The Rebel

Talks given from 01/06/87 am to 25/02/87 am English Discourse series

1 The rebel: the very essence of religion 2 Beyond the capacity of the mind 3 Enlightenment is not a device 4 The rebel is utterly innocent 5 Renounce the past, not the world 6 Herald a new dawn 7 No more ready-made gods 8 Zorba the buddha -- man of the future 9 Society's justice is revenge 10 Jesus is not a christian 11 The failure of revolution 12 The magical door of eternity 13 Shadows of the dead 14 As below, so above 15 This is not a place of entertainment 16 Live is on the razor's edge 17 The solitary lion and his tremendously beautiful roar 18 Every desire creates conflict 19 The promise of paradise 20 The rebel has no path 21 Confess to the stars 22 Laughter is divine 23 Mind is a kind of insanity 24 A questionless silence 25 The field of awakening 26 Physician of the inner world 27 A ray from the beyond 28 The disappearance of sex 29 Something of the wild 30 The slavery of marriage 31 Burning torches moving around the world 32 The face behind the mask 33 Tommorrow never comes 34 A danger to the crowd 35 The purity of awareness

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19 The promise of paradise

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 19 The promise of paradise 10 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IN YOUR GOLDEN FUTURE, WILL THERE BE A TROUPE OF ENLIGHTENED ACTORS? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN WHO IS ENLIGHTENED TO BE AN ACTOR? Vimal, the enlightened man is an actor. He cannot be otherwise. He knows he’s not the body, yet he behaves as if he’s the body; he knows he’s not the mind, yet he responds as if he’s the mind....

2 Beyond the capacity of the mind

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 Beyond the capacity of the mind 1 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIT AND ALLOW MY MIND TO BE QUIET – SOMETIMES FOR ONLY A SECOND, BUT SOMETIMES FOR LONGER. SINCE THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING, I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY BEAUTIFUL SPACES, AS IF THIS QUIETNESS SOMEHOW INVITES THE UNIVERSE IN....

20 The rebel has no path

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 20 The rebel has no path 10 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IS THE PATH OF THE REBEL THE MIDDLE PATH, OR THE PATH OF EXTREMES? I HAVE HEARD YOU SPEAK FOR AND AGAINST BOTH, AND ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS NO PATH. WHAT GUIDES THE REBEL? Marga Madir, the rebel has no path to follow; those who follow any path are not rebels....

21 Confess to the stars

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 21 Confess to the stars 11 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I NOTICE THAT THE QUESTIONS I WRITE TO YOU USUALLY TURN OUT TO BE “CONFESSIONS.” I ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE OF SOME KIND OF CONDITIONING, ALTHOUGH MY UPBRINGING DID NOT INCLUDE THE PRACTICE OF CONFESSION TO A PRIEST. IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT BY TELLING YOU, YOU CAN FREE ME....

22 Laughter is divine

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 22 Laughter is divine 11 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, I BROUGHT MYSELF TO YOUR DOORSTEP AND THEN TRIED TO RUN AWAY, BUT YOU WOULD NOT LET ME ESCAPE. NOW, SO MANY BELOVED FRIENDS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS HAVE HUGGED ME AND SPOKEN OF FEELING YOUR LOVE FOR ME WITHIN THEMSELVES, AND SO MANY FELT YOU DISSOLVE THEIR QUESTIONS IN MINE....

23 Mind is a kind of insanity

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 23 Mind is a kind of insanity 12 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, CAN YOU PLEASE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT VIOLENCE AS THE EXPRESSION OF REBELLION? Milarepa, violence can never be a part of the rebellious spirit for the simple reason that violence is the whole past of humanity – and the rebel wants to discontinue with the past....

24 A questionless silence

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 24 A questionless silence 12 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MEDITATE WITHOUT ANY TECHNIQUE? Deva Maturo, the question you have asked is certainly of great importance because meditation, as such, needs no technique at all. But techniques are needed to remove the obstacles in the way of meditation. So it has to be understood very clearly: meditation itself needs no techniques, it is a simple understanding, an alertness, an awareness....

25 The field of awakening

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 25 The field of awakening 13 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE WORLD THAT I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT LEAVES ME WITH SUCH A SADNESS BECAUSE THIS WORLD IS SO BEAUTIFUL. AS LONG AS I AM NOT AWAKENED, I FEEL THAT SOMEHOW I AM PART OF THAT UNCONSCIOUS CRUELTY AND STUPIDITY, AND I REALLY WANT TO GET OUT OF IT....

26 Physician of the inner world

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 26 Physician of the inner world 13 June 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, OSCAR WILDE ONCE SAID: “WHEN THE GODS WANT TO PUNISH US, THEY ANSWER OUR PRAYERS.” WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT? Devageet, Oscar Wilde is right. It often happens that what psychologists cannot explain about the human mind, the creative artist, the poet, can easily explore to the depths which are beyond logic, beyond reason, beyond scientific research....

27 A ray from the beyond

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 27 A ray from the beyond 14 June 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Question 1 BELOVED MASTER, WHEN YOU TOLD THE STORY ABOUT GAUTAM BUDDHA WAITING AT THE GATE OF PARADISE FOR THE LAST HUMAN BEING, I CRIED – AND I SAW YOU, WAITING FOR US. MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU WILL WAIT ALSO FOR ME? RIGHT NOW, I’M PUTTING ALL MY ENERGY INTO WAKING UP, BUT EVERYTHING TAKES TIME....