From Bondage to Freedom

1 To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in the world 2 2 The work of the serpent 16 3 Learn from this experience 26 4 Where do we go from here? 40 5 The future is open 53 6 The meaning of responsibility 68 7 Love is not surrender 81 8 Intelligence is a luxury 95 9 Intelligence is a luxury 107 10 Struggling for the new man 122 11 The dewdrop has disappeared into the ocean 135 12 Today we claim the rainbow 148 13 The world needs to be one 158 14 No master, no disciple 171 15 Now meditation is needed even more 184 16 This existence is paradise 196 17 You just need a little courage 210 18 Existential worship 222 19 A mystic versus America 233 20 The power of the mystic 243 21 Your work should be your joy 254 22 This whole earth belongs to us 266 23 Religion is dead, religio is born 275 24 Learn the art of living 289 25 The buddhafield remains 300 26 Truth is enough unto itself 311 27 Close your eyes and find me 322 28 You are eternal 332 29 Truth -- not a highway but a hill track 343 30 This beautiful earth 354 31 Democracy means mediocracy 365 32 The great accident 375 33 Dismantle the ego 387 34 The sound of truth: "Aha!" 398 35 Existence is only in the present 407 36 To each his own song 417 37 Doubt is absolutely okay 426 38 Enough just to be with me 436 39 Every child is born a witness 447 40 Without Zorba there is no Buddha 457 41 The psychology of the buddhas 465 42 Everything beautiful is absurd 474 43 The blessed ones 484