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NO WAY for the Spiritually "Advanced" by Ram Tzu
Ram Tzu says, “Ram Tzu is accessible from many levels of misunderstanding.” Serious students of enlightenment are in for a wild ride with this little book. The ironic appeal of the subtitle “For The Spiritually Advanced” barely hints at how little Ram Tzu is impressed by individual spiritual achievement.
The 97 free verse poems in No Way are incredibly funny, but for seekers they may also seem paradoxical, heretical, penetrating and insightful. If you’re lucky, you’ll recognize yourself in its pages - it’s good to see when you’ve been taking yourself a little too seriously. One minute you’ll howl with laughter at people’s pretenses, and the next you’ll squirm self-consciously as Ram Tzu gleefully points out that you, like the fabled emperor, also wear no clothes.
This widely quoted book is guaranteed not to produce any “self-improvement” in you at all. It has original line drawings by Ted Kingdon, and in Wayne Liquorman's Introduction, he claims not to know who Ram Tzu really is, but don’t you believe it.
published by Advaita Press 1990
Softcover 112 pages
ISBN 9780929448138
Two excerpts from NO WAY: For The Spiritually Advanced
20.
Ram Tzu knows this...
You are caught
In a web of beliefs.
You spin them from
Your own abdomen
They are made from
The substance of your self.
You believe in
Your own power.
You consider yourself
The Source.
Even though
When under duress
You pay lip service
To an all powerful God.
You believe in
The supremacy of technique.
You are convinced that if
You can but manage...
Your mind
Your money
Your breath
Your energy
Your body
Your faith
Your relationships
Your prayers
You will unlock the door
To peace, happiness and contentment.
Guess again.
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60.
Give it up!
Forget it!
You're never going
To be Enlightened.
Don't bother trying.
All effort is useless.
You don't stand a chance.
Why struggle?
You work hard at it
And you only end up
Fodder for the priests
And other hucksters.
Don't let them con you.
No one in the whole
History of man
Has ever made it.
Ram Tzu knows this...
You are not going to be
The first. |
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