SO THAT EACH PERSON CAN TAKE FROM IT ACCORDING TO HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, ACCORDING TO HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THAT OF OTHERS. THERE IS NO 'TRUE' INTERPRETATION OF THE MESSAGE. THERE IS ONLY THE ONE THAT IS NEEDED BY THE PARTICULAR PERSON AT A PARTICULAR TIME, ACCORDING TO HIS STAGE OF GROWTH AND HIS ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IT.

"ALL OF THE GREAT SAGES HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED BECAUSE THEIR TEACHINGS ARE TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, OR TOO MYSTICAL OR VAGUE TO MAKE SENSE. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DRAG THEM DOWN TO OUR LEVEL WE MUST GROW UP TO MEET THEM AT THEIR OWN LEVEL WHICH IS, AFTER ALL, THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

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"IT IS NOT THAT THEY MUST LOOSEN THEIR TONGUES, OR MAKE THEIR MESSAGES EASIER FOR US TO COMPREHEND, BUT THAT WE NEED TO RECEIVE THE TEACHINGS BETTER, WITH A CLE, R-CUT AND OPEN-MINDED ATTITUDE FREE OF PRECONCEPTIONS AND PREJUDICE OF AN KIND. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT TO REVEAL WHAT THEY KNOW. WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO TO DISCOVER THEIR SECRETS. AND SO PRECIJI A TREASURE IS NOT EASY TO COME BY. ALL OF THE MESSAGES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE GREAT SAGES SEEM TO COME FROM THE OVERFLOWING OF SOUL FILLED WITH MUCH EXPERIENCE AND DEEP COMPASSION. THEY HAVE ATTAINED SELF-REALIZATION THROUGH GREAT SUFFERING AND MUCH TRAVELING THROUGH VAST DARK PASSAGES. THEY KNOW WE MUST DO THE SAME. THERE IS NO QUESTION BUT THAT WE MUST DESERVE THE TREASURE BEFORE WE CAN GET IT."

WHY IS MAN UNHAPPY?

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NR. ZEFF FEELS THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IN MAN'S UNHAPP|NESS IS HIS ABILITY TO "THINK." IT IS THIS ABILITY WHICH HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO EXPLORE THE VAST MYSTERIES OF NATURE, AND IT HAS BECOME HIS MOST VALUABLE TOOL. THINKING IS CONSIDERED HERE TO BE A MENTAL PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO EXPERIENCING WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE SIMPLE STIMULUS-RESPONSE PROCESS OF EXPERIENCE WITH NO MENTAL FUNCTION INTERVENING. THEREFORE THINKING AND EXPERIENCING ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

"MUCH OF MANKIND IS UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THE MIND, OR INTELLECT, IS THE GREATEST SOURCE OF HAPPINESS," NR. ZEFF DECLARED. "CERTAINLY SOME RELIGIONS' SEEM TO LEAD TO A STATE WHERE THE CRITICAL AND

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