*Why do you think it's easy to be poor in order to achieve inner change?  Must one live in a slum?  What's the highest salalry at which it's possible to encounter God?  This is all ideological twaddle.  Genuine illumination makes one poor instantly; having loses its importance.  Greed is also capable of filling the hearts of the poor who are rich with all they do not yet possess.  What's important is to be open to what takes place, for "Poverty is a great illumination/coming from within."

In this world controlled by money it's hardly possible for any one to be poor today in the manner of Francis of Assisi.  They'd become part of folklore and  be immediately taken over by the media.  Anyway, it's pointless to imitate the actions of the poor; poverty has to be a new creation, coming to birth in the depths of the soul.  To step forward without anxiety at the high noon of death, in the midst of every human passion.  To accept the world joyously without being duped by its values.

The encounrter with God is the supreme sign of wealth.  It's better to set out along the road to cover the distance that separates us from (God). And if there's only an abyss under our feet, to cry out or keep silent. To invite someone to renunciation when the sacrifice is not directed at the good of the other person is to make oneself the accomplice of a deception.  God has no need of sacrifices; men and women do.
-Jean Sulivan

song of a thousand addicts

mercy, mercy

i'm sorry

please forgive me

i need help

why do i do this 

here i go again

help me

thank you

i want to change

before i die