"Now that is stupid. The outside can exist only with an inside; without the inside the outside is impossible. If we can see out, we can also see in. In fact, to see in is easier because it is there that we are rooted.

"But never seeing in, we go on rushing in all directions, doing all kinds of things, not knowing why, just because others are doing them. We are imitating, following. We become carbon copies. That's the most ugly thing in life: to be a carbon copy. Man can never be blissful unless he is original, unless he knows his original face.

"I have heard a very beautiful story. It may be true, it may not be true. Its truth is not historical but, far more significant, it is metaphorical.

"The story is:

"Alexander the Great was on his way to India. He met a fakir sitting by the roadside with a round, small, crystal-like object in his hand.

"'What's that?' inquired Alexander.

"'I will not tell you,' said the fakir, 'but I will bet you that it is heavier than all your gold, silver and jewels.'

"Alexander ordered an enormous balance to be brought along with all of his treasures. On one side of the balance he piled all the treasures; the fakir put his small round crystal on the other side and, lo! it was heavier. Down it went and the vast treasures were lifted into the air. Alexander was amazed.

"Then the fakir said, 'I will show you one more thing.' He took a little dust and spread it over the crystal. It immediately became light, went up into the air, and the treasures came down.

"Alexander could not contain his amazement anymore and asked the fakir, 'Please, you must tell me. What is this object?'

"Said the fakir, 'It is nothing special. It is only a human eye.'

"Man has the capacity to see himself too, but that capacity is full of dust. We have an inner eye too – the third eye – but that eye is not functioning, and we have not used it for so long that it has gone out of function completely; it has become a paralyzed part in our being."