I Don't Like Religion Much, And I

To Him Who Knows How To Read The Legend, It Conveys More Truth Than The Chronicle.

When A Man Grows Aware Of A New Way In Which To Serve God, He Should Carry It Around With Him Secretly, And Without Uttering It, For Nine Months, As Though He Were Pregnant With It, And Let Others Know Of It Only At The End Of That Time, As Though It Were A Birth.

When People Come To You For Help, Do Not Turn Them Off With Pious Words, Saying, 'have Faith And Take Your Troubles To God.' Act Instead As Though There Were No God, As Though There Were Only One Person In The World Who Could Help -- Only Yourself.

In The Beginning Was The Relationship.

No Purpose Intervenes Between I And You, No Greed And No Anticipation; And Longing Itself Is Changed As It Plunges From The Dream Into Appearance. Every Means Is An Obstacle. Only Where All Means Have Disintegrated Encounters Occur.