CAUSE, AS THE SAGES HAVE ALL SAID IN SOME FORM OR OTHER, 'GOD IS NONE OTHER THAN THE SELF'. THIS NOW BECOMES THE BASIS FOR THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN 'TRUE HAPPINESS' AND 'FALSE HAPPINESS'.

THINGS ARE NOT THAT THEY SEEM

THE EASTERNER IS PRONE TO VIEW THE WORLD AS AN "ILLUSION" A CONCEPT WHICH CONFUSES THE WESTERNER. DR. ZEFF POINTS OUT THAT IN REALITY THE EASTERN VIEW IS THAT THE SEPARATE IDENTITY AND POWER WITH WHICH WE HAVE ENDOWED OBJECTS DOES NOT EXIST IN THE OBJECT BUT IN THE VIEWER, HE STATES THAT THE TENDENCY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN OBJECTS INSTEAD OF BETWEEN REACTIONS TO OBJECTS IS THE SOURCE OF MUCH EMOTIONAL CONFUSION. "THE RECOGNITION THAT ALL 'THINGS' ARE EQUAL AND THAT IT IS OUR REACTIONS TO THEM THAT ARE DIFFERENT PERMITS A NEW ORIENTATION TOWARD OBJECTS

ONE THAT DOES

NOT ENDOW THEM WITH AN UNREAL POWER."

MAN'S TENDENCY TO FILL IN THE GAPS IN HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH PROJECTIONS GIVES HIM THE FALLACIOUS FEELING THAT HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DEALING WITH AND CAN COPE WITH IT. HOWEVER, IF THE PROJECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REALITY ALL THAT FOLLOWS IS INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE AND UNREAL.

THE PSYCHOLOGIST POINTED OUT THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE MORE PREOCCUPIED WITH WHAT OTHERS ARE THINKING – SOMETHING IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THAN WITH THEIR OWN THINKING, WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HAVE REAL VALUE FOR THEM." HE ADDS THAT THE REAL QUESTION THEN BECOMES "IS WHAT YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE ARE THINKING REALLY WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, OR ONLY WHAT YOU THINK THEY ARE THINKING, AND THEREFORE SIMPLY YOUR THOUGHTS." (IT OCCURS TO US THAT THIS LAST THOUGHT IS EXTREMELY APPLICABLE TO THE MAJORITY OF HOMOSEXUALS WHO SEEM TO THINK THAT EVERYONE IS THINKING THAT THEY ARE ODD, OR QUEER, OR HOMOSEXUAL.

ED.)

MR. ZEFF CONCLUDED HIS TALK WITH A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF "AUTHORITY PROBLEMS" IN RELIGION. HE CONTRASTED THE "ORTHODOX" ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SCRIPTURES WITH THAT OF THE "LIBERAL", NOTING THAT THE FORMER ACCEPTS THE SCRIPTURES AT FACE VALUE WHILE THE LATTER ALLOWS A GREATER FREEDOM IN THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH.

"IT IS THE VERY ATTEMPT OF SOCIETIES TO BRING ABOUT A MORAL ORDER THAT PREVENTS THEIR PEOPLE FROM LIVING A MORAL LIFE. AS SOON AS