The Harder You Try To Change, The Worse It Gets

The harder you try to change, the worse it can get. Does this mean that a certain degree of passivity is all right? Yes, the more you resist something, the greater power you give to it. That’s the meaning, I think, of Jesus’ words: “When someone strikes you on the right cheek, offer him your left as well.” You always empower the demons you fight. That’s very Oriental. But if you flow with the enemy, you overcome the enemy.

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The harder you try to change,

The worse it gets.

Is there a passivity there?

Remember I said,

The more you resist something,

The greater power you give to it.

So resist not evil.

When someone strikes you on the right cheek,

Offer him your left as well.

You always empower the demon you fight.

That's very oriental.

Slow with the enemy and you overcome the enemy.

How does one cope with evil?

Not by fighting it,

But by understanding it.

In understanding,

It disappears.

How does one cope with darkness?

Not with one's fists.

You don't chase darkness out of the room.

With a broom,

You turn on the light.

But the more you fight darkness,

The more real it becomes to you,

And the more you exhaust yourself.

When you turn on the light of awareness,

It melts.

Watch this.

Scrap of paper.

This is a billion dollar check.

I must renounce it.

The Gospels say I must renounce it.

Gotta renounce it.

Gotta give it up.

I want eternal life.

Substitute one greed with another greed.

Spiritual greed with the other greed.

Before you had a worldly ego.

Now you got a spiritual ego,

But you got an ego all the rest,

All the same.

Kind of a refined one.

More difficult to cope with.

I gotta get rid of it.

So I'm giving it up.

I'm really giving it up.

But something in me is drawing me towards it.

When you renounce something,

You're tied to it.

But if instead of renouncing it,

I look at it,

I say,

Hey,

This isn't a million dollar check.

This is a scrap of paper.

Lost interest.

Gone.

Nothing to fight.

Nothing to renown.

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