If you are ready to listen,
Not to agree with what I'm saying,
That wouldn't be listening.
But it really doesn't matter whether you agree with what I'm saying or you don't.
Agreement and disagreement has to do with words and concepts and theories.
It doesn't have anything to do with truth.
Truth is never expressed in words.
Truth is cited suddenly as a result of a certain attitude.
And you could be disagreeing with me and you might cite the truth.
But it has to be an attitude of openness,
Of willingness to discover something new.
That's important.
Not you're agreeing with me or disagreeing with me.
After all,
Most of what I'm giving you is really theories.
No theory adequately covers reality.
Now,
All I can tell you is not the truth,
But the obstacles to the truth.
Those I can describe.
I cannot describe the truth.
No one can.
All I can give you is a description of your falsehoods so that you can drop them.
All I can do for you is to challenge your beliefs and your belief system that makes you unhappy.
To point out your errors.
All I can do for you is help you to unlearn.
That's what learning is all about,
Where spirituality is concerned.
Unlearning.
Unlearning almost everything you've been taught.
A willingness to unlearn.
Are you listening as most people do in order to find something that would confirm what they already think?
Observe your reactions.
Frequently you'll be startled or shocked or scandalized or irritated or annoyed or frustrated.
Or you'll be saying,
Yeah,
Great!
Are you listening for what will confirm what you already think?
Or are you listening in order to discover something new?
That's important.
