | nosewe
cons de| compet l o|s mo|e as le' ' ow n 0 man oe. ngs
wnoa |ecna' ' eng. ng0slodeve' opo0 t a' en| s|0 ' ' yand
| opertorm a| o0r oes|. | n acsnow| edg| ng| ne| r wort n,
werea|t| | mcon|| dence| n o0| ownwor| n a| so. 1nen| |
s poss o' e t o t ase o0| |o' es ' es s se| o0s ' y and p' ay
t ne game mo|e ' gnt ' y, ne' p ng o0 |se' ves and ot ne|s
t oder| verea| enj oymen| |romwnat we do.
As o0| app|ec at on o|oadens to encompass a' '
wno nave n some way cont | o0led l o o0| we' |a|e,
wnel ne| l ney oe pa|en | s, t eac ne|s, l | ends, o| even
|| va' s , o0r senseo' |espons| o| ' ty towa|d o| ne|s g|ows
deepe| and sl |onge| |essd |ected to mmed. at ega n,
o0| v s on na| 0|a ' ' y ext ends | 0 t ne| . nto | ne | 0l 0|e,
enao' ng 0s todeve' op' ong angegoa' s S0s | a. nedoy
v| s on, o0r ene|gy t| ows more s moot n' yand | s mo|e
d. |ecl ed Ve do not oecome so exc t ed aoo0t sno|l
Time to Change 233
le|m ga ns, o| so dep|essed aoo0l o0| | a ' 0 |es o
sno|lcom ngs Vnen we |eacn po nl s l na| mars a
ce|l a| n| eve| ot acn | evemenl , we cans | mp| yl asenol e
o|l nem and passon, a | | ow| ngl nemomenl 0mot o0r
enegyl oo0 ' dw l neacnaccomp' s n menl |venl 0a ' ' y
| nes0os| anl a' |es0 ' | s ol o0 et|o|l sw ' ' g ve 0s g|eal
sal s|acl on
I f weare d| s ' | 0 s| oned w | nl ne|o' es soc elyof|ers
0s,anda|e0 nw. | ' ng o|0 nao| elo p| ayl necompel l ve
game, wecan, nslead,|. nd|o' esl nal a |e 0 n q0e' yo0|
ownando0 ' d w | n no0 se' vesa new0nde|sland ng
o| wnal l means l o oe a s 0ccess| 0' n0man oe ng
Bas ng o0r | ves on ln s snow| edge, wecan deve| op
o0| | n nerreso0|cesl o l ne ' 0| | esl . |ven | ' noonee| se
s0 ppo|ls 0s, even l we can see no ma| e a' ewa|ds
n wnal we w s n l o do, we can deve' op o0| l a' enl s
and ao ' l es, and devo| e l nem |o goa ' s we cons de
wo|l nwn| ' e.
Vem gnl l ndl nal o0| moslva| 0 ao| econl o0l on
l osoc ely' es n lo' ' ow ngo0 ownsenseo|wnal l 0' y
en cnesn0 man' |e Vna| eve|conl | o0l ons wemase
|ol newe' |a|e o|o| ne|s, wnaleve|snow' edgewecan
ot|er l o 0p| | tl l ne q0a | | ly ot ' |e w| ' | ret' ecl oacs l o
0s,enr| cn ngo0rown| | vesas we| | . C0r l | mea0l omal |
ca' ' y oecomes mo|e va ' 0ao' e, wea |e wo l nwn ' e l o
o0 |se. ves, and we a| e 0se|0 ' l o o| ne|s Based on a
n gne| 0nde|sland ngo| n 0 manva' 0e,o0| acl ons can
nea| l necont| | cl| nnerenl | ncompel l | on.
Vecanc| a| ly wnal wen ave ' ea ned l oo0|se| ves
and pass on lne oenel | s o|o0| snow' edge l ool nes
oy acsnow' edg ng l 0 ' ' y | ne pa n and conl 0s on l na|
nave ' ed 0s | o econs de| o0| o' d v ews. Vne|e d d
wesl arl ' Vnal sl eps d d we l ase, w| l n | n o0| nea|ls
234 Knowledge of Freedom
and m| nds, |o change | heco0rse o| o0r | ves' Vna|
snow| edges 0s |a | ns andg0 | des0s' C0 | n ne|s 0ccess
w| | | ns p| re o| hers who tee| ca0gh| 0p | n tr0st|a| | on
and pa n, he| p ng | hem t| nd w| | h| n | hemse| ves t he
snow| edge| hey need| og0| de| he| r own| | ves
Vhen o0| v s . on t |anscends se' | nte|est, and we
of|e| o0 t me and ene|gy lo oenel t o| ne|s, we sel
o0|se' ves ||eel| om tne l | 0st at . on and anx. el y nne
ent n dent |y. ngo0|se' vespe|sona' ' yw l nagoa. Ve
a |e no ' onge| compe' ' ed to vac . ' ' a| e oetween se' |
cong|at 0 ' al . on and |ee' . ngs o| nadeq0acy Sn |t . ng
||om a pe|sona' . y o| enl ed v ewpo nl l o a mo|e
encompass . ngv s . on mpa|ts0ns hasao' est |engthand
con| dence.
Vnenwe|ee. nwa|d ' y|| eeandoa. anced, . ns p ed
oya h | gner snow| edgeandv| s| on, we can cooperate
w| | h ot hers |o ach | eve res 0| | s ta| oeyond wha| one
| nd| v| d0a| co0| d hope |o accomp| | s h. Coopera| | ve
ac| | ons pe|to| med |or t he oenet| | o| a| | open 0p
poss | o| | | | | es tor 0 nceas| ng sat | stact | on, se|t| ng n
mot . on a w | | ngness t o s ha|e t hal co0 ' d gene|ate
nva' 0ao' e|es 0 ' l s |a| . nto t ne| 0t 0e
Z4
Seei ng Through Pai n
As we become more neutral observers of our pain,
we may be able to sense its cloud-like character.
/
| n a ' ' ' fe, we s na|e a v0 ' ne|ao ' ty t o pa. n
| n fact, we a |e s o acc0 stomed t o pa n t nat t
maygounno| | ced u n| essour d| scom|or| s pro| onged
o| s 0n0s 0a' ' y nt ense. | |om o0| o |t n | o o0| deat n,
t s 0n0s 0a. fo| a s ng' e day t o pass w | no0t fee' ng
some sor| of pa| n. 1nere a |e | he common pa| ns o|
m no| o0|ns , ofneadacne, t oot nacne, and. nd ges | on,
t ne mo|e seve|e pa. ns of a|t n| t s, 0 . ce|s, and ot ne|
chron| ccond| | | ons , | he pa| n o| | nnumerao' ed seases
and d sao ' t es, | ne pa. n ol wo||y ng aoo0| vag0e. y
d sq0 e| ngsensat . ons t nat myste| o0s . ycomeandgo
cven| | wearespared muc hphys| ca| pa| n, wecan
not escapef|om | heemot ona' s 0|le| ngofange|, |e
| ect on, and | ea. o0sy n |e' at onsn ps, wo||y and lea|
aoou| | he we| |are o| o0r paren| s o| c h ' d|en, anx| e| y
aoo0t o0| | oos, 0nce| | a . n |y aoo0t t nel 0t 0 |e. Tne ' st
ofemot ona' pa ns we common' yf ee' cangoon and
on Pa n s near| ya cons | ant compan on n ou| ' | ves.
236 Knowledge of Freedom
A' | houghwecand s m s s m. norpa. ns , st |onge|ormore
pers | st ent pa| ns a |e mo|ed f| cu ' t |o t o| e|at e.
The moe v0' ne|ao' ewe a |e to pa n, | ne mo|e we
|ee' t ne need |o| po| ect on, o0t o0| a| | empls |o
protect ou |se' ves a |e g|ounded | n avo| danceand a|e
se' dom sat slact o|y, l ney t end lo d0 ' ' o0| sens t v | y
and n | e|e|ew l ho0| en| oymenl o| ' |e. Vn ' ewecan
somet mes ' essen pa n' s mpact oy n0mo ng | ne
senses, d| st ract | ngourse' ves, o| t ry| ngto | gnore | t , we
have no way to cont |o' t s co0 |se and d0 |at on. Ve
have no way to dea' w t n pa n d |ec| ' y Th s s pa|t c
0 ' a| ' yt 0eo|emot ona' d st |ess, wh cn s even na|de|
t o| |ea| t hanphys | ca| d scomtort .
| t seems mpol anl tosee | wecan|espondtopa n
moeconsl | 0cl . ve' y } 0 slaswecansnow a c n ' d now
|o || d h | mse| | ot tear ot t hedars oy ca' m| ng h| mand
encourag. ngh | mlosee| nee | s noea| oas s t o |ear,
we can enco0 age o0 se. ves | o ' oos moe c' ose' y al
t he n te|na' dynam c ol pa n, ' . gnt en ng ou o0|den
and |ree| ngou|se| vestrom|ear.
Vnen we' oosat pa n c' ose' y,wecan see lnal l ne
oas s lo l ne | ea| ol pa n s a sense o| sepaal on
oelween ou se' ves and eveyl h ng e' se n o0r wo| ' d.
Thes | |ongerour senseo| sepa|at on, t hemo|e we| |y
lo oa' anceandcont |o' oppos ngloces naneflot lo
gelwnal we wanl . Tnemo|e we ant c palenapp ness,
andt hemoreenergywe nves| | n con | |o| ' ngs . | 0a| ons
t oacco|d w| | h our des | |es, | hemo|e pa| nweexpe|
encewneno0| expectat ons a|ed sappo nl ed, ownen
we | nd o0|se' vescaugnt 0p n s t 0al ons we ae 0n
ao| et ocont |o| .
C0 m nds ae conl n 0a ' ' y oa' anc. ng an nt cat e
nelwos o| pess0 |es l nal pol enl a ' ' y | n ealen o0
Time to Change 237
senseolconl |o' and ' eadlopa n . o0 d| veloacn eve
ve|s0s o0 lea| ol la . 0 |e, o0 dea. s ve|s 0s o0|
capao. ' | es, soc a' oo. ga| ons ve|s 0s la m ' y d0l es,
lam| ' yd 0| es ve| s 0s wors |espons o ' l | es, o0 | des | res
vers 0s | heneedto||es| ra | nl C0 | happ| nessmaycome
l o depend 0pon oa' anc. ng | nese n le| na' p|ess0 |es
wn ' e do ng wnaleve| we can lo conl |o. cond l ons
andevenl s.
Theneedlocon| ro| s re| ntorcedoyo0r cond| | | on
| ng Soc| a' conven| | ons sel s| andards otoehav| or and
po' leness l nal demand |esl |a nl , o0| conce|n aoo0l
o0| s e' l . mage lo|ces 0s lo adopl a ce|l a n s | y. e ol
exp|ess on. Ve engage n e' aoo|ale games l nal s 0p
porlo0r par| | c0 | ar v| ewoto0rse| vesaswe' | as | hegen
era| appearance ot | ndependence and s e| l conl ro|
B0l . n lacl o0| senseol sec0 | ly depends 0pon mas
le| . ng nle|. ocs ng sels ol man p0 ' al ve pal l e| ns.
Veman p0 . al eol ne|s, wn . eol ne|s man p0 ' al e0s, as
we a' | v| elorpos | | on, asser| o0| w| . | , .es sl a| | emp| s
a| dom| nal | on, or searc h t or ways | o accommodal e
conl' cl ng . nl e|esls. |ea| cana| se wneneve|l h s oa'
ance s l n |eal ened, en mesn ng 0s . n anx ely o| even
a|o0s nglee. ngsolpan c
Vh | ' eo0r m| nds arepreocc0p| edw| | hma | n|a| n | ng
oa| ance, o0r sensesare a| er| andnal 0ra | | yal | rac| edlo
sl m0 . al on Pe|ce v ng and |espond ng, o0| senses
' ead o0|ene|gyo0lwa|d lowa|d anys l 0al . on, engag
ng o0| m. nds n pe|cepl ons oelo|e we ae awa|e ol
wnal | s happen| ng. Co| nga| ongw | h | h| s c0rrenl has
oecomenao| | 0a| , weengageandrespondlosl m0 ' a
l ons a0lomal ca. ' y By ' ne l meo0| m. nds nle p|el
a sensa| onas pa n , wea|e a. |eady nvo. ved, |eacl . ng
lo s | m0 ' a| on . Cnce o0| m nds and sensesa|e c ' ng
. ng l o pa n, we nave ' osl l ne oppo|l 0 n ly lo polecl
238 Knowledge of Freedom
o0rse| ves. Onao| e |o perce. ve l n. s pocess al wors,
wesnowon' yl nal wea |e' n pa n' .
Tn0s , as |a m ' a | as we a|e w l n pa n, l o|len
cal cnes 0s0 nawares. By| aoe' | nglnesensal | onaspa| n
and l nen |es pond ng, we a' so engage and ma|y . t
C0r al l empl slorej ec| | l , | op0s n| | away, on| yd| s| r | o
0te pa n l n|o0gno0l t neoodyandoacs lo l nesenses
Vnere can l nese | mp0 ' ses go' C0 | senses nave no
way to |e' ease t nem, a ' ' t ney can do s |ecyc . e pa n
oacsto | nem| nd, wn| cn grows | ncreas | ng| y ag| l a|ed
More t no0gnt s a| . se, sl m0 ' at ng l ne cyc ' e aga n and
| nlens | ty| ng l ne sensal on o| pa| n. Ve a|e l nen s0|
l 0sed w tn pa n, we dent |y o0 |se' ves w l n t , oe
come one w| l n | l . Venave nocno| ce o0l l oc| | ngto
pa n, asl no0gnwenad graspeda n gnvo. | agew e.
Tenac o0s and somet mes l | gnl en ng n ls | nl en
s ty, pa| n appears, ' | se a v| r0s, to nvade o0| ood es
and m nds |om l ne o0l s de Sens ng l nal we a|e an
| n nocent oysl ander and a v| c | m, we . oos t or some
l n ng o| someone to o. ame, o0t t n s on . y ag l ales 0s
more, | n | ens | |y| ng pa| n and pro. ong| ng | l s d0 rat | on.
Ce|ta n l no0gnl so| acl v | ess 0cnas' sl en nglom0s c
or read ng can some| | mes d| stract 0s |rom pa| n, o0l
l l ends | o|el 0 |n wnenwes | op. T|y nglo|es| |a no0
tee. | ngs on' y | ncreases nl e| na| press0res and mases
l nepa n wo|se.
Vnen pa n ar | ses seem| ng| y | rom nownee, and
t nee. snot n ngexte na' wecano. ame, o0 ' og cloces
0s |o t 0r n o| ameon o0 se' ves. Onao' eto e| eve l n s
s . ndo|p|ess0 e, wemayconv nceo0 se' vesl nalt ne|e
. s nonope|oe| | e| andl r apo0 se| ves n adownwa|d
s p a . ol g0 ' l andse' l nc m nal on
Time to Change 239
No matte| how ha|d we | |y to avo. d pa. n| 0 ' s. t
0at . ons, powe|| 0' |o|cesoeyondo0| cont |o' al|ect 0s.
The|e seems tooenowaytoavo. dexpe|. enc. ngpa. n
. n o0| ' . ves. Ve cannot dom. n ate o0| env. |on ment ,
no| haveweanypowe|ove|t . me, wh . ch ' eads0s . n
ev t ao' y. nto ag. nganddeat h. Nomat t e| how st |ong
o| . n|' 0ent . a' we a|e, we enco0 nt e| s . t 0at . ons we
cannot cont |o' . Vea| eca0ght n an mposs. o' e s . t 0
at. on. Vehave no| ea' cont |o' , ye| o0| sense o|we' '
oe ngdepends 0 pon o0| ao ' ty t ocont |o' . Th emo|e
v. go|o0s ' y we . ns . s | 0 pon cont |o' , t he mo|e v0' ne|
ao| e we a|e to | | 0st |at on and pa. n . The|act t hat we
haveah0manoodys0 oj ectto|ee' . ngs,t ho0ghts,mem
o| es, andemot ons seems t ocondemn 0s topa. n.
Vhe|e. s t he|e a sa|e|e| 0ge||om pa. n ! cven . l o0|
p|esent c| |c0mst ances a| e comlo|t ao' e, | n a || ash a
pa. n| 0' memo|y o| t heant . c. pat . on o| an 0 np' easant
s . t 0at . on can o| . ng 0s emot | ona| s 0f|e|. ng. Know| ng
| h. s se|ves to . nc|ease o0| | ea| ol pa. n |ea| n . tse. l
. s pa. n| 0' , . | can oecome opp|ess. ve, n 0 mo. ng o0|
sensesandc' os. ngo0| hea| | stoot he|s .
ho0gh. t seems wehavenop|otect . onaga ns | t he
powe| o| pa. n and |ea|, wecan choose to ' oos at
pa. n d . f| e| en t ' y and ac | 0 a ' | y 0s e | ea|| 0 ' | . mes o|
h0|t|0 ' memo| esto o|eas pa n' s ho' d Vhen we see
that o0| el| o| | s | o p0s h pa. n away do not o| ng 0s
|e' e|, whynot |eve|seo0| |esponsesand' oosd. |ect ' y
att hepa. n . t se' | ! Re' ax. ng. nto t hesensat. ons, ' ett. ng
t hem oe, wecan ' ghten t he. | p|ess0 |e and ca' m o0|
m. nds Cnce wecease t h. ns. ngo| t a' s . ng aoo0t t he
pa n, we |emove t he oas s |o| dent |y ng o0|se' ves
24 Knowledge of Freedom
w| l h | l Ve are no | onger run n | ng away, oul |esl ng
w l h nl heexpe| ence, oose|v ngwhat s happen ng
Vhenwea |e n pa n, ou| oody s ' se' yt ooelense
and const | cl ed, ou| o|ealh ng | ghl and fo|ced Re
' ax ngt h s tens onoyst |a ghl en ng |he oacs, expand
ngl heches| , and | oosen ngl hesl omachmusc' es, we
canga n some| mmed| al e|e| effrompressure
By walc h ng l he f| ow of l he oreath and a| | ow ng
o|eat h ngtooecomesmool hand|egu' a|, l s pos s o' e
to open a space oetween ou |se' ves and l he pa n .
V l h n t h s space, wecan f' ow nlo and l hen out of
t he pa n we a|e expe| enc ng. V t h each ou | wa|d
movement ol o| eat h we can s ns nl o t he lee' ngs,
' | gh l | y louch| ng | he pa n we a |e |ee' | ng. V| l h each
| nlase, wecanexpand lhespacel halcus h ons usf|om
lne pa n' s nl ens ly. By do ng l h s, we can v ew pa n
a s sepa|al ef |omu s , a s anoo| ec| l hat canoeexam ned
mo|e d spass onat e' y. ||om t n s pe|s pect ve we can
oose|ve lseooand f' ow.
| f we ma nla n concenl |a| on on t he o|ea| h, we
m| ghl sensean | n nermovemenl s uol ' ya| | |acl ng ou|
awarenessoacs nl ol hepa n . Vem| ghl fee' ou| m| nd
andsenses|eac h ngoul lot hesensal | on, oul s | l |ea' | y
necessa|y lo |es pond' Asanexpe| menl , wecansh l|
oacsandl o|t h, a ' l e|na| ngoetween pay ngattent on
to t he o|ealh and a' ' ow ng l hought s t o ' ghl ' y louch
the pa n . Onde|stand ng | he nl e|acl ons ol | hough|
and pa n may ' essen ' he' en s onofl ea| andcas ' new
' ghl on l hena| u|e ofour exper ence.
See ng how eas | | y | he m nd and senses engage
pa n, we can |ema n concenl |ated on | he |hyt hm o|
o|eal h ng, wh ' esl ' ' oe ngawa|eol| nepa n n amo|e
Time to Change 241
genl ' e, open way. As we cease |o |es pond lo l he
. mp0' ses we . nl e| p| e| as pa n, l he sensal . on ol pa. n
maymode|a| ea n dpass, a| ' ow nga mo|eopen, | | ghl e
s| aleolm. nd loemege.
V lh pacl ce, l s poss o' e | o l nd a po| nl ol
oa' ancew | h| nl h| s ' neul |a| see| ng , |esl ng w| l h | n l s
open ness, sees. ngne. l he| l od|awpa n l o0 s no| p0s n
l away. Ne0l | a| see| ng a| | ows ' | gh| lo penel | a|e | he
da| snesscealed oy nl e| na' pess0 |es. | l |emovesl he
s ha|pnessol pa| n ands | ao ' | zesmenl a| c | a| | |y, open
. ngl hewayl ol 0|l he| ana' ys s. |venl 0a' ' y, l m ghl oe
pos s | o| eloseelhewho| edynam| c ot pa| nve|yc ' ea |' y
andl oapp|ec al ehow wel | cso0 |se' ves nl oengag
| ng | | oy nol |ecogn| z| ng l he s 0ol | e | nle|ac| | ons oe
lweeno0| m nd andsenses.
Asweoecomemo|e ne0l | a' ooseve|s olo0 pa. n,
we may oe ao| e | o sense l s c' o0d | | se cha|acl e| .
C' o0dsolconl 0s. on and pa. n enve' op 0s, o0| ae nol
acl ua' ' yconnecled|oo0| oe ng. Vecanmoveaoove
l hem o|oe' ow | hem, oosev ngl he. | s hapesas . ll hey
we|e | nle|esl | ng to| ms | n a c ' ea | ssy. Cn' ywhen we
a|e . nl he m. dsl doweoecome' osl n l he | da sness
Os ngo0| | nl e' | | gencel osepa| al eou|se' vest|ompa n,
wecan ' . ghl en o0| at | achmenl lo nega| . ve emol ons
andp|o|eclou|se| vest|oms ufle| | ng
Va| c h ng l hedynam| c ol pa| n, wecans ee| ha| on
a vey oas c ' eve' , o0| m nd and senses |espond l o
s| | m0 | al ons | nd sc| m| nal e' y, na| u|a| | y sees ng o0l
sens a| ons, l . s on' y ' al e|, whenwe denl ly and ' aoe'
l hesensa| | onsasp| eas 0|e o| pa| n | ha| weconsc| ous| y
accepl o|avo. d l ne expe ence. | n a sense, any sl m
u' a| | on| s | se oa| l ona hoos, oyl h e l mewe tee| | he
242 Knowledge of Freedom
pangso|t hehoos, t s | |m. y mp. anted Theon' ye|
|ect ve way to dea' w l h t he s t 0at on s to see how
t hehoos sconst | 0cted, and' ea| nhow lodet acho0|
se| vest rom | t gent | yand compass | ona|e| y. 1hemore
o|ten we p|act cedetac h ng o0 |se| ves | |om pa n, l ne
mo|e ss ' . ed we oecome. Know ngt hat l s poss. o' e
t odea' d |ect ' yw t h pa n, wecan||eeo0 |se. ves||om
theanx ety lhat nt ens . | es and pe|pel 0ales. l .
Vhenwes eehows 0o| ' ywedece| veo0rse' ves| n|o
engag ngands 0sta . n ng what we w s n mosl lo avo d,
we can ' oos mo|e c' ose' y at ot ne aspects o| o0
expe| ence. Pe haps s m . a | pal t e| nso| . nl e| na' man
p0 | at | on a |e d st o|t | ng o0r percepl | on, mas| ng o0|
responsestos | | 0at | ons mo|e negat| vet hant hey have
lo oe Know ng t hal we do nol have to dent . |y so
st |ong' y w t h negat ve |ee' . ngssl | 0gg' ng aga nsl
t hem or engag ng n emol ona. d |amaswe can ex
a m ne a ' ' o|o0| expe| ence n a mo|e oo| ect ve ' . ghl
| n t | me, we may oeg| n to not | ce how negat ve
emot ons a|e ' n sedtogel he|, asl ho0ght heywe|elne
oeslo|| | ends. Vnen|ea||. nds a way. nl oo0| nea|ts,
wo||y, anx ety, ' one' ness, and |ee' ngso| |a . 0 |e w . '
soons how0 p as we| | , | ocs ng0 s | ntocyc| esot press0 |e
and|ecr| m| nat on. Cnceo0 | m nd has oecomeheavy
and da|s, l hewho' ewo| ' d oeg. ns to ' oos o' acs, and
p|oo' ems seem mo|e so' d and mpenel | ao. e. B0t we
do haveacho ce. | n espond ngloemol ona' 0 g. ngs,
we have | nv| led t n| s da sness | nlo o0r m. nds, . n
det ach| ngo0|s e' ves t |om negat | veemot | ons, wecan
| | ght en l h s da| sness and | | ee o0 |se. ves o| an 0n
wanled o0|den. Vhenweacsnow' edge l hal weae
|espons o. e |o| o0| own pa. n, we nave l ne sey lo
0n ' ocs neflecl ve pat l e|ns o| avo dance. V. l h p|ac
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l . ce, we can |ep' ace resl |a. nl and |ea| ol pa. n w | n
compass | onand0 nders | and ng
Vn| | ewecanno| pred| cl wna| nega| vemoods and
all l 0desw. ' ' a se | om one momenl l ol nenexl , we
can ga n g|ea| er 0 nde|sland. ng o| | ne r or . g. ns and
momen| 0m, and | ear n lo s norl en l ne| r d0 ral | on.
S| eng| nen ng o0 awaeness ' l l ' e oy ' l l . e, we can
' ea|n | o | e| goo|neavy, negal . ve emol ons and| nv l e
| gn| er, more pos | | | ve tee' | ngs | n| o o0 nea| s. Vnen
weseel na| l . sposs. o' elooelreeo|l nel ea| ol pa n,
wecanl asecnargeo| o0r | | ves more e|tecl | ve' yand
t. nd w| | n n a| ' aspec| s o| exper . ence a pal nway l o
se' | snow' edge.
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CHAPTER 25 : I MAGES OF DES I RE
| mageso| napp ness 249
M| nd' s|esponse |o| mages 249
0esl |o|l ne. mage
250
| magesandmemo|y 251
P|eocc0pal onw l nwanl ng 251
1n| | | o||heques|
251
Malcn ng magesl oexpe ence 252
O sl ol ono| expe| ence 253
Tnewanl . ng m nd 254
Oes | re and man| pu| a| | on 255
Oes| |eand| ens| on
255
|eez. ngexpe| ence
256
| ' ' 0so|y na| 0|eo| | mages 256
| magesand| nepassageo| l me 256
|ndot| nedream 257
Awasen ngl o mmed al eexpe| ence 257
CHAPTE R 26: TREASURY OF E XPE RI E NCE
Vayslo mea n. ng andsal s|acl on 259
|xpe ence. open nglo mean ng 260
1newayo|ac| | on. wea| | ho|ac| v l y 260
|n cn ng n ne expe| ence 261
Tne n ne| way. wea' l no| . mag na| . on 262
Yea|n ng. messagelo|comm l men| 263
1hec| l ca' way. wea ' l hol ana' ys s
Cpen ngl oapp|ec| a| | on
1he dea' s l cway
Cve|com ngoosl ac. es
1heaesl hel | cway. wea' l hol oea0ly
| nc|eas ng|ecepl v ly
1hewayol |ememo ance
C ll ol expe| ence
l nv| l al | on| osnow| edge
P|ol ecl . onl |om d scou|agemen|
Sha . ngl hewea. l hol snow' edge
Va| ue ol snow| edge
CHAPTE R 27: GLOBAL KNOWL E DGE
| . m lal ons ol snow' edge
App|ec| a| | nghuma npolenl a|
Powe|ol awaeness
Awasen ngsnow' edge
C ' ooa| respons | o| | | ly
Oeve' op ng' ong |angev s . on
Concenl al . onandl me
| | ns ngv| s | onl osnow' edge
C. ooa' snow' edge
Cpen. ng' ayesoll me
Sha| | ngav| s onol peace
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I mages of Des i re
We can wake up at any time,
simply by acknowledging what we know.
enl 0 || es ol poel|y and song l es l ly lo l ne ' ong
| ng |o | ove and oe | oved, |o |ee| a| | ve and ||ee,
lo oe al peace, lo 0nde|sl and l ne mean ng o| ' |e.
1nougn l nese des |es seem deep' y a pa|l o| n uman
oe ngs, wedonol o|l enool a n wnal wew s n |o|.
|acno|us naspe|sona| . magesand| deas|e| aledlo
lnedes . |e |o|napp ness | se l nedel a ' s o| a pa nl ng,
s0cn| magescomo| ne|omaseu p our wno' ep cl u|eo
wnal wewanl . Someae mageso| nowwewo0 ' d' se
|o oe, nowwewou| d| se |o | oosandacl . Someareo|
o0|. dea' mal e Venaved|eams o| no0seswewanl lo
' ve | n, cn| ' drenwewou .
_
' se |o nave, ous | nesseswe
w sned weowned, oansacco0nl s wel n n s weneed.
Cu| m nd, | | se a masler|u | a || | sl , assemo' es l nese
mages n d ||eenl pal l e| ns and como nal ons, pe
senl | ng0s w | n|| n shed p| c| ures. Vnen one o| | nese
mages o| pe|ecl on a ses oe|oe lne m nd, we can
250 Knowledge of Freedom
|ee' o0| nea|l p0' | ed l owa|d l . Yes, l nal s wnal |
wanl . Tnal wo0' d masemenappy. 'So we lo' ' ow l ne
mage, sea|c n ng l newo| ' d a |o0nd 0s |o| somel n ng
co||espond ngl oo0| ment a' p cl 0|e
| l s as l no0gn we des |ed a g|eal and wonde|| 0'
l |eas 0 |e. Vea |e g ven o' d maps l nal seem l o snow
l newayl ne pal n . s ' a d o0l and l ne ' ocal on ol l ne
l |eas0 |e | s p npo n led So we sl a| | on o0| | o0 |ney,
compa| ngl ne' andscape lo l nemap, l y nglo o| en|
o0 |se' ves. |o| a wn ' ewemaylee' wea |e onl ne| gnl
l | acs, o0l evenl 0a ' ' y we | nd o0 |se' ves n l ne m dsl
ola scenel nal wasnolon tne map
Tne mages o| napp. ness t nal g0 de 0s seem to
o0 ' d 0pove|t me, oeg n n . ng n o0| cn . dnood. Some
we |ece ve l|om o0| pa|enl s as we d scove| wnat
mases | nem nappy and wnal l ney wanl 0s lo oe
Te' ev s onp|og|ams,songs, andooossg. ve0s p cl 0|es
o| ' ove and |omance o| exc. l ngadvenl 0 |es Sm ' ng
|aces' ooso0l al 0s | |omposle|s, advel semen | s, and
l e' ev s on, snow ng0snowlooenappy Ve|ecogn ze
| ne |ee' ng. Yes, l nal . s now | wanl lo ' oosl n. s s
wnal | m0s | do lo oe ' oved Tn . s oo| ec| wo0' d o| . ng
me| oy Tnat s l nes nd o| pe|son | wanl l omee| '
As mage 0pon mage po0 | nlo o0| m nd, l ney
con necl . n e' aoo|ale pa| l e ns |mages ol o0| ea|' y
| anl as es and dea' s ns l ' ' ed n 0s oy pa|enl s ae
nte|woven w l n . deas ' ea ned | |om oooss o| ol ne
so0 |ces S. gn | s, scenl s, so0nds, sensal . ons, and lastes
assoc aled w l n a p' easanl memo|y can eacn evosea
|ee' ng ol de' gnl Como ned w. t n del a . ' s ol ol ne
memo es o mages, t ney can |o|m compos les t nal
de. gnl andoew | cn 0s, ' 0 |. ng0s on.
Time to Change 251
Tn s co' ' ecl ono' mages, eacn' oadedw l n|ee' ng,
| o| ms o0| dea o| napp. ness Ve mag ne nol n l ne
aosl|acl o0l n l ne conc|ele. |ame, ' ove, s 0ccessas
soon as lne l no0gnl a| ses, a wno. e se es o| mages
may|' asnl n|o0gno0| m nds ' seep sodeso| a sl o|y.
C0| m nds seem lo |espond w l n g|eal zesl and
enegylo . mages Vecan |eca' ' momenl so|p' eas 0|e
and pa n, and |e' . ve | ne | oy o| n 0 |l assoc al ed w l n
l nememo|y | l s s. m ' a | l ol newaywe|eac| l oamov e.
A' l no0gn we snow l nal l ne mages a|e nol ea' , we
oecomeaoso|oed nl ned|amaand|es pondasl no0gn
we we|e acl 0a' ' y ' v ng l ne expe| ences Ve | nd
o0se' vesno' d ngo0| o|eal n . ns0spense|0 ' momenl s
o w p ngl eas||om o0| eyesal anappyend. ng Acl o|s
snow l n s mag ca' q0a' . ly o| l ne m nd and 0se ' ne. |
own memo|. es lo evose l ne |ee' ngs l ney wanl lo
pol |ay
Vneneve| a des. | ao' e mage a|. ses n o0| m nds,
we| ee' l ne ' ong ngcon necl ed w l n l , and o0| m nd
eacnes o0l , expecl ng sal . s|acl on. Tne mage |asc.
nales 0s and sl |s 0s al l nesamel me, . nceas ngo0|
' ong ng. B0l l ne . mage s on' y a n mage, . n l se' | l
cannol sal s|y0 s , on ' y lempl 0s o| wnel o0 appel le
Sowesea|cno0| s 0||o0nd ngs | o| somel n. ng l nal w ' '
malcnl ne mage.
Tneq0eslevosed oyan. mageo|len nasa l n . ' ' . ng
q0a' ly asweanl c pa| e o0| l|eas0 e | 0sl a|o0nd l ne
nexl cone| | | we do nol |. nd | , we may sell ' e | o|
somel n. ng c' ose, l no0gn a' ways no' d. ng oacs a pa|l
o| o0 app|ec. a| on Somel mes we l n ns we nave
'o0nd . l , and o0| ene|gy s0 |ges lowa|d | ne des |ed
goa' , oo| ecl, o| pe|son. | nl . me,noweve|,o0| new' ove
252 Knowledge of Freedom
o| possess. onando0| mageoeg nlo s ' papal aswe
nol ceq0a ' l es| nal dono' | |w l nwnalweexpec|ed.
y l ne l . me we a|e . n o0| l n l es, mosl o| 0s
nave spenl cons de ao' e e|| o|l l |y ng | o ma| cn
s l 0al ons and peop' el o o0| des |ed . mages B0l lne
mal cn . s neve| pe||ecl o| end0 | ng, and lne ' ong ng
l ends l o pe|s | s l . Somenow o0| m. nds a|e conv nced
o0| dea' ex sls | we | 0s | ' oos a ' l | ' e na|de| o|
' onge|, wesna ' ' | nd. l
|o' ' ow ng d |ea ms yea|a|| e yea, now manyo| 0s
nave|o0ndwna| wewanl ! Someo' 0s maynavecome
ve|y c' ose, amaz. ng' y c' os e | | on' y | d nad a ' . l l ' e
mo|el . me, moe money, o| mo|epe|s sl ence, | wo0' d
nave wo sed. Tn. s | . me l d. d nol wo so0l , o0| nexl
' me. lw ' ' .
Beca0sewenave | e' l a| | |acled l oo0| . mages |o
so ' ong, we eas . ' y m. sl ase | ne des e l ney s| m0 ' ale
| o| sponl aneo0s app|ec. a| on o| ' ove. B0 | ' ove and
appec al onl o0cnl ne' v. ngwo' dw | nagen ' ' eopen
nand, wn ' e des e |eacnes o0l and gasps oo| ecls
| oc. o' y, desl |oy. ng| ne' v ngp|esence.
Tno0gnwenave nves' edsom0cnl meandene|gy
. ndes e, do weeveq0es| . onwne| ne o0 magesae
' ead. ng 0s ' o | ne napp. ness we sees! | | we ' oos
l n|o0gno0| memo| . es, even oacs. n|oo0| cn ' dnood,
can we | nd a l . me wnen we go| exac| ' y wna| we
mag nedsomel n ng l na' made 0s |ee' exac| ' y | ne
waywenadexpecled,and' as|edas' ongaswe' no0gn'
l wo0 ' d! O d o0| deepest momenl s o| napp ness
come oy cnas ng a| ' e an . mage o we|e | ney spon
l aneo0so 0nexpecled !
Time to Change 253
Cur | mages are compos | es, c|ealed |rom many
sources ove| | | me. Vna| rea| ooj ec| , person, o| s| |
ual | on cou' dma| cn | nem comp| e| e| y! Aswe | oosa|
wna| s oe|ore us, wecompa|e l w| | n wna| wewan|
| o || nd 1n | s | s no| wna| | wan | ed, | nal | s no| ap
pea' | ng'so we say, w| l noul | el l | ng wnal | s presenl
speas lo| l se' | . | | ou| | |sl mp|ess onseems lo mal cn
ou| mage, we g asp |o l |e|' ex ve' y, gno| ng l ne
qua' l es l nal donol | l nw l nou| expecl al on
1nep|ocesso| | udg ngoasedonou| magesda ns
l nev la ' lya ndoeauly||omexpe| ence. |asc naledoy
l nemageolwnal wewanl andexc l edoyl nep|os pecl
o| | nd ng l, ou| m nd does nol nave lne open,
|ecepl ve qua' 'y l nal wou' d a' ' ow us | o see wnal
p|esenls | se' ' . } usl asan ag l aled poo' o|wal e| ' oses
| ls re|' ec| | ve properly, | ne m| nd sl | r|ed up oy | mages
| oses | sc' a|| | y and d| s|orlswna| appea| soe|ore | l .
Venave a| | nad momenl s o| deepq u| e| wnenwe
| oosed around w| l n a | resn gaze, and | ne wor| d
seemed |o come a| | ve w| l n co| or and v o|ancy.
Toucn ng l n s p|ec ous aspeclo| expe| ence| ' ' ed ou|
oe ng w l n deep conl enl menl and appec al on, e
new ngou| oodyandm nd. Vnenwecnoose nslead
lo | ' l e| ou expe| ence l n|ougn lne slal c mageswe
nave c|ealed, we cul ou|se' ves of| l |om l ne p|esen|
momenl , l nesou ceo|l | ueappec a| on.
| xaledonou| mages, wecomeupemply nanded
aga nand aga n. Vnal we seescanno| oe lound, and
wnal s p|esenl s ove ' oosed | l s as | nougn we
wan| ed lo sal | s|y our n unge| w| l n pa| n | ngs o| lood.
Vnen| nenungerconl | n uesunaoal ed, wesea|cnour
panl ry ' or some| n ng | na| ma| cnes ou| pa n | | ngs. Bu|
254 Knowledge of Freedom
t ne mo|e att |acted we a|e | o | ne p ct 0 |e, t ne ' ess
appea ' ng tne |ea' |ood seems to oe-none o| t s
qu | t e| | ght
Compa| ng expe| ence | o o0| mages, we a|e ' el |
un| u| || | | ed. No matterhow || ne our | mage, t hecom
par ng deg|ades t ne |ea' p|esence oe|o|e us | nto a
l' at sensat on On no0r s ned, 0ns 0ppo|ted oy o0| ex
per| ence, we|ee' empty ns de. H 0ngry |ormore, o0t
not snow ng now to ge| | t , we g|ow ag| | ated, when
t n s n0 nge| pe|s st s, wemay|ee' deep' y| | 0s| |ated
Ag| t a| | on|eeds on| | s e| |,evos| ng| magea|te|| mage
| nat st m0 ' ateso0| n0 nge| even mo|e. Tn s d|amat c,
co| o|| 0 ' ment a| act v t ycan oecome| newno' eo| o0|
| nner | | |e. cxc| tedoyour owncreat | on, | nr | | | edoyour
ownemot ons, we t |y tol | ' o0| empt nessw t n mo|e
andmo|e st m0 ' a| on.
|asc natedoyt nev| orat ons o| des | |e, we| oseou|
sens t v tyt omo|es 0ot ' e,. gnte| sensat ons . Vecome
to |eq0 |e mo|e and mo|e nt ensest m0 ' at on |o lee'
a nyt n| ng at a | | | ue' ed oy des res, o0r sensesope|a| e
at so lasta |ate tnato0| pe|cep| ond st o| | sand o' 0|s.
| t s as t no0gn we we|e t |ave. ng n a . gn| p. ane
powered w | h a | et eng| ne, || y| ng at many t mes | t s
no| ma' speed. Tne oody sn 0dde|s, and t ne scene|y
|| esoysoq 0 cs' yt nat t ne nst | 0ment scan not|eg ste|
our pos | | | on.
| n | n s state o| cont n0a| ove|d| ve, | ne want ng
m nd moves so |ap d' y and e||at ca. ' y t nat t cannot
masecontactw | hany| h| ng s uos| ant | a' . Preoccup ed
oy o0| own needs, we | end |o see t newo| ' d a|o0nd
0s asnot n ng mo|e t nan meansto sat slyo0| n0 nge|
Ct her numan oe ngs are 0 sed and d| scarded | n t ne
Time to Change 255
name o| napp ness, |ne wondes o| nal 0 |e oecome
me|e sceney n wn cn we acl o0l o0 | anl as es
V| l no0| snow ng wna| we are do ng, we acc0 sl om
ooln oody and m nd l o eve| nc|eas ng doses o|
exc | emen| , l ens on, and sl m0 ' al on n | ne e||o|l | o
t| | ' o0r empl ness Veoecomel new | | | ngv| c| ms o|
o0| own des |es, |eady l o | 0n o0 | ves accod ng lo
l ne | d clalesand |eq0 emenl s
1ooo| a n wnal wewan| trom | newor ' dwe m0 sl
a' someas 0e0plool ne| peop' es | anl as| es Awael nal
o0| appea|ance and oenav o| a e conl n0a ' ' y oe ng
j 0dged and eva| 0al ed, we c0| | | val e cerl a n q0a | l | es,
all l 0des, andwayso|d|ess ngandla ' s ngl op0| |o l n
an accepl ao| e mage. C0 |ea | o| |e| ecl on mases 0s
v0' ne|ao| el oman| p0| al | on. Veo0ya | | so|lsot goods
lo mp|ove o0| mage, we sees adv ce on now l o
mod |y o0| oenav o| and even o0 l n n s ng, |ee' ngs,
andpercepl ons | norderl op|esen| ades rao' e| mage.
| se a n0 ng|y g0esl al a oanq0el , we w sn lo | ' '
o0| p' ale aga n and aga n, o0l a|e s| opped oy l ne
d sapprov| ngg| ancest|omol ne|s . C0r tea|o||ej ecl on
no' ds o0| owndes |es n cnecs Ve| ndo0 |se' veslo|n
oelween o0 w s nes, wn cna |e sl m0 ' aled oyone sel
o| mages, and o0| tears, wn cn a|e sl m0 | a|ed oy
anol ne| sel A' l no0gnwel |yloconl o' o0| |esponses,
l seemswe cannol cnoose nol lo espond, e | ne| lo
o0| des| re or o0r tea|. 1ne mages n o0| m nds evose
o0| emol ons a0l omal ca| | y
Temendo0sl ens oncan o0 ' d 0p n o0 oodyand
m| nd aswevac | ' ' ale oe|ween ones e| ot mages and
anol ne| Tn s lens on |0 l ne| compe' s 0s l o aclwe
m0sl dec de, we m0s | do some| n ng | | o0 penl 0p
ene|gyo0|s| so0| lowardo0| | mageo|des re, l ne|e| | et
256 Knowledge of Freedom
we tee| canconv nceus | nat we navega| ned con|act
w| | hour gen u neneeds.
A' t nough we |o' ' ow ou |ao| cated p ct u|es |a t h
|u ' | y, t hey oet |ayus aga n andaga n. Tney prom se us
sat | stac| | on, ou| | hey or| ng us trus| ra| on and pa| n
Tney cut of| a nyexpe| ence too dynam c t ooeen
c' osed w t n n t nem | se t he | |ames o| a | ' m, ou|
mageso|des |eepeat| ozenscenes|omo' dd|amas,
run onea '| erano| her, | ney|orma mot | onp ct u|e |ha|
neve|ends.
| n t ne mot on p ct ue o| ou ' ves, t ne past s no
moret hana ser esot mages, tewo| wh| chevoset ne
p' eas u|e o| t he . mages t hat a ouseou| des es n t he
present . Vnat seems so mpo t ant to us today may
' sew s emean' t t ' et omo||ow, penaps tw ' ' evenoe
|orgo| | en. Cur presen| p' eas ures w| | | soon oedream
| se mages we can ha|d| y eca| . . Yet today' s des es
' ead us | om one day to t he next , | om one yea| to
anot ne, and ||om decade to decade. V t n eacn
pass | ngday, we crea| e | necond| | | ons |or the emp|y
spaceswew | | | ndwhenwe ' oosoacsuponou| . ves
n t he| ut u|e.
Ct a| | | he hours we spend | n a day, we may
rememoer on| y a tew even| s, and even tewer ot | he
t nousands o| t nought s t nat pass t hough ou| m nds.
|oos ngoacsovet nepasttenyea|s, nowmucnst ands
ou| as memorao' e! Vno| e weess, pernaps mon| hs,
may navevan | s hed comp| e| e| y How we| | canwe |e
ca' ' t ne|' avo|o|t neexpe| encewenad yeste|day, ' ast
mont n, o ' ast yea !
As we pu ' | t he d |eam mages ot our hopes and
w s hes t o us, we po| ect ou |se' ves nto t ne ' 0t ue.
Time to Change 257
|age|losal | styour des | res mo|e qu cs| y, we| eapover
l hepresenl momenl . Preoccup edw| l h| magesandl he
cha ns o|l houghl l heyproduce, we' osel r acsot l me.
Bul our ood| es donol torgell | me,al l unedl ol he' | v ng
momenl , l heyrespond n h ar monyl o l s pass| ng. || nes
appea| on o0| |aces, deepen nlo c|eases, l hen nlo
w . ns' esand|o' ds C0| ss n ' oses l s smoo| hnessand
' 0sle|, oecom ngs pol | yand' oose, o0| eyesg|owd m,
ando0 | ea|s ' osel ne |sens l v. l yl oso0nd | l oecomes
ha|de|lo do l n ngswe onced dw l nease, o0 | oones
oecome mo|e o| | l . e, o0| | o nl s s t f| en and acne,
|es| | . cl ng movemen| and c|ea | ng a sense o| | | 0sl | a
| on |ood ' oses | s l' avo|, g0ms g|ow soll e|, l eel h
' oosen C0| ene|gy | ses mo|e s ' ow' y as s ' eep oe
comes' esssal sly ngandd|eams mo|e d. s l 0|o ng.
|ven | nl hem| dsl o| our cha| notdreams,wesense
wearemov| ngc| oserl ol hel | mewhenl hed |eam| ls e| |
w | | end. |venl ua| ' yl h| s snow| edge oecomes opp|es
s ve,andwe| ncreas| ng| yd| s| | se rem| ndersotou| age.
Alsomepo| nl weawasenlot ndl hal weareno| onger
| neyo0l nl u| pe|sono| o0| d |eam See ng|ea ' ly mo|e
c' ea|' y, w ' ' we p|e|e| deal n lo ' v ng w. l no0| l ne
d|eam! Vnenwecan no ' onge| gno|e l me, w ' ' o0|
d|eam naveoeenwo|l hl hed|ea m ng! V ' ' l neemp
l . nessand ' ong ngoel oog|eallolace!
Vecanwase0pal any| . me,s mp' yoyacsnow' edg
. ng whal we snow. T me s pass ng, and | me s o0|
' . le Awasen . ng now, wh ' ewe s| . . ' nave manyp|o
d0c| . ve yea|s ahead o| 0s, we can ' ea|n lo | | 0 ' y en
| oy' le | v ng n | nec' ea| ' gn| ol |ea ' |y, we can oe
wno' . y al l uned ' o l | me, o0r | | te ene|gy s us | a| ned oy
| l s dynam c momenl um || oe|al edt r om l hecomp0|
s | ono| wanl ng andj udg ng, our m| nds can oetresh
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Knowledge of Freedom
and a| | ve, open to exper| ence. C| earer v| s | on a| | ows
0 s toestao| | s hp| | o| | t | esmo|ew| se| yand| | ve | n away
t hat w| | | protect0 s | romregret| n o0r o| dage Know| ng
what has |ea| va' 0e, |o' ' ow| ng o0| snow| edge |athe|
t han o0| | mages, wecanconcent |ateon o| | ng| ng o0
most che| | shed w| shes| n |o oe| ng.
2o
Treasury of Experi ence
By observing our own experience, we can begin
this very instant to invite knowledge into our lives.
nce snow' edge oeg ns |o o| ngdeepe| mea n ng
va' 0a|ed
and ana' yzed, we may navecome| oass0 me| nal we
cannolsnowo0r consc| o0s ness. Howcanwesoeas. | y
ass 0me| n. s wnenwe 0seo0| m. nds con| . n0o0 s' y' Ve
' . ve w. l n. n o0| own consc. o0sness. | l . s o0 ' . |e, o0|
nome, l ne essence o| o0 n 0 man oe. ng Say. ng we
354 Knowledge of Freedom
canno| snowo0r consc o0s ness s | se say| ng| na| we
cannol see o0 . ps mov ng wnen we l a' s om one
pespecl ve, l n s may oe l 0e, o0l l ne so. 0l on s lo
' oos nl o a m o Ve may s mp' y nol yel nave d s
coveed lne m o l nal w ' ' evea' lne l0e nal 0e o|
o0 consc. o0s ness.
Pe naps l n s m o ' es w l n n o0 consc o0sness
. l se. | Ben nd o ao0nd o0 l no0gnl s we may sense
a e|' ecl ve | e' d o a cysla ' ' ne m o ' se q0a. l y
Pe naps l ne oo| ecl ve wo ' d s m oed n o0 m nd
moe comp' el e' yl nanwe snow. | | we deve' oped l ne
meansl oexa m ne o0 m nds moe d ecl ' y, 0s ngl ne
d scove es we mase aoo0l l ne nal 0 e o| pnys ca'
ea' l es as nd cal ons o|wnal wem gnl | ndw l n n,
wem gnl d scove an enl e. y new way l o v ew o0
se. vesando0 e. al onsn plo o0 wo ' d
O0 ng l ne | asl sevea' cenl 0 es we nave 0sed
sc enl | c mel nods lo exp. oe l ne wo . d ao0nd 0s
|oos ng l o l ne neavens, we d scoveed l nal l ne s 0n
was nol l ne cenl e, o0l a pal o| a geat ga. axy, one
o| many Now l nee ae spec0 ' al ons l nal o0 ga' axy
m gnl oepa ' o|asl ' . . agesysl em ' nvesl gal ngso' d
|o ms, we |o0nd l ney wee composed o| mo. ec0. es,
go ng deepe , we |o0nd mo' ec0 . es wee composed
o| aloms, go ng sl . . | a l ne , we ' o0nd e' ecl ons,
po' ons , and evenl 0a' ' y even sl ange pal c . es l nal
vac ' ' al eoelween mal l e andenegy
' n eacn case, we nave 'o0nd nol n ng |' at , . nea,
o slal c om lne s ma. . esl l o lne ' agesl 0n l s o|
mal l e, l nepnys ca' 0n veseseems lo exn o l epeal
ng pall e ns. | nl l es evo' ve ao0ndeacn ol ne, sp n
n ng n cyc' es, mal l e oecomesenegy, enegymalle
Time to Change
355
Space s v o an| w l n dynam c n leacl ons | nal con
ve|t 0 | l | mal e| y| nt o| | gnl
M gn| o0 m nds | o' ' ow s m . a pa| | e ns' Ae
l no0gnl s comp' ex pall e n ngsol en egy' ' s o0 con
sc o0sness e' a|ed l o l 0 ndamenl a' pnys ca. |oces'
Tnese q0est | ons ae now on| y spec0 | at | ons, | o we
nave no| deve' oped | ne means l o exam ne | ne | 0 ' '
spect 0 m o | h 0 man consc| o0s nessal t h| s | 0 ndamen
| a' ' eve' .
| n l ne past , when we |e| | l he pess ng need |o
gealesnow' edge, wenavemadesl en 0o0s eho l sl o
deve' opoel l emeans o| ooseval | on. Pehapswecan
app' y l n s same sense ol 0 gency | o 0ndes| and. ng
n 0man oe| ngs, and deve' op ways t o eseac n o0
consc o0snes s moe deep' y As a sl a| ng po n| |o
reseacn, we co0 ' d oeg n w l n wna| eso0 ces we
nave. o0senses, pecep| 0a' pocesses, ando0 ana' y
l c ao ' | es. Ve nave 0sed o0 senses | o ga n snow'
edge aoo0| | ne pnys| ca| wo ' d, pe haps wecan a ' so
0se l nem n ol ne ways Ve m gn| oe ao' elo 0se o0
v| s on t o' ' oos w| | h| n | n moe t han a met apho ca|
sense, wem gn| a' sooeao' e| od eclo0 ol ne senses
| nwad aswe' | .
' Sens ngw l n n' , wemay| ndl nal o0 sensesnave
a s 0ol ' e aspect e' aled to a o oade awaeness.
No ma' ' y, we say | na| o0 senses ae ' awae o|
someth| ng, | n|e | nga e' at | ons h| poetween o0se| ves
and wna| we ae see ng. | l m gnl a' so oe poss o' e |o
s mp' y' oe awae w l no0l eleence |o wno s awae
ol wnal , sn ll ngempnas s |o ' ns de | neexpe ence
Tnee m gn| oe' see ng o ' nea ng n gea| edepl n
and l0' | ness l nan we now snow B0| 0 nl | | we nave
356 Knowledge of Freedom
mo|e d |eclexpe| ence, wenave no wo|dslo exp|ess
l ned |le|enceoelween o0| c0sl oma|y 0nde|sland ng
o| awa|enessand awarenessl nal goes oeyonda s 0o
| ec| exper enc| nganooj ec| .
|ea|n ng l o' |ead l ne' ang0age olo0| mo|e s 0ol ' e
percepl 0a| ao| | | | | es, wem| gh| || nda |asc| nal | ng|ea' m
| ha| we haveove| ' oo|ed. Thro0gns 0sl a| nedooserva
| | on and ana| ys| s, we co0' d expand o0r concepl 0a|
sl | 0cl 0 |es l o emo|ace new |now' edge o| h0 man
consc o0s ness Cnceo0| pe|s pecl . veon h0mancon
sc o0sness oegan l o cnange, eve|y new d scove|y
conce|n ngo0| phys ca' wo| ' dco0 ' d ns p |e0s lo' oo|
w l n n, oa' anc ng o0| |now' edge o| l he oose|vao' e
wor ' dw| | n |now' edgeo| | neooserve|
neanc enl maps de| ned l needgeso| a |' al wo|' d
wn e |e d |a go n s awa l ed l n os e wn o ven | 0 |ed
oeyond | he ' m l s o| | ne |nown. Tne v ew l na| l ne
meas 0|ao' e aspecl s o| o0| consc o0s ness a|e a' ' we
can|now mayoeas ' | m l ng no0| l measwasl he| ' al
wor | d v| ew | n ages pas| V| | h a grea| er v| s | on o|
h 0mandes| | nyand| neco0 rage| o| raverseo0r men |a|
rea| ms, wna| m| gn| we || nd' How |arco0 | d we go | |
wewe|e nol slopped oyo0| convenl ona' 0nde|sland
ng' | |wewerew| ' ' ng l o|aceo0|d|agonsd |ecl ' y'
Consl | cledoyl nep|ess0 |esmo0nl ngona| ' s des,
n0 man oe ngs a|e con| ned eve| mo|e c' ose' y lo l he
cnanne' s o| |now' edge esl ao' s ned ' ong ago Tne
press0re | l se| | ma|es | l near| y mposs o| e |o see lnal
o0r ' ves are essen| | a' | y |ecyc' ngs ||om lne pas| .
Vea|y ol l n s end' ess |epel l on, o0| consc o0s ness
may oe g|ow ng o' d and l |ed, da||en ng 0nde| lhe
o0|den ol sl agnal on and p|ess 0 |e |ac| ng a means
Time to Change 357
o| |ep| en s nmen| , o0 co| | ec| ve men| a' v | a| |y may
oe w| nd| ng down | n en| rop| c cyc| es Sho0| d | h s oe
happen ng, we may soon oecome ' ocsed n| o o0
presen| pa||ern| ng. Tnen| | wo0| doem0cnmo|ed| |||
c0' | |o renew h 0 man consc| o0sness, | 0| 0 |e gene|a-
| ons wo0| d nave no cno ce o0| | o |epea| | he same
pa||erns | never | | gh| en| ngcyc| es
Ye| now, n | h| s momen| , we nave a pr | ce' ess
oppo| 0n . |y | o awasen | he | 0' | |eso0 |ces o| o0|
consc. o0sness a nd |e nv go|a|e o0| m nds . How can
weconce| veo| | hedynam| cpowero| o0r cons c| o0s
ness, wh ch hass 0s | a. ned . | s e' | l o| a m | ' . onyea|s o|
n0 man evo' 0| on' Tne energy o| h 0 man consc o0s
ness mayshare an a||n| |y w| | h | gh| | ha| we do no|
ye| 0nde|s| and T0 n ng | owa|d | ha| | . gh| , we m. gh|
| nd | | heso0rceo|aH o0| | ns p| |a| | onandc|ea| | v| | y
V| | h moremen| a| energy, weco0' dr| seaoove| he
| 0|o0' ence o| con| 0s on and des |e | ha| c| o0ds o0|
v. s on, andv ew n 0 man po|en| . a' | es n a |ao| gn|e|
' | gh| . Tapp| ngeven a par| o|o0r awareness, wegave
r se |o o0| pesen| c|ea| on. | | we can | nd ways |o
awasen |ne | 0 ' ' powe|o| awa|eness, we co0' d en| e|
a new phase o| h 0 man evo| 0| | on and rev| |a| | ze
o0|se| vesando0| wo| ' d.
JJ
Knowl edge of Freedom
The magical play of the mind contains
all possibilities for growth and change.