"Excellent points,  Max, To 1,  I would like to add - who are we judge others.  We need to first learn the language before being able to apply and explore.  Why do we need to impose our "method" and view on…"

"First, I am curious why the change.  I was glad to see that there are actual online groups studying the Secret Doctrine and Voice of the Silence.  I do not beleive there are groups that are doing this. Regards,   barbara"

"Fundamentally no wisdom-tree exists, Nor the stand of a mirror bright. Since all is empty from the beginning, Where can the dust alight sixth patriarch"

"THE THIEF Tibetan teaching story 'The 12th century master Geshe Ben was renowned for his goodness and integrity. Once, while begging for alms, a family of devout Buddhists invited him to their home to be fed. He was so hungry that he found it…"

"FINDING A PIECE OF THE TRUTH One day Mara, the Evil One, was travelling through the villages of India with his attendants. he saw a man doing walking meditation whose face was lit up on wonder. The man had just discovered something on the ground in…"

"LOVE A student confided in Suzuki Roshi that she had tremendous feelings of love for him, and that it confused her. "Don't worry," he said. "You can let yourself have all the feelings you have for your teacher. That's…"

"THE LOST SON "A young widower, who loved his five year old son very much, was away on business when bandits came who burned down the whole village and took his son away. When the man returned, he saw the ruins and panicked. The took the burnt…"

"THE WORM Ajahn Brahmavamso There is a wonderful little story about two monks who lived together in a monastery for many years; they were great friends. Then they died within a few months of one another. One of them got reborn in the heaven realms,…"

"I came into the unknown St. John of the Cross (1542 - 1591) I came into the unknown and stayed there unknowing rising beyond all science. I did not know the door but when I found the way, unknowing where I was, I learned enormous things, but what…"