< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 19 19 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva means divine, and vimarsha means reflection – divine reflection. And it has to be understood in a certain way. Ordinarily, reflection is understood as if it is just a synonym for thinking; it is not. A mirror reflects – there is no thinking. It simply says whatsoever is; there is no interpretation. It does not colour, it does not add, it does not delete....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 2 2 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium [The Enlightenment Intensive group is present. One member says: At first I didn’t like it, bu the second half of the group I liked very much.] Always remember that even if you don’t like a certain thing, it is not necessarily bad. Liking and disliking makes no difference. Sometimes the thing that you like may be harmful, and vice versa: the thing that you don’t like at all may prove a great transformation....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 20 20 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva means divine, godly, anila means the breeze – divine breeze. And meditate on the phenomenon of the breeze. There are a few things to be understood about it: there is no way to manipulate it – it comes when it comes. Suddenly it is there, suddenly it is gone. Exactly in the same way god comes – suddenly he is there, and suddenly he is gone....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 21 21 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Prem means love, and vimarsho means reflection. It is a special step in prayer. In the western languages, the closest term that can come to it is contemplation, but that too is not exactly the translation – just very close to it. Reality can only be known when one is a mirror. When you think about it, you go astray....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 22 22 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva means god, the divine element – not exactly god, but godly. God is more of an energy than a person, so in the east, rather than saying that god exists, we have been saying that the world is divine. God is not a separate element from the world but is its intrinsic quality, an inner presence – not somebody who has created the world and then either has forgotten all about it or is no more interested, or has become interested in some other projects....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 23 23 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva means divine, anunada means vibration. You have to meditate much on vibrations and you have to learn how to vibrate in tune with the whole. When a person is too self-conscious he vibrates against the whole. When a person is no more self-conscious, simply conscious with no self in it, then he vibrates with the whole....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 24 24 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Prem means love and mariam is the hebrew name of Jesus’ mother, Mary. It means rebellion – love rebellion. And in the old languages – particularly hebrew, sanskrit, arabic – each name is very symbolic. It is not just coincidence that jesus is born out of a woman whose name is ‘rebellion’. Jesus can be born only out of rebellion, he cannot be born out of tradition....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 25 25 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Anand means bliss and sagaresh means god of the ocean – the full name will mean god of the ocean of bliss. You have to become one! Consciousness is almost an ocean – there is no limitation to it. The body is limited, the mind is limited, but the consciousness that resides behind the body and behind the mind is almost oceanic....

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 26 26 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Hari priya. It means beloved of god. And there are two things which are the most difficult in life: one is to love and another is to allow love to happen, to allow somebody to love you. And the second is far more difficult than the first. To love is difficult because one has to flow and one has to give, one has to share....

< Previous | Contents ‌CHAPTER 27 27 February 1977 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Deva means divine, god, avesha means possessed by – possessed by god... and from now onwards I will possess you! So relax and be possessed! Don’t fight with me, because that is sheer wastage of energy. If you remain in a let-go, much is going to happen. If you allow me, nothing is impossible, but the whole thing depends on your allowing me; that is the very core of it....