Ojai 1949 Fourteen Public Talks -Volume 1

"Why do we seek a method or technique? - 21 August 1949 The problems of life do not demand a method, because they are so vital and alive that if we approach with a method we totally misunderstand and don't adequately meet that problem. Where there is efficiency there is ruthlessness. The means and the end are not separate. Reality or God is something that cannot come by a technique, a means, or through a long, determined practice and discipline. Aloneness implies no means. You are not alone when you have a means. Q: What is the right relationship, if any, between the individual and the collective, the mass? Q: What is the significance of pain and suffering?"