Belief and religion

'Everyone here is endeavouring to return to what is natural. And usually we select some religious path, some religious way. And that, unfortunately, is the cause of why everybody is not enlightened is because of religion and beliefs. Beliefs in Buddha, beliefs in Jesus, beliefs in the Quran, beliefs in Barry Long – belief in anything. That's why what is natural is so rare on this earth for human beings.'

'There's no truth in the past whatever. But it is normal to think that there's truth in the past. So all human beings worship the past, or are fixated on the past, and that's all right, because being human, there are different strata of intelligence, or what would be called consciousness of being human.'

'Why do you believe in anything? Why? Because you are so unhappy and so unsure of the truth, so unenlightened, that you have to believe in something like leaning against a lamp post when you're drunk.'

'Do you need to believe in anything to breathe? What is this nonsense of belief? It is the bondage of the human race.'

'Enjoy your senses; the beauty of the evening through your senses. You don't have to believe anything to enjoy walking around, do you?'

'All the priests write all the religious stories. Priests, modern priests as well as ancient priests, all missed the point of the master who says, I am the temple.'