Secret Power of Words                                 Words of Knowledge:
                                                                           Barriers to Understanding

I say, "Roy Masters is a parrot of the Existentialist teachings." ROY: Yes. Their brand of hypocrisy has bred a revolution against words as well as religion.

MAN: Because of my background, I can really look at your approach, having a background in Zen and Far Eastern philosophies as well, and when I look at you, I would say, " Roy needs to be an individualist. His background is a parrot of Zen, Krishnamurti, Existentialism."

ROY: But how can I be from any of these without being caught up in another? From whence shall my understanding come? From you? Shall I take your words, or should I see it for myself? But hear me again. I never studied these philosophies, so how can that be?

MAN: You need to be free from that matrix. I would say you are bound in an anti-rational, anti-linguistic, anti­Jewish /Christian type of attitude.

ROY: Hold it right there. I would say you are bound into words, so you cannot see where I am coming from. You keep assuming that I am against language, when I am neither for nor against it, to avoid seeing the truth of what I am saying about you. There are similarities and some good in all religions. In Zen, there are similarities to Judaism and Christianity. In all religions there are some truths, except that they are plucked out and used in different ways to rationalize all forms of Pride in its madness.

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