"The insight does not consist of seeing our true nature, for this is
impossible, "being" can never be experienced; the insight is of what we
are not. We see our mechanisms, our arrogance, our fears, our
limitations, very clearly without experiencing any desire to change
them. Facing these facts is an act of humility. Seeing clearly " what we
are not " is what, in the East, is referred to as insight of what we
are. It is important this be clear, because most people fantasize, think
or visualize an insight of what they are, rather than an insight of
what they are not."
"It is our lack of clarity that prevents us from seeing that people we
imagine to be entitled to grace because they make huge efforts in
sadhana, are in fact totally caught up in the becoming process. They
live in a state of constant tension, in wanting to become something,
wanting to be free. In wanting, there is no room for anything. Wanting
to be free, wanting to be rich, to be beautiful, to have a red car, all
amount to exactly the same thing. There simply is no room for anything
in wanting. The few people who have been audacious enough to describe
the descent of grace have all said that at that moment they were just
silent and quiet."
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