in the mind free of desires where only awareness is,
there truth manifests itself.
Truth simply is;
it has not to be found,
simply uncovered.
The lid of gold covering it is the ego.
Ego is darkness;
die, and become light!
Where the darkness of the ego is no more
there, in that emptiness, truth is;
and that is truth,
and that is bliss,
and that is immortality.
Do not seek it,
just die and it is there.
144. Love.
I am glad to receive your letter.
Yes, this much suffering has to be gone through –
it is the birth pangs of our own rebirth.
And going back is not possible
for where is the past to which to return?
Time demolishes the steps we climb to reach the present.
There is no going back –
only going forward is possible,
forward and forward –
and the journey is endless!
There is no goal, no destination,
only resting places,
where the tents are dismantled as soon as they are pitched.
But why this fear of anarchy?
All systems are false –
life is anarchic, insecure.
He who seeks security dies before his death.
Why this hurry to die?
Death itself will take care of that for us
so is it not right that we learn to live?
And the miracle is
that death does not call
on the one who learns how to live –
and this alone is needed.
Doesn’t the gardener silently wait after sowing the seed?
Whenever you need me you will find me beside you.
Regards to all there.
145. Love.
Atheism is the first step towards theism,
and a must.
If you haven’t been through the fire of atheism
you’ll never know the light of theism.
If you haven’t the true strength to say No
your Yes will always be impotent.
So I am glad you are an atheist –
something that can be said only by a theist.
So I say: Go deeper into atheism.
Superficiality won’t do,
so don’t just think atheism, live it –
and it will ultimately lead you to God.
Atheism isn’t it,
it is just a doubting.
Doubt is good but it isn’t it.
Actually, doubt is a search for trust.
So go on, make your journey,
for the path to truth starts with this doubt.
Doubt is sadhana
because doubt eventually exposes the incontestable truth.
Inside the seed of doubt is the tree of trust,
so if you plant the seed of questioning
and work on it
you are bound to harvest trust.
And beware all religions!
Only religions obstruct the true path of religion.
146. Love.
Dreams too are true
because what we call truth is only a dream –
it is just the difference between open and closed eyes.
Understand this fully
and then one can go beyond both,
and the way lies beyond both.
Both are the seen and beyond both is the seer.
147. Love.
Not only is a seed a seed,
man is also a seed.
Not only seeds bloom,
man also blooms.
Not only seeds blossom into flowers.
148. Love.
How can the search begin unless there is doubt?
How will the heart awaken to know the truth
unless there is doubt?
Remember – belief and faith bind man,
doubt liberates him.
149. Love.
I was glad to receive your letter.
Make love your prayer now.
Love alone is worship, is God.
Let there be love with every breath –
this is your only sadhana.
Sitting, rising, sleeping, waking
just remember: love.
Then you will see that his temple is not far off.
150. Love.
God is testing you every moment.
Laugh and take the test –
it is beautiful that he considers you worth testing!
But don’t be in a hurry
for the more you hurry the more some goals recede,
and without doubt the temple of God is a goal like that.
He who travels with patience travels fastest on this journey.
