What About the Sorcerers?

Dan Hillier

“I was in a dialogue with Trungpa once, in Vermont, and he said to me, “What do you do about sorcerers?” I said, “What sorcerers, Trungpa? I don’t see any sorcerers, and besides, I wouldn’t do anything about them, anyway. My guru takes care of me; that’s his business. I just love God.”

And Rinpoche replied, “You’re copping out.” He said, “These are critical times, Ram Dass, and we must assume responsibility.” I thought about that for a moment, and I decided that he must be putting me on, so I said to him, “All times are critical, Rinpoche, and God has all the responsibility.” He said, “No, you don’t understand. You must take responsibility.”

I’ve come to believe that Trungpa was right, in a certain way, and that I was copping out.

~ Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita by Ram Dass

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“Be still and know I am God” now says to me that the sacred is never further away than a quiet mind and heart.

~ Jim Rigby

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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

~ Isac Asimov

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I do agree that we live in critical times and that there are people doing things they shouldn’t do. We can’t deny that there are powerful people with…