within one’s own self
within one’s own self
within one’s own self.
It is definitely there.
One who seeks it elsewhere loses it.
71. Love.
I am extremely grateful for your loving letter.
I take life as a whole and I am incapable of viewing it in bits and
pieces; it is already the whole but because it has been viewed
in fragments for so long it has become perverted.
There is no politics, no morality, no religion;
there is life, there is God, whole and unfragmented.
It has to be sought, recognized and lived in all its forms,
therefore I shall continue to speak on all its forms.
And this is only the beginning.
Answering journalists is just preparing the ground.
All paths lead to one end – certain friends might take some time
to understand this truth.
As things are, this delay in understanding the truth is unavoidable,
but seekers of truth won’t be afraid – courage is the first condition
in the search for truth.
Remember, as long as spirituality does not become a philosophy
of the whole life it proves impotent,
and only escapists will take shelter behind it.
Spirituality has to be turned into a force,
spirituality has to be turned into a revolution,
only then can spirituality be saved.
My regards to all.
72. Love.
Man becomes a slave because he is afraid to be alone,
so he needs a crowd, a society, an organization.
Fear is the basis of all institutions,
and how can a frightened mind know the truth?
Truth requires fearlessness and fearlessness comes from sadhana,
not from societies.
That is why all religions, institutions and organization
bar the path of truth.
73. Love.
Don’t be in a hurry.
So often, hurrying causes delay.
As you thirst, wait patiently – the deeper the waiting,
the sooner it comes.
You have sown the seed, now sit in the shade and watch what happens.
The seed will break, it will blossom, but you cannot
speed up the process.
Doesn’t everything need time?
Work you must, but leave the results to God.
Nothing in life is ever wasted,
especially steps taken towards truth.
But at times impatience comes,
impatience comes with thirst,
but this is an obstacle.
Keep the thirst and throw away the impatience.
Do not confuse impatience with thirst.
With thirst there is yearning but no struggle.
With impatience there is struggle but no yearning.
With longing there is waiting but no demanding.
With impatience there is demanding but no waiting.
With thirst there are silent tears.
With impatience there is a restless struggle.
Truth cannot be attacked; it is attained through surrender
not through struggle.
It is conquered through total surrender.
74. Love.
Your letter has been received.
Why seek at all for a purpose?
If you seek this you will never find it
because it is eternally hidden in the seeker.
Life is without purpose – life is its own purpose,
therefore he who lives without purpose truly lives.
Live! Isn’t living itself enough?
The desire to have more than just life is a result
of not properly living –
and that is why the fear of death
grips the human mind, for what is death to one who is really alive!
Where living is intense and total there is no time to fear death –
and there is no time for death, either.
Do not think in the language of purpose –
that language is diseased in itself.
The sky exists without purpose.
God is without purpose,
flowers bloom without purpose,
and stars shine without purpose –
what has happened to poor man
