This is going to be a hard task for you, first to attain and then to lose - because you can lose only something which you possess. If you don't possess it, how can you lose it?

Always choose the new, the less travelled by. Always choose the unknown, the less travelled by.

People say love is blind because they do not know what love is. I say unto you, only love has eyes; other than love, everything is blind.

Remember: no attachment should grow, no clinging should grow. They are all against your independence, your freedom, your individuality.

Celebration never need depend on outside circumstances. We need not wait for a special holiday or a formal occasion, nor a sunny and cloudless day. True celebration arises from a joy that is first experienced deep within, and spills over into an overflow of song and dance and laughter, and yes, even tears of gratitude.

People are imitative and imitation is bound to be unintelligent. They want to do exactly the things which others are doing. That destroys their freshness. Do things in your own style; live your life according to your own light. And even if the same situation arises, be alert to find a new response. It is only a question of a little alertness, and once you have started enjoying... and it is really a great joy to respond to old situations always in a new way, because that newness keeps you young, keeps you conscious, keeps you non-mechanical, keeps you alive.

The authentic pagan has no need of religion because, whatever religion can provide, he already has it.