Can you tell me more about the masters?

Tom: Can you tell me more about the masters?

Guru: Okay, let’s look at the masters.

Tom: Yes, I am looking.

Guru: Do they have many physical things?

Tom: Many of them have very few physical things.

Guru: So the places they live or work tend to look empty.

Tom: Very empty.

Guru: Do they have money?

Tom: Many of them have little or no money.

Guru: So they are not rich.

Tom: Yet they are rich in their hearts.

Guru: Do they have jobs?

Tom: Many of them do not have jobs.

Guru: Yet they do meaningful work.

Tom: Very meaningful work.

Guru: Do they have friends?

Tom: Many of them do not have friends.

Guru: So they tend not to socialize.

Tom: No socializing.

Guru: And they love to live in silence.

Tom: Silence is the language of the Divine.

Guru: Do they have families?

Tom: Many of them do not have families.

Guru: So they tend to live in solitude.

Tom: And they love to live alone.

Guru: Actually, they are not alone.

Tom: They are not?

Guru: They live with the Great Spirit.

Tom: So, they live alone with the Great Spirit.

Guru: That means they are not alone.

Tom: So, they live alone but they are not alone.

Guru: So overall, what do the masters have?

Tom: They have practically nothing.

Guru: Yes they have nothing, yet they live as though they have everything.