Enlightenment Endangered
Uninterrupted enlightenment of the brain was once the natural state of man and woman. The brain was a perfect physical instrument. It served the consciousness of man and woman and the will of the earth. Nothing suffered from its activities. Today the instrument has taken over. The servant has usurped the master’s role. And the earth and every creature on it are the victims of its mad and irresponsible wilfulness.
Due to the ignorance of our times, or the sophisticated brain, enlightenment is one of the earth’s great rarities. It is almost an extinct phenomenon, comparable physically to the planet’s most endangered (by the brain) species. And so it is said, the earth has few living masters.
Extract from the announcement of Barry’s Teaching Week in Bristol, UK, 14-21 May 1989.