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or without the noise of the mind.
Then you have eyes
which are altogether different from your eyes
because they are not burdened by the past.
They are innocent and silent,
and in this silence there is neither
the observer nor the observed –
but that which is,
undivided and one,
beginningless and endless.
You can call it God or nirvana or anything whatsoever –
the name does not matter
because the name is not the thing,
and when one has known the thing
one does not bother about the value.
346. Love.
Begin the following meditation from tomorrow –
and know that this is an order!
Now you are so totally mine
that I cannot do anything other than order you! Prerequisites:
Do it cheerfully.
Do it relaxedly.
Be playful.
Do it in the morning after taking a bath.
The meditation:
First: breathe deeply and rhythmically,
not fast but slowly,
for ten minutes.
Second: dance rhythmically and slowly;
be ecstatic, as if flowing in it,
for ten minutes.
Third: use the mahamantra: hoo-hoo-hoo.
Continue dancing and moving,
do not be serious, do not be tense,
for ten minutes.
Fourth: close the eyes and be silent;
do not move or dance now.
Stand, sit or lie down, as you feel to do,
but just be as if dead,
feel a sinking in,
surrender and be in the hands of the whole,
for ten minutes.
Post requirements:
One: live the whole day in ecstasy,
in intoxication of the divine,
flowing and flowering in it,
and whenever depressed say inwardly: hoo-hoo-hoo,
and laugh outwardly,
laugh without any reason, and accept the madness.
Two: before sleep chant the mahamantra: hoo-hoo-hoo
for ten minutes,
then laugh at yourself.
Three: in the morning as you feel awake
chant again the mahamantra: hoo-hoo-hoo
for ten minutes,
and then begin the day with a hearty laugh.
Four: remember always that I am with you.
347. Love.
Everything belongs to the man who wants nothing.
Having nothing, he possesses all things in life:
renouncing all he becomes the master of all.
But why?
Because into his emptiness enters the divine.
348. Love.
Live humbly and in wonder
and then meditation comes by itself.
Relax, and there is ecstasy.
But effort is needed
because unless this fails completely you will not
be effortless!
349. Love.
Be aware of the mind before it is stirred by a thought,
or, be aware of the gap between two thoughts,
and – you will meet yourself!
And this meeting is the meeting with the divine.
350. Love.
Buddha says: If the mind does not arise
all things are blameless.
What more is there to be said?
And even this much is enough to blame everything!
351. Love.
The eyes are blind. One must look within the heart.
So do not believe the eyes,
believe the heart
and remember to look through it,
and then you will come to know things unbelievable.
And unless one comes to know the unbelievable
one has not known at all.
352. Love.
Remember always the one who is inside the body.
Walking, sitting, eating or doing anything,
remember the one who is neither walking nor sitting
nor eating.
All doing is on the surface,
and beyond all doing is the being;
so be aware of the non-doer in the doing,
of the non-mover in the moving.
One day Mulla Nasruddin’s wife,
hearing a tremendous thump
ran to his room.
Nothing to worry about, said the Mulla.
It was only my cloak which fell to the ground.
What! And made a noise like that? asked his wife
Yes – I was inside it at the time, said the Mulla.
353. Love.
A monk asked Daishu Ekai, What is nirvana?
The master answered: Not to commit oneself
to the vicious circle of birth and death
or pleasure and pain
is great nirvana.
What then is the vicious circle
of birth and death and pleasure and pain?
The master said:
To desire nirvana!
Now be silent and feel what is meant by to desire nirvana,
and remember that I am not saying think about it
because to think is to miss it.
Feel it.
Feel it.
Feel it.
354. Love.
In this world everything is upside down