32. MISERY, CONFUSION AND CLARITY

To understand the misery and confusion that exist within ourselves, and so in the world, we must first find clarity within ourselves and that clarity comes about through right thinking. This clarity is not to be organized, for it cannot be exchanged with another. Organized group thought is merely repetitive. Clarity is not the result of verbal assertion, but of intense self-awareness and right thinking. Right thinking is not the outcome of or mere cultivation of the intellect, nor is it conformity to pattern, however worthy and noble. Right thinking comes with self-knowledge. Without understanding yourself - you have no basis for thought; without self-knowledge, what you think is not necessarily true. There is hope in man, not in society, not in systems, not in organized religious groups, but in you and me.