rapidly, moving students into different states of mind.

He continued, “You think what happens in the desert is
more powerful than what happens here, in the theater. I
have made you think this is so. Maybe I have tricked you.
You all resist this process. Your egos are afraid of
dying. Many of you get to a place in the study where you
feel good. You like a particular level of awareness, you
feel good, and you get stuck. This makes sense, because
you have found a space that is less painful, a place that
is happy and filled with light. You avoid me, because you
know that I will destroy you.” (Rama laughs maniacally.)

Rama concluded his response by saying to the student
who had posed the question, “You are no longer stuck. You