The idea is merely the crystallization of thought as a symbol, and the effort to live up to the symbol brings about a contradiction. This understanding of the self is not a process reserved for the few. The self is to be understood in our everyday speech, in the way we think and feel, in the way we look at another. If we can be aware of every thought, of every feeling, from moment to moment, then we shall see that in relationship the ways of the self are understood. Then only is there a possibility of that tranquillity of mind in which alone the ultimate reality can come into being.
Simplicity is lost.
The successful people are not the ones who are building a new world. To be a real revolutionary requires a complete change of heard and mind, and how few want to free themselves. One is everlastingly comparing oneself with another, with what one is, with what one should be, with someone who is more fortunate. This comparison really kills. Comparison is degrading, it perverts one's outlook.