September 9, 1967
(The “unbearable pressure”)
As soon as you want to do something, the whole opposite rises up in a mass … with a degree of stupidity beyond all measure.
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You want to create Harmony: everyone quarrels! Intelligent people seem to become stupid, they do silly things – this morning I have been spending all my time writing to stop people from doing foolish things…. Strange. Intelligent, responsible people, you understand, people who have worked for a long time – and … tomfoolery.
Oh, as soon as there comes a little power – the power of light, power of truth, power of love (the aspect of power in things) – as soon as that manifests (gesture of uprising), it causes a terrible confusion: everyone feels full of energy, and with that energy does stupid things! … Then, if you withdraw the Power … (gesture of flattening) flat out – no one does anything anymore!
Anyway …
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