A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living - Kapil Gupta  ## Metadata - Author: **Kapil Gupta** - Full Title: A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living - Category: #books - Tags: #metaphysical #rationality #wisdom ## Highlights - S: Please tell me, Master. How is it that I too can come to the point in which I no longer care? M: One comes upon it through understanding, my student. - The child is an entity independent of the parent. He belongs to Nature. He does not belong to the Parent. Every parent is a surrogate. Nature uses the parent to bear the child. But it does not grant her ownership of him. - Man lives in a world whose noise is so wide and deep that it requires either an extraordinary DNA or a cataclysmic chance occurrence for him to turn away from the noise and seek The Truth. It is almost impossible for him to deem that all that he has been told for his entire life and all that he hears on a daily basis is completely false and full of lies. Monumentally rare are such men. But this is the only way. For without it, one is destined to a life of misery, turmoil, and anxiety. - Many things will seem fantastical to you, student. They will seem a thousand miles away. There are things that a man was meant to experience that most would relegate to the realm of magic and fantasy. But, in fact, magic and fantasy are at the heart of man's existence. - Tags: #favorite - Understand, my dear student, that anxiety is a byproduct. It cannot be eliminated head-on. One must penetrate the source from which it arises. - My dear student, if one has given the whole of himself to becoming a Master, he will do what is necessary to become it. And it will be a joy for him. It will be an intense journey. And peaceful the entire way. Hard work and practice are for those who try to become that which they secretly believe that it is difficult for them to become. - You see, my student, the entire notion of "success" versus "failure" has become a thing of its own. Man has created a beast. And this beast called "success" has become completely independent of the thing that he wishes to succeed at. - Man spends so much of his time trying to "succeed" that he overlooks the things that will give it to him quite easily. - Tags: #favorite #wisdom - It has taken me many years to learn what Living really is, my student. I have slowly abandoned the idea of living FOR something. I seek rather to Experience. - You will think me difficult, but I do not have any need for belief. I subscribe only to The Truth. And this Truth comes by way of a nuanced and uncompromising exploration of my experiences. I have no interest in resorting to "opinion" or "belief." Either I know or I do not know. If I know, I know. If I do not know, I explore and I experiment until I know. - When a man has a genuine desire to know The Truth, he deems himself available to knowing it. And thus the Universe infuses it into his bloodstream. - He doesn't need to do anything. But if he chooses to do something, let it be for the purpose of Truly Experiencing It rather than doing it for "meaning" and "purpose." - On the path to Wisdom, it is first imperative to let go of the "good." For only then is it possible to let go of the "bad." - If you place yourself at the top, you will suffer the desperation of attempting to validate that position. And if you put yourself anywhere but the top, you will suffer the turmoil of having to reach a higher position. There is anxiety in both directions. For you are playing a game that you cannot win. - You see, my student, when a man lives As his personality, he is limited. And something within him recognizes that his personality is limited. And thus he must say and do things in order to make up for the deficiencies that he feels himself to possess. - Man is hungry for something other than food. And once the hungry are sufficiently fed, they will exchange the disease of hunger for the diseases of those who are satiated. - S: What does life give to human beings? M: A steady stream of pain. - S: How does one achieve happiness? M: There is no such thing. - S: From where does wisdom arise? M: Dispassionate observation. - S: How can I have Peace? M: By living without the mind. - S: What is the most important thing in life? M: Nothing has importance. - S: What is enlightenment? M: The holistic dissolution of the self. - Once a human being becomes Enlightened, there is no one to receive the pleasure. - It seems to me that the only reason human beings wish to know about God is because they want something from him. If it was believed that God did not have the power to give, I do not believe any human being on earth would ever utter his name. - The Freedom from the need to seek anything. - M: The Freedom from the need to seek anything. S: But what about practices, skills, work, art, and so forth? M: Certainly, I continue to refine those things. But the refinement is the joy. Not the hope that something "good" will come from it. - If you are no longer interested in "good" things, "bad" things cannot disturb you. - He has grown tired of seeking pleasure. And in so doing he has become immune to the pain that follows. - The man of wisdom has seen that all joys are followed by misery. All pleasures are followed by pain. He has seen the undeniable reproducibility of this fact. And thus he has grown tired of seeking pleasure. And in so doing he has become immune to the pain that follows. - Firstly, he is not convinced that this will be the natural result. Secondly, the pain that he will endure in separating himself from his ego may be more unbearable to him than an entire life of his pain. - It is a great tragedy that the whole of a man's existence is spent living in pain. Even that which he thinks is fortuitous is also pain. It is a terrible way to live. - It is not that attaining wisdom is so difficult. It is just that man is simply unwilling to separate himself from his ego. - S: Master, man's life is filled with endless pain. I can speak firsthand. M: I assume you mean emotional pain. S: Yes, Master. M: The common man's life contains little else, my student. S: Why is this so? M: Because he lives his life through ego. - To be Educated means to Know something of value. To Know something that can transform a human life. To advance the life of man in a significant way. His being. His state. His inner condition. Is it not nonsensical? Rather than transforming the inner condition of man in order to prevent wars, humans are asked to go to "school" in order to relive and recite the details of the wars that have taken place. - It is far easier to be slothful or hard working than it is to be a Seeker. - On some level, man seeks to end his life. Understand, dear student, the pain and anxiety and turmoil and depression that man lives under each and every day of his life. Each and every day. Why would he possibly wish to free himself from a substance that would at least temporary shield him from such a painful existence? - This may be what they have convinced themselves of. But understand dear student, that alcohol is consumed in order to escape the pain of the mind. Man craves an altered state. Because the one that he continually finds himself within is far too turbulent. Alcohol has been become man's answer to the pain of the mind. - Because he lives his life from within the mind. Thus he lives under its weight. And, therefore, he is depressed. He continually is assaulted by the mind. He is a slave. He is constantly bombarded by the shrapnel of involuntary thoughts - S: Master, what is this thing called Depression? M: It has come to be modern man's natural state. - S: Who do you know that is depressed, Master? M. I have yet to meet a man or a woman who Is Not depressed. - Only the fool trains in order to win. The wise man trains in order to forge his Spirit. He trains in order to perfect his skill. - The only one who can truly Play is the one who is indifferent to winning and losing. He who plays to win suffers the wrath of the mind. - S: Why does the dog chase its tail, Master? M: Because it does not understand that the tail was not designed to be caught. S: And as for man? M: Man chases "happiness." But in actuality, he doesn't chase happiness at all. He chases freedom from pain. And he believes that happiness is the opposite of pain. - He must recognize that his life is fundamentally Pain. And that all his efforts at "happiness" only lead him further into that pain. He must understand that no matter what he tries, whether it is meditation or psychotherapy or medications or support from friends, such things will not have the power to cure his pain. All efforts will be futile. This is what he must understand. And he must understand it deep within his heart. - All human beings do the very same, my student. They try to improve. They try to become happier. They try to become more successful. They try to become healthier. They try to become wiser. They try to become better parents. They try to become better spouses. They try to make more money. And so on. - S: When will desperation arise, Master? M: When life becomes unbearable. When you can no longer bear the weight of the mind. When Freedom is the only choice that remains for you. It is then that desperation will arise. - Failure is largely a myth, my student. For anything that is pursued with Sincerity does not fail. And anything that is pursued with hope always fails. My failures were not a failure to achieve. My failures were a failure of cultivating Sincerity before embarking upon The Great Journey. - S: I understand, Master. Before you go, please tell me this. Is it veritably true that I can become absolutely anything that I wish to become? M: The answer was initially Yes. But now that you have asked the question, it has instantly become No. - M: To be Educated means to Know something of value. To Know something that can transform a human life. To advance the life of man in a significant way. His being. His state. His inner condition. Is it not nonsensical? Rather than transforming the inner condition of man in order to prevent wars, humans are asked to go to "school" in order to relive and recite the details of the wars that have taken place. - A relationship of peace is a relationship that is more parallel than perpendicular. it is two individuals that move side by side rather than two individuals that intersect. A maintenance of individuality and freedom results in the prevalence of peace.