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EDITORIAL
A new dawn ushers the hope of transformation
and enlightenment. The spring brings many
wonderful manifestations. The flowers of hope
may seem to fade but they ne’er vanish.
The only resolution should be to die to the moment and be reborn to the next
moment. Inward journey then continues. In fact birth and death go together.
With this issue Meditation Times Tm ushers into a new dawn of 2010 as
the Chief Editor Swami Anand Neelambar says in his Editorial.
When the Meditation Times TM began several years it was then again
Swami Anand Neelambar was inducted as the Chief Editor. It was Black and
White Lithographic issue. However in a short span of time its circulation has
reached 4000 world over. We had given it as our gift free. From this year it
will available for a small subscription.
Meditation Times TM has been the sole creation, design, layouts, selection
of theme etc. of Swami Anand Neelambar. His editorials are beauty indeed. He
should be encouraged to write articles as well.
Your support is the assurance that the birth of the New Man awaits its
emergence out of you. There is no time frame for this. Once you are on path
certainly it will happen one day.
Love
Taoshobuddha
Question: Maybe the review from Anil Sohoni could be put at the end of
the book like a sort of summary of the contents. Lars Jensen
In his quest for Truth Man has been plagued by a dichotomy, a schizophrenia of duties. His so-
called religious institutions with their codes of morality, social ethics, and catechisms of dogmas
profess one thing; while Man lives a hypocritical life.
The simple reason is that these ‘mafias of the soul’ demand the unnatural and impossible from
Man. And when he fails, he is condemned; guilt arises. Man is thus easily manipulated by the
priests and politicians.
For the recovery of the Truth, these bastard traditions, and criminals against humanity must be
categorically abandoned; and simple meditation be explored. Meditation is one; its paths are
many.
Each individual must explore himself his own way. Without this exploration or rather
‘imploration’ (inner exploration), the quest for Truth is a vain endeavour doomed to failure,
frustration and New Age Mania.
We invite you to come and journey with us into the realm of meditation and self-transformation.
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Dance your way to God
Properly coordinated dance movements can become the way to God.
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ance is one of the easiest ways to reach the tradition. And Krishna is called the ‘Natvar Vapu’
ultimate reality. Almost all the traditions one who the master of the art forms including
have emphasized dance. But dance has not dance. This is Vaishnavite tradition. These are age
been explored as the way to God as yet in old traditions. These dances exhibit many moods
Hinduism. The reason being, Hinduism does not and bhavas. It is said whenever Shiva is enraged
seek enlightenment. It is not the tradition of because of the atrocities of a demon a particular
enlightenment. The tradition takes you up to drum rhythm begins followed by dance. To
devotion wherein the aspirant envisions, imagines support these Strotas and compositions are also
of the lord of his being. Those who have reached to created. The famous Shiva Tandava Strotam
the ultimate through this way are not still composed by demon king Ravana and the Tandava
considered enlightened. Though, they are. They Dance of Shiva is famous dance form. Like this
have dissolved their being into ultimate. The there are other forms of Shiva dances.
ultimate has happened. Mira, Ramkrishna,
Krishna who is the known as Vaishnavite God is
Tukaram, Namdev, Nanak, Kabir, Chaitanya are a
called ‘Natvar Vapu’. May cantos in Srimad
few among a large number.
Bhagwatam are dedicated to this. Look at the
It was Kabir a 14th century mystic who first spoke appearance of Krishna. Blue color of the skin, a
of the two shore of inward journey in one of his different shade of bluish-green hue of the feather
compositions and that too after 30 years of time in his crown, yellow color of his short apparel and
gap between the two events. It was he who other parts of his apparel are all very odd as far as
introduced the concept of enlightenment in Bhakti dress code and the color combination is
movement. The two examples Kabir gives through concerned. Yet still these oddities please the
his composition are first the drop dissolves in the viewers. And create ripples in the minds of the
ocean. This is first shore. Thirty years later he viewers. This represents the aspect of unity in
completed the couplet by saying the ocean has diversity. Also it takes the devotee into the deeper
become the drop. These are the two shores of realm of communion. This is the aspect of ‘Natvar
enlightenment. Kabir’s teaching has a blend of Vapu’.
Sufism and Hindu Bhakti movement and he is
Krishna’s famous dance of ‘Kaliya Mardan’ with
considered as rebel as far as his teachings are
Krishna dancing on the fang of the deadly Cobra
concerned. He could say so. Otherwise in Hindu
King of the river Yamuna symbolizes the ‘Dance of
Bhakti movement there is no mention of
transcendence of energy’ from the lower
enlightenment directly.
mooladhar to sahasrar. The custodians of Hindu
Shaivites, Vaishnavites, Sufis all have given religion – the priests, and mahants know nothing
importance to dance. All the dances of India of such insights and not only that their interest in
evolved around temples and are considered as on the sale of religion, continue overlooking such
religious dances. Hindu God Shiva is considered as things that can transform the lives of the aspirants.
the king of dance or ‘Nataraja’. This is shaivite
There is a great danger in that – and the danger is It is something like a woman getting pregnant. As a
the loss of business of poojas. result of pregnancy certain biological changes take
place. These changes are the outcome of inner
Dance therefore is an important and spontaneous
change. This does not mean the reverse will also
way to express various moods and bhavas. It is a
be true. At the end of the stipulated pregnancy
way of catharsis and also the way to express inner
time a child is born. This does not mean by
joy and ecstasy.
bringing those visible apparent signs like big belly
A properly coordinated dance movements can etc one can become pregnant. Pregnancy is the
become the way to God. outcome of inner change in the biology.
With the passage of time the religious significance So too, when someone goes deep in meditation his
of these dance forms is lost and it has become a brain waves change. These can be recorded. Now
source of entertainment. Hindu dance form was the reverse cannot be true. You cannot bring those
never used as the way of enlightenment. All such brain waves and think that the person will be
dance forms that once evolved within the temple meditative. Meditation is the cause and change in
precincts have now remained mere source of the brain wave patterns is the effect. So too
entertainment, cultural performances, and biological interaction of ovum and sperm is the
consorts alone. cause of pregnancy and all other changes are the
effects. Cause and effects are not reversible. You
In Sufi traditions singing, dance etc was prohibited cannot use the effects as the cause.
in the beginning. Only in Chistiyah tariqat the sama
of singing, called qawwali was allowed. However it But this is what goes on happening in all the paths
was the 13th century mystic Jalaluddin Rumi and the traditions that evolve around an
brought a new trend in inward journey. Rumi enlightened one. The moment the flower is gone
danced for 36 hours continuously. It was a simple the lesser minds and the business minds start
whirling dance. No steps no special gesture simply making traditions around all such things and in the
standing on one spot he went on whirling just like process the sanctity is lost.
little children. One begins to feel dizzy. As Rumi
In the process we forget or do not want to
continued whirling standing on one spot he
remember that it is the awareness or moment to
became like the axle that remains fixed and the
moment mindfulness that can make any simple act
wheel goes on revolving. He became the center of
become the source of enlightenment. If you are
the cyclone. He became aware of that which never
aware and mindful then a leaf falls from the tree;
changes within. After 36 hours of continuous
water goblet breaks; a blade of grass being tossed
dancing Rumi fell down and became enlightened.
with the wind suddenly settles on the ground etc.
This is how it happened to Rumi. This does not
can make you enlightened that very moment. Then
mean that it can happen to others as well the same
you do not have to whirl.
way. But human mind makes institutions and
traditions out of such happenings. God is called the greatest CREATOR. Try to
understand the essence of this word CREATOR.
In each such acts one thing that remains common
God is not Henry Ford who goes on manufacturing
is awareness. Rumi was aware of all that was
identical cars on assembly line. Manufacturing is
happening within. But the whirling dervishes who
not creativity.
go on following such traditions follow many
unnatural acts to bring that state. GOD is CREATOR not MANUFACTURER.
.
What is the reason that your grace has assumed a different form?
Why can’t I feel that? Everything is the same but you are missing.
Mind laments.
Then all of a sudden grace dawns as understanding from deep within.
And the disciple sings that the form of grace is different today.
The master’s presence is subtle. He is among us in a different garb.
Then why is it not visible mind wonders? Use your inner vision.
No realm is from the presence of the master.
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eath is always close by. Death is the only for a deeper understanding, that life and death
certainty. It is almost like your shadow. are all together. And exist as two extremes of one
It follows you like a shadow. You may energy – the Ultimate. Life is the active force and
be aware, or not aware, but it follows you from death is the inactive force. Life is the positive
the first moment of your life to the very last. electricity and death is the negative charge, but
Death is a process just as life is a process. They they cannot be separated.
are almost together, just like two wheels of a
bullock cart. Life cannot exist without death; Those who are aware know that death is
neither can death exist without life. possible at any moment. The very next moment
you may be gone – this awareness is going to
Our minds have an insane desire. We want only help you to live this moment as deeply as
life and not death. We do not even look at the possible, because death can cut your roots
existential truth. And we continue cling to our without informing you, that „I am coming.‟ It
own insane desire. Any desire that goes against simply comes. You know only when it has
nature is insane. Such desire is in almost every happened. And you do not even know when it
living creature, not only human beings. Even the comes because then you have no way to know
trees are afraid of death, but trees can be this. But it is not the greatest misery. The
forgiven. They are not conscious. They are only greatest misery is when there was the
unconscious – fast asleep. opportunity, you did not live and you went on
postponing.
But you are a little bit awake: you can sense the
presence of death. Hence the possibility opens Life is an opportunity.
Death is the end of the rope. If you understand Death is a constant reminder that, “I can come
death your life will become intense and total. But any moment. Be prepared.”
instead of understanding death, you become
overwhelmed by it. Hence the heart starts And what is the preparation for death? The
trembling with fear. And fear is not going to preparation requires to live life so totally, so
help at all. This fear is going to cloud your mind intensely, and so aflame with it that when death
even more. Out of fear, understanding never comes there is no complaint. With total
comes. And you simply remain unconscious. awareness you merge into its vastness. You are
absolutely ready because you have lived life so
So whenever you feel fear, or fear grips you it is totally. You have known all its mysteries. There
a tremendous opportunity to understand that is no point in living anymore. Death has come
life is momentary. It is ephemeral. It is made of exactly at the right time, when you may have
the same stuff as dreams are made of. How real thought to die yourself.
the dream is when you are asleep? In fact,
during sleep dream looks more real than your Such a death is perfect which comes at the
experiences when you are awake. You may moment when you yourself may have thought,
never have thought about it. But while you are “It is enough.” It is time for me to leave. All the
awake you can doubt: “Perhaps what I am masters have exhibited this. As we approach the
seeing may be just a dream.” I may be a dream, month of January we are entering a new aura.
you may be a dream, this whole communion This is the month when the rebel Master Osho
may be happening just as a dream. Soon you will took Samadhi and thus entered
be awake and you will wonder, “My God! It was Mahaparinirvana 20 years ago on Jan 19th 1990
just a dream.” and Naqshbandi Sufi Master Brij Mohan Lal
entered Samadhi 55 years ago on Jan 17th 1955.
There is every possibility for you to doubt the
reality that surrounds you. But when you are Death comes and you understand that life has
asleep, you cannot even doubt the existence of been lived totally. So now there is no point to go
the dream. Dream looks so real. It is more real on breathing, waking and sleeping
than reality. Have you ever doubted any dream, unnecessarily. You know nothing new is going
thinking that perhaps what you are seeing is a to happen. Now everything is past and there is
dream? no future. In such a moment, death is a welcome
guest. That very moment the master enters death
The moment you doubt the existence of a dream, knowingly and willingly. This conscious entry
you are awake, and the dream immediately into death‟s mystery is Samadhi.
vanishes. The dream can exist only if you are
totally asleep, so deep that no doubt, can arise in So unless you are ready to welcome death, know
you. well that you have missed life. Those who feel
sad and fear death are the people who have
However to those who have understood life and missed the train. But in our unconsciousness, we
death as nothing but two aspects of one reality, are all continuously missing the train. The train
the dream and the so-called reality of your is moving every moment, just in front of you,
waking consciousness are not basically different. but somehow you go on missing and wait to
Just as in the morning you wake up and the take the next ride.
dream is no more. So too one day in death you
wake up into another reality and all that was real But as long as you are alive, the possibility of
up to then – for seventy years – becomes just a death is absolutely certain. Only the timing is not
dream. Not even a trace of it remains anywhere certain. But the happening is absolutely certain.
in your consciousness. What does it matter whether you die after seven
days or seven years or seventy years? One thing How to discover that which never dies – the
is certain: that you are going to die. Life is not Satchitanand is to dissolve all that is false in you.
something that you can go on missing. And the ultimate of this falseness is your tiny
Otherwise at the moment of death, you will feel ego and its fear of dying. Dissolve into deep
the greatest misery, pain, and the deepest agony. harmony with the one who has attained to this.
This agony arises from the fact that you have
missed the opportunity that was given to you. This harmony is the source of your joy, not any
unknown source. This harmony is the source of
However the existence gives abundantly. It is your infinite joy, and this harmony is also the
not miserly. You are just not alert enough to use source of your deep feeling of love for the
the opportunity to transform yourself into master.
something immortal, and eternal. You have
missed entering into some experience which will It is not something unknown. It is something
make you beyond the reach of death. Just fearing very clear. You have to be more conscious of it.
death is not going to help. Certainly then this clarity will give you all the
clues to things that continues to happen in your
If you see that death is following you, it is time being. But you do not know from where they
to start searching deeper into yourself for that come, and where they are going. Everything
point which is beyond death. Hindus have called seems to be a misunderstanding.
that point Satchitanand – the truth of your being,
the ultimate consciousness of your life and the But out of harmony, love, joy, and celebration
tremendous blessing of your coming to flower. arises understanding.
A silent call beckons the weary traveller into the dismal cave of gloom and despair. His heart in shambles, his
emotions mute. Forlorn and defeated he drags forward into the dark frightening hole. Like a corpse he falls
into a slumber - a protective sheet from the harsh reality of life. Life that has left him broken and torn like
flesh from a prey by vultures.
His soul longs to be freed from the prison of the body. His heart ceased pulsating with the rhythm of life long
ago. Only his memory carried him this far in life’s sojourn, aimlessly wandering through valleys and
meadows in search of life’s real treasure. A mystical beauty lured him into the trap of love and stole his peace
and rest. Desolate and despondent he roamed hither and thither to seek solace. Alas, weak and faint he heard
the call from the serpent’s lair.
From deep slumber he awoke only to recall the dreadful pangs of separation. Hopelessly he opened his eyes
to the blinding light of reality that has cheated him of joy and happiness. A ray of light shone like a beacon
through the walls of the dungeon. Perhaps in some distant shore the beloved lay awake with his name like a
mantra on her lips.
“Forgive me Life; I have strayed from my destiny. I shall now continue to seek the beloved with optimistic
faith along this pathless journey. Alone I must travel, no friend to comfort my wounds and encourage my
steps. Only a silent song keeps me company and lifts my soul beyond the realms of animal passions and
human lust into the placenta of a divine romance.”
Osho left his body on 19 January and this Here I would like to include one of Osho’s
date will be celebrated as Osho Mahotsav letters to Ma Sohan, living in Pune. He
of 20th Mahaparinirvana day. It will be wrote this letter to her over four decades
now 20 years since he left his body. He ago.
simply left the body this day. However
when he was not born then how he can Beloved Sohan,
die. An enlightened one after this
experience knows that which is never If you want to attain the divine, learn to
born and never dies within. A taste of that die. Have you not seen that when the seed
which is never born and never dies is dies, it becomes a tree?
enlightenment. And the master lives with
Someone went to visit a Baul mystic. He
this awareness.
was absorbed in singing his song. Neither
It is really befitting to celebrate the his eyes seemed to be seeing this world,
birthday and death day of someone who nor did it feel as if his soul was present.
is never born and never died. An He was somewhere else – in some other
enlightened master, while he is in the world, in some other form. When his song
body, lives in such a way as if he is not stopped, and it seemed his consciousness
there. He does not exist as an ego. He does was returning, the visitor asked, “How do
not exist in time either. And this is the you feel liberation can be attained?” The
criterion that he is never born. For him sweet-spoken mystic said. “Only by
there is only an Eternal Now. means of death!”
Before leaving the body, Osho told us: I said this to someone yesterday. He
Never talk of me in the past tense. Being asked, “By death?” I said, “Yes, by death
in the Eternal Now is his reality. Indeed while living. Only one who dies to
this is what makes it worth celebrating. everything else, awakens and becomes
The birth and death anniversaries are for alive to the divine.” There is no art greater
all of us who live a life of unconsciousness than learning to die while living. I call that
with no meaning. Therefore birth and art: MEDITATION.
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EXCERPT THE SECRETS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE
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The word Taoshobuddha comes from three words, ‘tao,’ ‘sho,’ and
‘Buddha’. The word Tao was coined by the Chinese master, Lau Tzu.
It means that which is and cannot be put into words. It is unknown
and unknowable. It can only be experienced and not expressed in
words. Its magnanimity cannot be condensed into finiteness. The
word Sho implies, that which is vast like the sky and deep like an
ocean and carries within its womb a treasure. It also means one on
whom the existence showers its blessings. And lastly the word
Buddha implies the Enlightened One; one who has arrived home.
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Contents
I. Preface 7
II. Introduction 18
III. Foreword 20
Preface
The one, who knows the secrets of the higher value of life and
the secret value of life, is blessed from within with a rare right
understanding of a specific signification. Totality of living
If your actions do not have its root in inner beauty, they are all
fake and void. Even if people adore you for your good deeds, in
front of God they are all meaningless. Actions done by pious
egoist is worth nothing.
Only the one who has removed the separation between “me”
and “God” is blessed with inner beauty and the knowledge of
the Spiritual Life. The Spiritual Life begins within your own
heart and spreads throughout your whole being and finally
takes the forms of actions and words. Just like the tree of
wisdom flourishes with delicious fruits. This happens because
of the nourishment it receives through the roots. Without the
nourishment from the roots the tree will not and cannot bring
forth fruits.
There are numerous types of trees in this world. You will know
a tree by its fruits. If the tree gives bitter fruits it is because the
tree is of that kind, but if the tree give sweet fruits the tree is of
another kind. Hot chili comes from a chili plant, and sweet
mango comes from a mango tree.
In the same way that you can know a tree by its fruits, you can
also know a person by his words and actions. Inner beauty
assumes the form of inspiring thoughts, words and deeds,
whereas inner ugliness assumes the form of bitter thoughts,
words and deeds. Even if beautiful words come from an
unclean heart it has a bitter after taste, which spoils all the
beauty in the words. Even a drop of sour lime, will spoil the
whole glass of milk.
I did always have the inner quest for God. Even so I lived in a
spiritual dessert of West; my thoughts went to God from the
very start of life. Since the beginning of time, man has always
wondered about his Origin; who he is, from where he came and
where he is going. And so did me, even from the early
childhood. The struggle and yearning to know your true
heritage is natural and innate in your soul, it is your Source
from within your own heart calling you back home.
This struggle and search for God stole my heart and my whole
life and first the answers came as negations, neither here and
nor there, until God finally send me to the garden of saints
containing two beautiful flowers.
The journey of spiritual awareness is unique and individual. It
cannot be a social happening. It is full of events and diversions
all along. All these seem to move us from one state of
consciousness to another.
You look here and there along the path not knowing exactly
what is it that you are searching for. But you continue to hope
that somewhere, somehow you will receive the help along the
path. Not this! Not that becomes your comparison. This makes
your search even more intense. And then suddenly one day
while looking for road signs, an incredible road map comes in
your hands. A guide to human consciousness! One who knows
where the pearls of wisdom are. Or where diamonds of truth
could be found?
never be a book like this again. The water in the river will only
flow under the bridge once. Once it passes it will never passes
again. God’s creation is a unique happening.
I am therefore tremendously blessed for this one and only
opportunity to present these talks of Taoshobuddha. I knew no
joy when one day after the meditation session Taoshobuddha
asked me to edit ‘The Secrets of Spiritual Life’. Being a
Swedish Born I began with doubts in my capabilities as English
is not my native language. However with trust in the master’s
words I began the work and the result is in your hands, The
Secrets of Spiritual Life as the expression of inner beauty and
oneness. Trust the unknown and with trust the mysteries of
the unknown will unfold itself. In this process you grow
inwardly as well.
It all starts within your own heart at the level of Soul. Since this
knowledge is beyond the knowledge of intellect. This
knowledge can only be found at the level of Soul. The Secrets
of Spiritual Life starts from within with a transformation of
your consciousness.
At the same time I feel sad that this journey has come to end.
However with my trust and sincerity in the Almighty I am sure
more such opportunities will be bestowed my way.
Love
Lars Jensen
Stockholm,
Sweden
E mail: Jensen@gmx.at
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I am happy that the seed that was planted many years ago is
now beginning to bear fruits. The bud in Lars Jensen is
beginning to spread its beauty and fragrance.
There so much more that all these fragments could not be put
into one volume. Lars has presented these fragments in such a
sequential order that this will help the reader in bringing a
new shape and direction to his inner and outer life.
Love
Taoshobuddha
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Foreword
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God created man in his image, but man forgot his true nature –
the Divinity within and with-out. We are so intoxicated that we
have forgotten our true identity. We identify ourselves by the
parameters such sex, man or woman, body, young or old, fat or
lean, tall or short, by our profession, either a senior or a junior
in rank, by the family, society, also by the state of mind, angry
or agitated or calm etc etc etc. These are the multi layered
clothing we put on ourselves which are so skin fit that
resultantly we falsely identify ourselves with the layer instead
of our true self – “in the image of God”.
This is the stage, where one is anxiously looking for some help,
some guidance, and some clue. Lars Jensen has very lucidly
described his journey to quench his inner thirst. This is the
process. This is the preparation. The inner preparation makes
way for the Master. Master will arrive only when the DISCIPLE
is ready.
Bonne appétit!
Love!
Hemant Moghe
Author: Haripath – The Advait Dhyan Sadhana
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Dissolution of ego –
taste of oneness
His eternal beloved asked him now to return and share all that
He has filled him with. JAPJI SAHIB (the first chapters in the
Sikh Scriptures composed by Nanak) is the first offering of
Nanak to humanity. After this communion with his beloved
JAPJI IS THE FIRST WORDS THAT EVOLVED OUT OF NANAK!
Ego has to dissolve. Only then your real face will appear. And
remember this is the first criterion. How does this ego
disappears it matters not. It is insignificant whether you
disappear in the river, or mountains or forests. None of these
really matter. What really matters is that you disappear. Where
and how you disappear matters not. Your very presence is the
obstruction. You are the china wall. This is the reason why the
story says that Nanak disappeared in the river. So you too have
to disappear. Your ego has to vanish. This takes minimum
three days.
ego alone. Ego feels happy, sad, etc. All that you do is the
outcome of ego. This happens until ego dissolves completely.
Notes: [God is in all of us, but all are not in Him. As long as you
are affected by Ego you are not in God. God and ego cannot exist
together. Either ego is in your heart or God is there. As long as
you are, God is not! Therefore hide yourself and exposes God. Sufi
Lalaji expressed it in very beautifully words: ‘God has hidden
himself inside your hearts and exposed you. Hide yourselves
and expose God! This is the real spiritual practice.’
Love is my message
and a bird on the wing, a child giggling, and a dog barking all is
divine. Nothing else exists.
The moment you ask ‘where is God?’ you have raised a wrong
question. Because God cannot be indicated anywhere! He is not
in any particular direction. He is not a particular thing either.
He is not a particular being. God is universality. God is totality.
God is hidden in the entire creation. Ask where God is not?
Only then you have asked the right question. One of the Hindu
scriptures Isa Upanishad begins with a beautiful sutra. To say
that it is Hindu scripture is erroneous. Truth is not Hindu or
Muslim instead it is cosmic. It begins:
Be Ready to Receive
You can lifelong keep wanting and seeking what you like
through various means – prayers and others. This is what is
happening. All your prayers, rituals, are to fulfill your
numerous desires. However these make you always miserable.
Remember the life and the world does not run according to
your likes and dislikes. There is no guarantee that what you
want, life also wants that for you. And the gap between two is
the measure of your misery and the state of inner growth.
Sometimes when the thing you like does happen, you will still
not feel very happy. This happens quite naturally. It is so
because whatever we demand, we have already lived in fantasy
of it. So it is already secondhand. If you say that you would like
a certain person to be your lover, then in many dreams and in
many fantasies you have already loved that person. And if it
happens, then the real person is going to fall short of your
fantasy. The person is going to be just a carbon copy, because
reality is never as fantastic as fantasy. Then you will be
frustrated.
So is also the case with your dream house. All the while you
have been dreaming this house. In fact you have lived in that
house through your fantasy. And when you really get the house
it will fall short of your expectations. And you will remain
miserable even after you get your dream house.
But if you start liking and be in harmony with all that which is
happening moment to moment! If you do not impose your own
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Death is an absolutely necessary process for life to be. It is not the enemy, it is
the friend. And it is not there somewhere in the future, it is here, now. It is not
going to happen, it has been always happening. Since you have been here it
has been with you. With each exhalation it happens -- a little death, a small
death -- but because of fear we have put it in the future.
The mind always tries to avoid things which it cannot comprehend, and death
is one of the most incomprehensible mysteries. There are only three
mysteries: life, death and love. All these three are beyond mind.”
OSHO
Ancient Music in the Pines, Chapter-8
J. Krishnamurti overflows
Jiddu Krishnamurti - We are concerned with life, and with
the living of that life every day, with its painful struggles
and fleeting pleasures, with its fears, hopes, despair and
sorrow, with the aching loneliness and the complete
absence of love, with the crude and subtle forms of
selfishness, and with the ultimate fear of death.
Meditation then is not how to think or inwardly. The outward movement is the
what to do to control the mind so that it inward as well, the two are not separate;
becomes quiet and silent, but rather the they are like the outgoing and incoming
understanding of all life's problems, so tide and to understand them, not separate
that the beauty of silence comes into or divided, is the beauty of meditation.
being, because without this quality of Therefore what is required to live totally,
beauty, life has no significance at all. I do in which there is no strife, no
not mean by beauty, the beauty of those contradiction, is balance and harmony,
mountains, of those trees, the beauty of and meditation is the way.
the light over the water or the bird on the
wing, but the beauty in living, to come Many things are involved in meditation; I
upon it in your daily life whether you are hope you are interested in all this because
in the office or at home, when you are it is one of the most important things to
walking by yourself communing with understand. If you do not know how to
nature and the world, because without meditate, how to live - I am afraid most of
that beauty life is utterly meaningless. us lead a very superficial life, going to the
office, having a good job, having a family
So let us together go into this question, and a home, being entertained either at a
not only objectively, outwardly but also cocktail party or at the cinema, and this
we call living - then your life becomes a concentration is included in attention. To
very dull, empty, shallow affair. attend - that means to give your whole
mind, your heart and your body
Unfortunately modern civilization, passionately to something and in that
especially in this country, is becoming attention, if you observe very carefully,
more and more standardized, more there is neither the thinker nor the
superficial. You may have all the luxuries thought, neither the observer nor the
in the world, good food, good houses, observed, but only a state of attention;
good bathrooms, and enjoy good health, and to attend so completely, so freely,
but without the inward life, not the there must be freedom.
second-hand inward life of another, but
an inward life of your own, which you Here then is the whole problem: it is only
have discovered for yourself, which you a mind which is totally free that can give
have cherished, which you are living and complete attention that can attend both
which is meditation, then life becomes a intellectually and emotionally, aware of
very shoddy business; then we shall have all its responses, from which comes
more wars, more destruction and more freedom. And this is not so difficult, if you
misery; so meditation, whether you like it don't give it an extraordinary meaning; it
or not, is absolutely essential for every is really very simple. When you listen to
human being, whatever he is, whether he anything - whether to music or to the
is highly sophisticated or a simple person weird cry of the coyotes as they call to
by the wayside, so I hope we can enter each other of an evening, whether to the
and take this journey together. song of a bird or to the voice of your
husband or wife - then give complete
Meditation involves concentration, which attention to it, and you do when the
if one observes it, is a way of exclusion; challenge is very great, immediate, then
that is, concentration implies forcing you listen with extraordinary attention.
thought in one particular direction and
excluding everything else; that is When it is painful or profitable, when you
generally what is meant by concentration. are going to get something out of it, you
You focus and direct the mind upon listen very attentively; but when there is a
something and that concentration builds reward in that listening, there is always
a wall, erects a barrier which prevents the fear of losing.
any other thought from entering, and in
doing that there is a dualistic process at Therefore in attention there is freedom,
work, a division, a contradiction, which is and only a free mind is capable of that
fairly obvious if you look at it. quality of attention in which there is no
achieving, no gaining or losing, and no
So meditation is something other than fear. And a quiet, attentive mind is
concentration and control of thought absolutely essential to understand this
although, of course, concentration is immense problem of living and come
necessary. Meditation involves attention, upon that state of love.
which is not concentration, although
Naqshbandi Path
And
Indian Continent
(Reproduced from ‘Maktoobat Sufi Brij Mohan Lal’)
Naqshbandi path evolved in the Middle East region. As the noor was
spreading other regions were also prepared. Islamic influence was
spreading in the sub-continent. It was for the preparation of the advent
of the new millennium that Hazradth Sheikh Mohammad Al Baqi Billah
was sent to India. This was the beginning of the tariqat in Indian sub-
continent. The land was already soaked in rich spiritual tradition. Just
a spark was necessary to set the flame ablaze.
IF ALLAH DOES NOT MAKE YOU CAPABLE REMEMBER IT IS NOT IN THE HANDS OF THE
FINITENESS OF MAN ORDINARY LOVE IS COMMON BUT THAT LEADS TO DUALITY AND CONFLICT
ETERNAL LOVE OR LOVE DIVINE IS NOT COMMON!! ONLY AN ENCHANTED HEART IS FILLED
WITH THIS ENERGY –THE SUBLIME AND SANCTIFIED!!!
He was born in 972 H. in the city of Kabul in the land of Ajam which was a colony of
the Sultanate of India. His father was the judge Abdu-s-Salam. He went to India in
the first instance on personal business. There he was attracted to an attraction
from God's attraction. He left this worldly life behind and sought spiritual
knowledge from the Master of the century. He kept company with masters and
saints, until he himself became an ocean of intellect and a saint of spirituality.
SHRINE MOHAMMAD AL BAQUI BILLAH PAHAR GANJ, OLD RAILWAY STATION, DELHI, INDIA
His sheikh, Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanaqi, authorized him to take followers and
to train them in the conduct of the Order. He ordered him to go back to India. He
predicted, ‘You are going to have a follower who will be like the sun.’ This
prediction was for Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Farooqi (q).
Baqi Billah was the first Naqshbandi master to come to India. Later he settled in
New Delhi. His shrine is in old Delhi behind, Pahar Ganj railway station inside the
Mohammaden cemetery. Inside anyone can direct you to the shrine. Lucky are
those who can pay the visit to the shrine. And those who cannot reach there for
such aspirant meditation considering the picture as shrine will work. This is my
trust. This work is the link between you and the master. Only you have to be
available. His sheikh, Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanaqi did not make any changes
in the technique or tariqat, however he instructed Baqi Billah to bring even the
ordinary ones into the fold. Make this spiritual awareness available to the people
who are still not on the path, was the trust and the instruction of his master.
Once Baqi Billah visited a master who told him it is good that you have brought so
many into this fold. Nearly half of these are incapable on their own. Transform
these people. Bring the light divine or Noor into their hearts so that it begins to
shine with the Light Absolute and can kindle up the dark being. Sheikh Amkanaqi
asked him not to look at the inner capacity of the individual. This way you will
never find aspirants. Had Baqi Billah not brought such relaxations in the tariqat a
vast cross section would have remained deprived of this inner treasure.
Amkanaqi said,
He moved back to India and stayed in the city of Delhi, which he filled with faith
and knowledge and secrets and lights. Through him the Naqshbandi Order was
spread with great swiftness throughout the Indian Subcontinent and millions of
people were connected to him through his various Khalifas. All nations in the
Subcontinent were attracted to his knowledge and his ENERGY FIELD or
tawwajzoh and to the Prophetic Characteristics dressing him. It became known
throughout the Indian Subcontinent that anyone coming to him and looking in his
eyes, or sitting in his proximity doing dhikr, would enter a state of Self-Effacement
and intoxication, through which he could reach a state of Annihilation, in a single
meeting. By this miraculous power he attracted millions of people, until this
Naqshbandi Order was on the tongue of everyone.
He passed the Secret of the order to his successor, the Sheikh of this order, the
Sheikh Ahmad Farooqui Mujaddadi Alif Thani. Thus the name Mujaddadi was
added to the already known Naqshbandi order. Later on another name was added
to the Shajarah of Naqshbandi order. And now it is known as NAQSHBANDIA
MUJADDADIA MAJAHARIA!
Introduction
Sheikh Ahmad al Faruqi is The 25th Sheikh from Silsila Auliya Naqshbandia.
He is the master of the second millennium.
With him the tariqat attained a new dimension and a new impetus. Earlier the
tariqat was known as Naqshbandi one who designs the path of growth and
transformation of the consciousness of the aspirants. With Sheikh Ahmad a new
era was ushered into the Naqshbandi tariqat. Accordingly Mujaddadi was added to
the path. Now the tariqat is known as NAQSHBANDI MUJADDADI.
He is the Diamond of the Crown of the Masters. And the treasure of those who
came before and also of those who came after and those who are yet to come as
well! In him were combined all their favors and generosity. He is the Sinai of
Divine. Manifestation, the Furthermost Bodhi Tree of the Knowing, awareness, and
understanding is Sheikh Ahmad al Farooqi.
Shrine Sheikh Ahmad Faruqi Mujaddadi Alif Thani Sirhindi, India
Also he is the Fountain of the Hidden Prophetic Knowing. The Genius of Scholars is
Sheikh. And the Sultan of the Earth, which smiled when he was born and was
honored by his existence! He is the perfect Perfected Guide.
He was the Caller to Allah’s presence, the One Qutb and the Unique Heavenly
Imam. He was the Reviver of the Second Millennium, Sayyidina and Maulana (our
Leader and Master) Sheikh Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi. He is regarded as having
rejuvenated Islam, due to which he is commonly called ‘Mujaddidi Alf Thani,’
meaning ‘reviver of the second millennium’, referring to the Islamic tradition of
Mujaddid. He is said to have had considerable and long lasting influence in India,
and to have given ‘to Indian Islam the rigid and conservative stamp it bears today.’
Numerous Naqshbandi suborders, such the Mujaddidi, the Khalidi and the Haqqani
sub-orders, trace their spiritual lineage through Sheikh Sirhindi, referring to them
as ‘Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi’. Sirhindi’s shrine is located in Sirhind, India and is
referred to as ‘Rauza Sharif’.
It has been related that the blessed day of the Sheikh’s arrival into this world was
Thursday the fourteenth of Shawwal 971 Hijri, or twenty-sixth of June 1564. His
place of birth, also the place from where the Sheikh enlightened the world with his
presence, was a town called Sirhind. At the time of his birth, some extraordinary
events were recounted. His mother relates, ‘After the birth of my son Sheikh
Ahmad, I fell unconscious whereupon I had a vision, and saw that my home was full
of Awliya’ Allah who was all congratulating me on the birth of my son’.
The Sheikh’s father Makhdoom Abdul-Ahad relates, ‘On the day of the birth of my
son, I had a vision in which I saw Allah’s Messenger Holy Prophet-sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam reciting first the Adhaan and then the Takbir in the ears of my son.’ In
addition, the khalifa of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Quddoos Gungohi, namely Sheikh
Abdul Aziz, was present in Sirhind on that day, and in a state of Kashf he saw a
huge gathering of angels.
Sheikh Ahmad was bestowed by Allah subhana wa ta'ala with natural adherence to
the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam (another name of the
Holy Prophet) right from his first days. He was born with the physical
requirements of the Sunnah already fulfilled, and as an infant he was unlike other
children. He would not cry, would always have a smile on his face and would never
be seen naked. When Shah Kamal Kaythli saw the child, he said, ‘A huge number of
practicing scholars and kamil Sheikhs will obtain faiz from this child. The light of
his guiding words and instructions will shine until the day of Qiyamath. He will rid
the land of innovation and falsehood, and will revive the Sunnah of Allah's
Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.’ After saying this, the Sheikh placed his
tongue in the baby's mouth, and Hazrat Sheikh Mujaddid Alf Thani suckled on it.
When Sheikh first went to school, he memorized the Quran in a very short space of
time. He received his early education through his father and through many sheikhs
of his time. He made progress in three tariqats: Suhrawardiya, Qadiriyyah, and
Chistiyya.
He was given permission to guide followers in all three tariqats at the age of 17
years. He was busy in spreading the teachings of these tariqats and in guiding his
followers, yet he felt that something was missing in him and he was continuously
searching for it. However he felt an interest in the Naqshbandi Sufi Order, because
he could see by means of the secrets of the other three tariqats that it was the best
and highest. His spiritual progress eventually brought him to the presence of the
Ghawth and Qutb of his time, Sheikh Muhammad Baqi Billah who had been sent
from Samarqand to India by his Sheikh, Muhammad al-Amkanaqi. He took the
Naqshbandi Order from the sheikh and stayed with him for two months and some
days, until Sayyidina Muhammad Baqi Billah opened to his heart the secret of this
tariqat and gave him authorization to train his murids in the Order. He said about
him, ‘He is the highest Qutb in this time.’
Beloved,
I love you more than it is possible for this world to imagine. I shall treasure the memories
of your sweet tender kisses as the only worthy value of my soul. I lament the
circumstances that betrayed our love to the whims and fancy of this ignorant society.
I have loved you when the angels came and blessed our hearts with the call of
immortality. From that moment when our lips tasted of the nectar of truth, I have
been forever bound as a willing prisoner under love’s nurturing wings.
The sacrilegious vows of marriage have imprisoned your body. But the sacred law of
eternity have sheltered your soul in the sanctuary of immaculate dreams. My only
solace is these dreams that we shared.
I envy the birds of flight that soar in freedom, whilst I am trapped in this mortal
caprice. I long for the arms of Death that shall reclaim my soul and carry me beyond
these fetters of this confining, dark world. And lift my heart into a realm of truth and
beauty where angels wander in the meadows of golden lights.
Oh weary traveler
Just hold on the floating logs
That is the grace of the Lord
So shall you cross the ocean.
Just hold on to the feet of the guru
And he will lead you across to the further shore
His Nama is the only support you need
To cross the vast infinite ocean.
Sing his glories evermore
So shall you cross the ocean.
First - it is there because it is believed to be there - The question that appears to the spiritualist
because man thinks ego is there and behaves concerned for humanity and truth is this: Why is
accordingly to what has been called super-ego - mankind on a catastrophic course? Why does man
today this principle is gone and exchanged with seem to be doomed?
satisfying the BIG OTHER, or we could call it the
BIG NOTHING.. Still you want the answer. You are guided by
your own understanding which is not profound
This is the topic at all mostly avoided by all the or total. It will be proper to say you are guided
available scriptures from spiritualists. by your own interpretation of the scriptures. Can
you understand a book on anatomy and
It is: Why does ego-society seem to grow? physiology simply because it is written in a
language that you can decipher. Each word or
scriptures evolves out of the inner being. Each We sometimes tend to doubt this perfection of God
word represents a state of awareness. You have and of truth:
not reached the state of awareness of Jesus or
Holy Prophet or Krishna and you claim to have Definitely so! This sounds more like a
understood. This is why the man is on a statement than question. Yet still you have
catastrophic course. First try to reach to that asked as a question. Mind cannot perceive
level of consciousness and the…. beyond time and space.
Because the spiritualist cannot save himself he When we see wars, famine, ego-society, ego's quest
tries to save others. The ultimate ego to remain is for self-destruction and rape, ego's wish for non-
that of letting go of the ignorant man surrounding existence! When we see the ultimate black hole
the spiritualist. This is why he is stoned to death. approaching waiting to swallow everything up.
For speaking against God! For having such a Which is natural for the spiritualist caught in his
GIGANTIC ego that he cannot stop trying to heart as well! This is the nature even of the
convince the other people of that their view of the spiritualist in that time.
world is wrong!
This world and its inhabitants are not created
Are you speaking out of your experience or by me. Then why should I be bothered about it.
someone else’? Here you are speaking the When the creator who has created it is enjoying
Christian language. What do you mean by saving all that is happening then who am I? Or we have
himself? Only enlightenment can save a person. to conclude like Neitsze ( correct spelling) that
And spirituality has become a business – money God is dead and we are free.
making. People who know nothing about
meditation are selling meditation and many bio Does a flower escape a forest fire? How can it?
feed techniques and many such devices. Such
people are no more interested in anything No the flower cannot save itself in wild fire.
otherwise. They do not have the capability to see That is what happens, that a flower like Jesus is
through the being of the person or his crushed against the rocks or the wild fire of
enlightenment. I do my work for no monetary power.
gain. Why would I spend hours responding the
mails like this on a daily basis? What is my gain? This wish for non-existence of ego can appear as
You have your understanding and views about non-sense. Man's ignorance in ego is God's
everything. That does not concern me. Your mail ignorance, they are not separate. Ego makes
is like an MRI scan from me. The moment it is in Nothing God - it stands there as an illusion and has
front everything is revealed. two meanings. You read every philosopher and
spiritualist who mentions this Nothing as
How can you force a horse which is not thirsty to something meaningful and you see who is
drink? How can you grow corn in a desert? preaching the most nonsense according to their
own ego.
Definitely I cannot force a horse which is not
ready to drink. And this is what exactly I am Still admire your understanding. Nothing is
doing now. there that I can do even if I wish.
Is there a point of knowing about this evol-ution? We see that God captured in ego's wish for illusory
God, She who knows, Her knowledge is infinite. She non-existence and peace can appear as almost a
has perfect Being. She is the Universe and One. This logical extention of being born into what he thinks
we must understand. is suffering - being parted from bliss constantly.
This we must understand: For the uninvited, for
Your choice! Only you can answer for yourself those who are enstranged from God - existence
not me. seem meaningless. They seem to see no purpose,
which is the game of ego-mind.
How does God build his Universe with magic and Something never happens which we should
no effort? HE uses the force of attraction and no question. As the saying goes all snowflakes fall
effort. From the ashes is the perfect condition for perfectly. We heal by internalising something and
the plant capable of surviving the fire. then take consequence. This is the ancient principle
of healing in the Universe. So with ego.
Consider a kichen: It is constantly dirty if we do not
keep it clean. The labouring house wife only knows Ego-society seems to form a central ego-entity
this - not the pandering walking philosopher monk. which in fiction mostly is manifested as a central
We must labour every day to make sure that the mainframe computer. Manifested in Being.
kitchen sink does not get clogged up. Sow new
crop. Harvest and prepare. It is also in real life the Pharao, the Raja, the Titan,
the occultist, who have become a financial
As everything moves in cycles we see that there is a conglomorate power controlling the world seeking
time for spring and a time for autum. Some plants to create a One World Government, a fascist
wither away, but there will always be a seed dictatorship where everyone else will either be
because this is the nature of the infinite Being. killed or slave in poverty. Or so ego wants You to
fear.
You speak of wisdom but only in fragments.
Gather such fragments. Why does God do this - because there is a tendency
among spiritualist to see this as a decease, as not a
How does nature evolve? What is a seed but a tiny part of God? This my question.
fraction of the body. Everything else dies away.
Only this seed plants the next generation. Why After questions upon questions that I stumbled
should we weep over that which withers away and upon you still say this is your question.
dies as a natural part of the progression of the
divine spirit? All body must die but spirit remains. Like there is only transcendence in God, just before
man is being born cosmically he will undergo a
A similar set of questions were asked by Devi transformation and become trancendental ego.
the consort of Shiva the part of Hindu Trinity. This negative consciousness, which is abstraction,
He did not respond any of the questions will turn into a connected mind through the
philosophically. It was easy. Instead Shiva gives absorption of transcendental ego of the radiant
a technique of meditation for each such ONE..
question. Says follow the techniques definitely
you will know. The questions were: What is this The wish to understand transcendental ego can be
wonder filled universe? What constitutes the comparred with what modern science and
seed? What is thy reality? This scripture is physicist are trying to "achieve" with LHC in
known as ‘Vigyan Bhairav Tantra’ that contains Switzerland: the final disruption of the material
112 techniques of meditation. Universe. The end of life on Earth. Because even if
What the ancients couldn't see was that God's we through ego achieve the powers of God, which
labour even with the ego. Man in ego is not man is impossible, what would there be to destroy?
separate from God. He is also God labouring for Nothing. Only the illusion of it.
God. God is perfect. Look at the body. Look at the
infinity of Gods genius. How can we doubt Gods What is the purpose of the Titan, of the ego-
genius. She is the only genius there! Creating, society? The question is mundane; It is for the
labouring, cleaning out whats left over, healing the Earth to flower.
dirty water.
Through its reversals like water is being
All creation is healing. Even what seems not so. transported into the rivers. Do we question how
rain is being collected so it can flow into the rivers.
My illusion of an ego got so lost in a piece of writing No. There is no need to do so. It iss simply Gods
that took the last 14 months of my life. But there Karma to do so. The LHC will achieve exactly the
was intent. opposite of what ignorant man thinks. The same
will the Titan. For this we can be them eternally Osho and Prahupada seem to have the opposite
grateful. effect?
You have healed that in me, at the perfect time, in
There is not anything to fear, the only fear possible the eternal way.
is Nothing. Which is illusion. For how can we fear
that which is perfected already? Be blessed, the Universe radiates with our LOVE
With your response it is my remaining hope that it I HAVE NO NAME only the name which cannot be
is possible to join in meditation and sitting one day spoken and it pierces our souls in surrender, to
and share common peace and joy which the
Universe is. Ohm-Ohm-Ohm as Laughter roars through the
Universe
Beg then let the outcome of this be the exception to
the string of reversals in our times - hence my Thank you and enough for today!
other question: Why did the work of spiritualists as
Prayer is the expression of the soul’s ecstasy in communion with the divine beloved. Prayer is the
overflow of the heart’s noblest and highest emotions of the deep gratitude and reverence towards
the Beloved Ishta. Ishta is a choiceless form of the divine beloved one spontaneously aspires to
merge and dissolve into.
Prayer is the transcendence of human love into a timeless dance of joy and delight, celebrating life
and worshipping existence with mute gestures of ecstasy.
Prayer has been described as a spiralling cyclone of poetry that lifts one from the pits of finite
throes, and offers him at the feet of the beloved, bathes him in love, and places him back on earth
baffled and confused as to where he has been and how he returned.
Prayer leaves one in a kind of drunken stupor with tears in his eyes, a smile on his lips and choked
emotions in his heart.
Prayer is the plane where joy and pain transcend into the infinite ananda.
With music and song, prayer is a chant of rapture, ecstasy and bliss. It calms the mind and leaves
the heart in a pulsating rhythm of fervour that knows no rest until it meets the feet of the beloved.
LLOOTTUUSS ffrroom
m tthhee M
MOOOON
N –– aann uuppccoom
miinngg ppuubblliiccaattiioonn bbyy SSw
waam
mii AAnnaanndd N
Neeeellaam
mbbaarr
THE GATELESS DOOR
Neelambar sings:
What can I know of his greatness?
How can I reach his abode?
Wherever you step that is the path
That ultimately leads to him.
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Just as God is the very centre of existence according to religions, your ego is the centre of your mind,
of your personality. They have all been talking about dropping the ego, but it cannot be dropped unless
God is dropped. You cannot drop a shadow or a reflection unless the source of its manifestation is
destroyed.
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Inside is hiding a very pious ego, and when ego becomes pious it becomes poisonous. It is more
dangerous because you become absolutely unaware of it; it goes so deep down in the unconscious.
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It has been a long awaiting, but that is the very essence of Zen – to wait, to wait for nothing.
There is no God, there is no ultimate meaning.
Life is all there is.
Those who have found have found nothing but that there is nothing to be found.
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The Zen Manifesto is not for anything special. It is simply for this life, this existence, this moment. It
does not ask for any source, and it does not ask for any goal. Every source will make a limitation, and
every goal will make another limitation, and existence is unlimited. It is not limited by reason.
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Zen accepts both the presence and the absence, life and death – all the contradictions. Zen is vast
enough to contain all contradictions. Perhaps Zen is the only way that contains contradictions, and that
does not disallow anything. It rejoices in everything without any conditions. It accepts everything as it is
without making any demands on it. It has no commandments...
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This commune has to be a commune of understanding, awareness, looking into one’s own mind
patterns and remembering that they are not yours. You are simply the watcher, and the watcher is
outside the mind.
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The only way to get out of misery patterns, whether ancient or new, is witnessing. I say it is the only
way, because nobody has escaped from the mind without becoming a witness. Just witness, and
suddenly you will start laughing at your own misery. All our miseries are so superficial – and most
fundamentally, they are all borrowed.
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The first thing to remember is that when I say witness, in the beginning you witness things of the body,
of the mind, of the heart, emotions, thoughts... layer upon layer you go on witnessing. And finally, you
find just a pure mirror, the witness itself. I call it a pure mirror because it is witnessing nothing. This
nothingness is your very nature.
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Zen has chosen rightly to call it nothingness, because fullness can give you misunderstandings. The
moment you think of fullness you start imagining. The moment you think of melting into someone
outside, immediately a God, a paradise, a heaven, and all kinds of imaginations arise. And those
imaginations will prevent you from going anywhere.
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Zen has to be transformed in a way that the contemporary man can be interested in it. It has to be easy,
relaxed, it has not to be hard. That old traditional type is no longer possible, nor is it needed. Once it
has been explored, once a single man has become enlightened, the path becomes easy.