whathappens.
Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal intogold,
sufferingintoconsciousness,disasterintoenlightenment.
Areyouseriouslyillandfeelingangrynowaboutwhat
Ihavejustsaid?Thenthat isaclearsignthattheillnesshas
become part of your sense of self and that you are now
protecting your identity — as well as protecting the illness.
Theconditionthatislabeled"illness"hasnothingtodowith
whoyoutrulyare.
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As far as the still unconsciousmajority of the populationis
concerned,onlya critical limit-situation has the potential to
crackthehardshell oftheegoandforcethemintosurrender
andsointotheawakenedstate.Alimit-situationariseswhen
through some disaster, drastic upheaval, deep loss, or
suffering your whole world is shattered and doesn't make
senseanymore. It isanencounter with death,be it physical
or psychological.The egoic mind,the creator of this world,
collapses.Outoftheashesoftheoldworld,anewworldcan
thencomeintobeing.
There is no guarantee, of course, that even a limit-
situation will do it, but the potential is always there. Some
people's resistance to what is even intensifies in such a
situation, and so it becomes a descent into hell. In others,
there may only bepartial surrender, but even that will give
themacertaindepthandserenitythat were nottherebefore.
Parts of the ego shell break off, and this allows small
amounts oftheradiance andpeace that lie beyondthe mind
toshinethrough.
Limit-situations have produced many miracles. There
havebeenmurderersindeathrowwaitingforexecutionwho,
in the last few hours of their lives, experienced the egoless