Intellectual knowledge

exists in and of the brain.

Because the brain is part of the body,

which must one day expire,

this collection of facts,

however large and

impressive, will

expire as well.

Insight, however,

is a function of the spirit.

Because your spirit follows you

through cycle after cycle of

life, death, and rebirth, you

have the opportunity

of cultivating insight

in an ongoing

fashion.

The ego says

that the world is vast,

and that the particles which form it

are tiny. When tiny particles join,

it says, the vast world appears.

When the vast world

disperses, it says,

tiny particles

appear.

The ego is

entranced by all these

names and ideas, but the subtle truth

is that world and particle are

the same; neither one vast,

neither one tiny.

Every thing is

equal to every other thing.

Names and concepts only block your

perception of this Great Oneness.

Therefore it is wise to

ignore them.

Those who live

inside their egos are

continually bewildered: they struggle

frantically to know whether things are

large or small, whether or not there is

a purpose to joining or dispersing,

whether the universe is blind

and mechanical or the

divine creation of

a conscious

being.