What Is The Seal Of Liberation No Longer Being

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

Receive without pride, let go without attachment.

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.