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30 December 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium

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[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been scanned and cleaned up. It is for reference purposes only.]

Dave means beloved of god. Everyone is, but nobody is aware of it. The moment you become aware of the great love that existence goes on showering on you, you are transformed. Immediately you are transported into another world.

The greatest need is to be needed, and the moment you see that the existence needs you, that you are not futile, that you are not accidental, that you have a place, that you have a significance, that in this vast universe you have something to contribute, that contribution cannot be made by anybody else, nobody can be a substitute for you, great joy arises. To know it is to be ecstatic.

Nobody is unneeded, nobody is useless, nobody is accidental. Everybody has a significance and everybody enriches existence in his own way. One need not be a great scientist or a philosopher or a poet.

One may be nobody in the eyes of the world and yet one is esteemed in the eyes of god. ere is a Sufi story.

A Sufi came to a city, and in the house where he was staying he was very disturbed by the neighbour --

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deliberately: whenever he was praying the neighbour would make noise and shout and talk.

In his early morning prayer the next day the Sufi asked god, "What is the need of this man? He is a disturbance to your beloved ones -- why don't you take him away?" He heard a great laugh coming from the beyond and god said, "I have had that man there for a certain purpose, and today the purpose is fulfilled: he disturbed you. You failed in the test. He has succeeded, you have failed. His esteem has grown in my eyes: he can disturb a great mystic such as you and you can be disturbed by such an ordinary man! This was the purpose for which I have been keeping him there. He has been waiting for you for years.

And god said, "When I accept him, who are you to reject him? I have my own mysterious ways, I need him, otherwise he would not be there."

Every thing, every being is needed. Even an ordinary blade of grass is as valuable as the greatest star.

Nobody is superior and nobody is inferior; in god's eyes everybody is the same: significant. The famous ones, the not-so-famous ones... even the sinners are as esteemed as the saints. Judas also has a purpose to fulfill, otherwise Jesus' story would be incomplete, the drama would remain incomplete without Judas.

Without Judas there would have been no Christianity. Judas is as much needed in the ultimate estimation of things, in the ultimate account of things as Jesus is.

Remember it about yourself and about everybody else. Then great acceptance arises naturally. In that very acceptance tensions disappear; one feels at rest, at home.

Prayer is a state of silence. What is known as prayer is not prayer. When you are saying something to god you are not in prayer. You are in your head -- how can

you be in the prayer? words, language are always part of the head, and prayer is something that happens in the heart. Prayer can only be silent, utterly silent, wordless.

It is a non-linguistic communication with existence; communion rather than communication. It is feeling one with the whole. Hence prayer cannot be Christian, cannot be Hindu, cannot be Jewish. Silence is simply silence -- how can you call a silence Hindu or Mohammedan? That is stupid. Yes, words can be Hindu, Mohammedan, Christian, but prayer cannot be.

Learn to be more and more silent, and in that silence slowly slowly great gratitude arises. That gratitude, that silent gratitude, that silent thankfulness is prayer.

Man has the capacity to create power, great power, infinite power. Man is not so small as he appears.

Just as a small atom, invisible to the eyes, can create immense power... The small atom exploding can release so much power -- what to say about human consciousness? Human consciousness also explodes.

That's how somebody becomes a Buddha, Jesus, Moses: their consciousness, their inner atom has exploded and then they are at the infinite source of energy, they are that source. We are all carrying the same power --

unfortunately, unaware of it, oblivious to it.

Meditation is simply an effort to make you aware of your infinity, of your unboundedness, of your inexhaustible sources, of the great kingdom of god that is hidden within you.

Man can be just only if he is aware, otherwise he cannot be just; his unawareness will go on harming people. Not only others -- in unawareness we harm even ourselves. In unawareness we are like a drunkard who knows not where he is going, why he is going, what he is doing. That is the ordinary situation of humanity. Only one who is aware can be just, because one who is aware cannot do any wrong. That's impossible. Just as in unawareness you cannot do any right, in awareness you cannot do anything wrong; hence the whole thing depends on awareness. Awareness is the golden key that unlocks the doors of the divine.

Make every effort to be aware, put your whole energy into being aware. Shatter old habits which will keep you unconscious forever. If you don't make a very deliberate effort then you will go on revolving in the same vicious circle. Only very few people in the whole history of humanity have been able to jump out of the vicious circle.

Sannyas is a commitment to yourself: now you will make every effort to come out of the old ways, the old patterns of unconscious habits.

Roberto means bright, full of light, luminous, radiant... so much so that everybody becomes aware of the presence of that kind of person. Hence the other meaning of the word roberto is shining fame.

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It can happen only through coming out of your sleep. Sleep is a state of darkness; it is the dark night of the soul. Not even a moon is there, not even small stars, not even a candle, it is just pure darkness. Hence we don't radiate any joy, any light, any godliness.

People who are asleep stink -- stink of death, of something rotten, of something unclean. Become aware and you start radiating a freshness. You become a flower, and great perfume arises out of your being. That is the fulfilment of life, the very purpose, the goal.

Sannyas means that you are taking a vow to attain the goal, that you will not leave any stone unturned, that you will not make only lukewarm efforts to be aware, you will risk all! Only when one is risking one hundred per cent does the transformation happen.

There is a song in every heart which cannot be sung, which can s be felt, which can be lived, but there is no way to express it.

That song is your truth. We are born with it. It is always there as an undercurrent,

and in some rare moments we become a little bit aware of its presence too. In deep love you feel it. It is not gross, it is a very subtle perfume. It is not like a strong wind, but just a very cool breeze. In moments when you are overwhelmed by beauty: a beautiful sunset or a bird on the wing or (a bird calls out)... Just listen to the sound of this bird... something deep inside you is stirred.

You feel it, you would like to sing it, you would like to dance it, but it is impossible. Nobody has been able to up to now and nobody is ever going to be able to. That's its beauty: it is absolutely private, incommunicable. Yes, when two persons have heard it they can recognise each other immediately. Just looking into each other's eyes they will recognise it immediately; there will be no need for any introduction.

A Buddha meets a Jesus: no introduction will be needed, they will immediately know that the other has also heard it.

Meditation only prepares the way. It helps you to be more and more inward, silent, available, open, and then one day suddenly it is there. It is such an overwhelming experience, just one moment of it is enough, one moment of it is equal to the whole of eternity.

Nadamo means the soundless sound. It is our inner harmony, our inner silence; but the silence is not empty, it is full of music.

It is not the same kind of music as we are acquainted with. The basic difference is that the outside music is a created music. In the East we call it the struck music, because you have to strike two things; a duality is needed. The player on the violin or the player on the sitar is striking the strings. Without the sitar he cannot create it, without him the sitar cannot create it; two are needed. It is a kind of clash.

But the inner music is unstruck. There is no sitar nor any player, yet a great melody, a great music is experienced. Hence it is called the soundless sound or the silent sound -- a paradox has to be used. Zen people say it is one hand clapping that is creating the sound. The emphasis is on one hand: the sound of one hand clapping.

Once you have heard it you cannot forget the joy of it. Then whatsoever you are doing, it continues there, it always remains there. Once it is known, recognised, you can remain occupied with a thousand and one things of the world, but it is

always there like a subtle presence. It follows you like a shadow, and it goes on refreshing you, it goes on rejuvenating you. It is a contact with god. It is becoming connected with the whole. It is the harmony between you and the whole.

Life can be lived as a song or as a sadness -- it is our choice. Many people, the majority, choose sadness for the simple reason that to be sad is easy. It needs no art, no intelligence, it needs no work upon yourself.

People are lazy, they don't want to work. And to work upon oneself is arduous, it is an uphill task, but great is the benefit. Great is the joy of those who start on the path and move towards the peak. Their life becomes a song.

To live in sadness is to live in dark valleys. It is comfortable, convenient, because you don't have to go up the hill, but it is without adventure. It is boredom, it has no thrill and no surprise -- and if it has no thrill and no surprise you miss the point.

Life has to be a constant wonder, every moment should bring new surprises. But that is possible only if you start moving upwards, towards the sunlit peaks. Beyond the clouds there is infinite sky... and the freedom of it. Then life is a song, is a dance, is a celebration.

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A sannyasin has to create that song. Unless that song is created a sannyasin has not lived rightly; his sannyas was formal, he was not committed to it.

Be a committed sannyasin so that your life can become an explosion of beauty, of bliss, of benediction.

Life is a blessing. Even if it is sometimes disguised as a curse. Never be deceived by the appearances, because the darkest night is nothing but the womb for the dawn and the saddest moment can become a stepping stone towards joy.

The thorns on the rose bush are not against the rose flowers; they are guards, protectors.

Start looking at everything as a blessing. That is your meditation.

Nothing is a curse, not even death; death too is in the service of life. It is not the end of life; it only changes the old garments, the rotten garments, and gives you new garments. It only changes houses: when a certain house becomes unlivable, death comes and changes it, demolishes it, makes you free of it so that you can choose another house. Death is the beginning of birth.

Nothing in life is a curse -- one just needs a deep insight to see into things.

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