Ojai 1949 Fourteen Public Talks - Volume 11: Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another? (Abridged)

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?