"Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Rely on yourselves, and do not rely on external help. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Seek salvation alone in the truth. Look not for assistance to any one besides yourselves" These snippets from Shamcher’s archives that might help frame and context the world we live in today. Every week, I send you a quick dispatch.
James suggested this quote in reference to Shamcher's approach: "Humility gives everyone, even the lonely and the desperate, his strongest tie to his fellow men. Immediately and spontaneously, too, albeit only if the humility is complete and lasting. It does so because it is the language of prayer and is both worship and tie. The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of striving; out of prayer is drawn the strength with which to strive." (106)
~ Aphorisms, Franz Kafka, Schocken Books, New York, 2015 (1931), pg.105
James suggested this quote in reference to Shamcher's approach: "Humility gives everyone, even the lonely and the desperate, his strongest tie to his fellow men. Immediately and spontaneously, too, albeit only if the humility is complete and lasting. It does so because it is the language of prayer and is both worship and tie. The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of striving; out of prayer is drawn the strength with which to strive." (106)
~ Aphorisms, Franz Kafka, Schocken Books, New York, 2015 (1931), pg.105