The only thing that interests me about each of you is the part that never loses its connection to the Divine. The unfortunate thing about us humans is that what never loses its connection to the Divine has almost always lost its connection to our attention function. This is what we need to work on.

Mr. Lee does and says many things that sharply provoke the attention of his listeners. In various ways, he makes it clear that this is the only way to shake us from our slumber of self-righteousness and conformity, which keeps us clinging to our need for security and self-definition within a chaotic universe. In a state of shock as well as in roaring laughter – two of the master’s preferred tools – we have the opportunity to drop our armor and switch off our thoughts for a moment.