Question 10

A TAOIST MASTER HAS EXPLAINED SOME POINT IN TERMS OF THE TAO. HIS LISTENERS ASKED HIM HOW HE HAD COME TO FIND THE TAO IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD NEVER HAD A TEACHER. "I GOT IT," HE SAID, "FROM BOOKS." IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Yes, once in a while it is possible. That man must have been like the man I was just talking about who can become enlightened by listening to Krishnamurti. That man can become enlightened by listening to the birds. That man can become enlightened by reading the books. But that is an exception, not the rule. It has happened sometimes: if a man is really alert, then even a book can help; and if you are fast asleep, then even a Buddha is useless. Buddha also cannot help -- you go on snoring on his face, what can he do? A living Buddha -- proved useless by you. But if you are alert, then even a dead book can be helpful. It depends.

And it is difficult to find such a man who can become awakened by just reading books -- but the possibility is there. It is very nearly impossible, but even impossible things happen.

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Chapter 6

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  Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 2 SINCE COMING TO YOU, LIVING A MEDITATIVE LIFE HAS BECOME AN EASIER AND MORE NATURAL PHENOMENON. HOWEVER, I HAVE PRACTICALLY GIVEN UP ALL HOPE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT ARE THESE TENDENCIES CONTRADICTORY? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 3
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• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 4
  Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 4 IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLIMB ON TO HIGHER STAGES WHILE ONE IS SUPPRESSING OR EXCLUDING PARTS OF HIS BEING BY OUTSIDE CONDITIONS AND ILLUSIONS? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 5
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• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 6
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• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 7
  Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 7 YOU RECENTLY SAID THAT ONLY AN ENLIGHTENED ONE CAN LOVE. AT OTHER TIMES YOU ALSO SAID THAT UNLESS ONE LOVES ONE CANNOT BECOME ENLIGHTENED. FROM WHICH DOOR TO ENTER? at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 8
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• Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 9
  Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 5 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, Does the Universe love me? Question 9 YOUR CLAIM NOT TO CONDEMN SEEMS CONTRADICTED BY YOUR CRITICISMS OF SAI BABA, KRISHNAMURTI, AND AMERICAN GURUS at energyenhancement.org

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