One Minute of Foolishness

In the stories offered to the listener, more than one person speaks in the name of the Master. There is an Indian guru, a Zen monk, a Daoist sage, a Jewish rabbi, a Christian priest, and a Sufi mystic. These are Laozi, Socrates, Buddha, Jesus, Zoroaster, and Mohammed. The Master lived in the 7th century BC—and he also lives in the 20th century AD. His wisdom belongs equally to the West and the East.

The inexpressible Wisdom is found not in printed words, not even in the stories themselves, but in the spiritual subtext, the attitude, the special atmosphere. Reading page after page, deciphering the Master’s coded message, you will inevitably come into contact with the Silent Teaching hidden between the lines—you will awaken—and be transformed. Wisdom means the following: change without making even the slightest effort; transform—believe it or not—by nothing more than awakening to life, to reality that lies beyond words and beyond any understanding.

And if you are fortunate enough to become Awakened, you will understand that the brightest words are the ones that go unsaid, the fullest action is imperfect, and the truest change is the one that does not depend on your will.