To say I’m a Frenchman, I am British…

or I am a Hindu, or a Sikh, or Muslim – you know. Is that bad?

Audience: It might not be to some, but to us.    ( Inaudible )

Of course, to other people, we are including all of us sir.I am not saying, to me it is bad and to you it is not bad. That’s rather… We are asking: WHAT IS BAD?

Not according to me or according to somebody else.

As long as there is division – right? Racial division, class division, religious division – right?

Political, economic and so on, DIVISIONS.

Those divisions create CONFLICT, WAR ultimately – KILLING each other.

YOU UNDERSTAND?  ISN’T THAT BAD?  No?

Audience: Yes.

Oh, good, I am glad.

(Laughter)

And yet religions have supported it, YOU SUPPORT IT – you understand?

But still – you know all the rest of it.

CAN WE BE FREE OF ALL THAT FIRST?

NOT BELONG TO ANY COUNTRY, TO ANY GROUP, TO ANY GURU,

TO ANY RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION – BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL DIVISIVE.’

(Brockwood Park, 28th August 1984 – 1st Question & Answer meeting)