Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another?: Ojai 1949 - Public Talk 11

'Why do we want to dominate or be subservient to another? - 20 August 1949

• Why is it that we dominate, consciously or unconsciously?

• To submit oneself to another is the negative form of domination. We shall not

be able to solve this problem by thinking in terms of opposites.

• Is not domination a process of isolation, which denies relationship?

• Can there be relationship between two people if there is any sense of

domination or submissiveness?

• Q: Is not the experience of the past a help towards freedom and right action in

the present?

• Q: Is my believing in survival after death a hindrance to liberation through self-

knowledge?

• Q: Why is it certain individuals identify themselves with you or with your state

of being and thereby gain authority for themselves?'