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grim23I just finished Das Energi, by Paul Williams. A reviwer wrote: "This "strange little book" has been an underground bestseller for over twenty years. Its message has never been more necessary for human survival: Everything will change. You will never be the same. And all this will happen just as soon as you're ready."
"A person who competes is a person who does not know who she is.
She is suffering from stilted awareness.
A person who feels jealous is a person who does not know what he has.
He is suffering from stilted awareness.
The amazing thing is, it's not that easy to stifle awareness.
It requires constant diligence.
You really have to work at it to be miserable." - p. 25
"When you finally realze how really tough it is, when you finally accept life, when you finally find there is no way out but self-awareness and the incredible pain and loneliness and responsibility it brings, then and only then will you begin to be alive, and begin to know the joy of freedom." - p. 37
"Open yourself to absolutely everything that gets thrown at you - including death and life -
Open all the way.
Don't worry about picking out the important stuff.
Just let it all get thrown at you and the important stuff will be what hits you.
All you have to do is not shut everything out." - p. 119
"A person who competes is a person who does not know who she is.
She is suffering from stilted awareness.
A person who feels jealous is a person who does not know what he has.
He is suffering from stilted awareness.
The amazing thing is, it's not that easy to stifle awareness.
It requires constant diligence.
You really have to work at it to be miserable." - p. 25
"When you finally realze how really tough it is, when you finally accept life, when you finally find there is no way out but self-awareness and the incredible pain and loneliness and responsibility it brings, then and only then will you begin to be alive, and begin to know the joy of freedom." - p. 37
"Open yourself to absolutely everything that gets thrown at you - including death and life -
Open all the way.
Don't worry about picking out the important stuff.
Just let it all get thrown at you and the important stuff will be what hits you.
All you have to do is not shut everything out." - p. 119
