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The belief in the myth of change is the most

dangerous kind of belief. Man has suffered much

from it - much more than from any other kind

of belief. The myth of change - that something

better is possible, that man can improve upon himself, that

there is some place to go to, that there is somebody to be, that

there is some kind of utopia - has corrupted human mind

infinitely down the centuries. It has been a constant poisoning,

Man is already there. Man has been all along that which he

wants to be. Man need not change in order to be. All that is

needed is an understanding, an awareness - not a change,

Becoming is never going to give you being, Through becoming

you will remain constantly in anguish, in tension - because

becoming means that the goal is somewhere else, that the goal is

never here, never now, that the goal is far away. You have to

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strive for it and your whole life is wasted in striving. And you can

go on striving and you will not find it because the goal is here

and now, and you are looking then and there,

Your being is in the present, and all ideas of becoming are

projections into the future. By projecting into the future, you go

on missing the present, That is a way of escaping from the

reality. The idea that you have to become something is the idea

that takes you away from your real being, from your authentic

being. You are already that - that's why I say' the myth of

change is one of the most dangerous myths.