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and light are always close by.
it is only a matter of opening one's eyes
and then what is ours becomes ours.
The distance is just that between the eyelash and
the eye --
and perhaps not even that much;
the eyes are always open only we don't know it.
There is an old story:
A fish had long heard stories about the ocean.
She began to fret about it
so one day she asked the Queen of Fishes:
What is this ocean and where is it?
The Queen was surprised. She said:
The ocean? Why, you are in the very ocean itself!
Your very existence, your very life, is in the
ocean.
It is within you
The ocean is your everything,
but for the ocean, you are nothing.
For this very reason
the fish couldn't see the ocean!
And for this very reason
we are unable to find God.
But He can be found --
by being empty.
In the state of emptiness we meet Him
for God is emptiness.
I am in bliss,
or shall I say --
Bliss alone is and I am not!
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My respects to you.
I received your letter, I was waiting for it.
The trip to Rajnagar was blissful.
Religion robbed of the spirit of yoga has become a
matter of morality only, thereby losing its soul.
Morality is negative.
Life cannot be based on negation, negation cannot
nourish life.
The emphasis has to be on attainment not on
renunciation.
It is not a question of renouncing ignorance
but of attaining understanding,
it is this that has to be central.
Practise has to be positive
and this sadhana can happen through yoga.
In my talks with Acharya Tulsi, Muni Shri
Nathamaljee and others
I have stressed this point.
Many letters have come from Rajnagar and Rajasthan
in this connection; as you have said
it seems some fruitful work has been accomplished
by going there.
One thing is very clear:
people are eager for a spiritual life and current
forms of religion do not satisfy them.
If
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