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mind is just the opposite of meditation
it is the closing of the heart
meditation is the opening of the heart
man can live through the mind
but then life will not have any significance
any poetry, any song, any music
it will be trivial, mundane, superficial
ultimately frustrating
a sheer wastage of a great opportunity
a very ungrateful way to live
because god gives us such an opportunity to grow
and we only accumulate the non-essential
money, power, prestige
there is a famous book by napoleon hill: Grow Rich
that is not a way to grow
that is a way to remain retarded
but that's what has become the philosophy
of the common man all over the world
everybody is interested in the very superficial
the reason is that the door to the divine is closed
and the door to the mundane is open
our schools, colleges and universities
are in the service of the society
they are agents, their function is to close the heart
and to open the head
my work here is to reclaim the heart
once the heart starts opening
your life becomes a celebration
mind divides you from existence
gives you the idea of an ego
the heart unites
gives you the idea of oneness with the whole
and to feel one with the whole is the ultimate in joy
there is no higher joy
it is the ultimate in love
there is nothing higher than it
it is the ultimate truth itself
because it brings harmony, all conflict disappears
life becomes a rhythm
a rhythm
that goes on deepening every moment
the zen people call it
the Sound
of one hand
Clapping
now there are not two
the music is there but it is not a struck music
when you play on the sitar two things are needed
the instrument is needed and you are needed
you have to strike the strings, it is basically a conflict
and out of conflict
only mundane music can be born
there is another world of music, another dimension
in India
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