< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 Polishing the Mirror of the Heart 1 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall WE TRIED REASONING OUR WAY TO HIM: IT DIDN’T WORK; BUT THE MOMENT WE GAVE UP, NO OBSTACLE REMAINED. HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO US OUT OF KINDNESS: HOW ELSE COULD WE HAVE KNOWN HIM? REASON TOOK US AS FAR AS THE DOOR; BUT IT WAS HIS PRESENCE THAT LET US IN....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 10 Something To Be Remembered 10 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 THE MASSES WERE AGAINST JESUS, THEY WERE AGAINST BUDDHA, THEY ARE AGAINST YOU. WHY? The masses live in a kind of non-individual existence. They live like sheep. So whenever a man like Jesus or Buddha is there, asserting his individuality, his rebellion, his freedom, he is naturally disliked. The masses become afraid; their foundations are shaken....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 On the Altar of the Real 2 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 TODAY IN LECTURE I LOOKED AT YOU AND I FELT MYSELF SO SHALLOW AND PHONEY AND FALSE. THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING DEEPER INSIDE OF ME. DO THESE FEELINGS SHOW THAT I DON’T HAVE A CENTER YET? IT ALSO SHOCKS ME THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE MY FACE AT THE MOMENT....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 3 Crying For The Light 3 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall HE DOESN’T KNOW HIS OWN SELF: HOW SHOULD HE KNOW THE SELF OF ANOTHER? HE KNOWS ONLY HIS HANDS AND FEET, HOW SHOULD HE KNOW ABOUT GOD? THIS IS BEYOND THE SAGE’S GRASP: YOU MUST BE A FOOL IF YOU THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT. WHEN YOU CAN EXPOUND ON THIS,...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 4 A Pearl of Exceeding Beauty 4 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 BUDDHA DID NOT HAVE A MASTER, JESUS DID NOT HAVE A MASTER, YOU DID NOT HAVE A MASTER. WHY DO WE NEED A MASTER? Devamo, because you are not yet capable of allowing life to be your master. Because you don’t know how to listen, how to learn....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 5 The Fire Test 5 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall THE PURE MAN UNITES TWO IN ONE; THE LOVER UNITES THREE IN ONE. BUT I AM FRIGHTENED LEST YOUR IGNORANCE AND STUPIDITY LEAVE YOU STRANDED ON THE BRIDGE. HE IS THE PROVIDER OF BOTH FAITH AND WORLDLY GOODS; HE IS NONE OTHER THAN THE DISPOSER OF OUR LIVES. HE IS NO TYRANT:...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 6 The Bridge of Love and Laughter 6 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: BELOVED MASTER, Question 1 WHAT IS CREATIVITY? Deva Mohan, action is not creativity, inaction also is not creativity. Creativity is a very paradoxical state of consciousness and being: it is action through inaction, it is what Lao Tzu calls WEI-WU-WEI. It is allowing something to happen through you....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 7 Cooked and Burnt 7 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall A RUBY, THERE, IS JUST A PIECE OF STONE: AND SPIRITUAL EXCELLENCE THE HEIGHT OF FOLLY. SILENCE IS PRAISE – HAVE DONE WITH SPEECH; YOUR CHATTER WILL ONLY BRING YOU HARM AND SORROW – HAVE DONE! BELIEF AND UNBELIEF BOTH HAVE THEIR ORIGIN IN YOUR HYPOCRITE’S HEART; THE WAY IS ONLY LONG...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 8 The Great Palace of Consciousness 8 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall The first question: Question 1 CAN COWARDICE AND HYPOCRISY ALSO BE BEAUTIFUL? CAN I ACCEPT EVEN MY COWARDICE, MY HYPOCRISY, MY MISERLINESS AND A TENDENCY TOWARDS PRIVACY THAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE CALLED “IDIOCY”? AND IF I ACCEPT SUCH TENDENCIES, ALL OF WHICH TEND TO BOTTLE ME UP, HOW WILL I GET FREE?...

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 9 A Wedding and a Wake 9 November 1978 am in Buddha Hall FOR THE WISE MAN EVIL AND GOOD ARE BOTH EXCEEDING GOOD. NO EVIL EVER COMES FROM GOD; WHENEVER YOU THINK TO SEE EVIL PROCEEDING FROM HIM, YOU WERE BETTER TO LOOK ON IT AS GOOD. I’M AFRAID THAT ON THE WAY OF FAITH, YOU ARE LIKE A SQUINTER SEEING DOUBLE,...