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all the effort seems
negligible.
My love to all.
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My respects to you.
I have just returned from Rajnagar in Rajasthan.
I was invited to a religious function there
organized by Acharya Shree Tulsi.
I put four hundred monks and nuns
through an experiment in meditation.
The results were extraordinary.
In my view
meditation is the essence of all religious
practice.
All the rest --
such as non-violence, renunciation of wealth,
celibacy etc. -- are just its consequences.
With the attainment of samadhi,
the culmination of meditation,
all these things come by themselves,
they just happen naturally.
Since we forgot this central sadhana
all our efforts have been external and superficial.
True sadhana IS not just ethical,
it is basically yoga practice.
Ethics ALONE are negative
and nothing enduring can be constructed on
negation.
Yoga is positive and can therefore form a base.
I want to convey this positive basis to all.
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Love.
I have received your very affectionate letter.
You write that my words ring in your ears;
what I want is for their echo to carry you
into that space where everything is silent, empty.
This is the way from words to emptiness.
There one meets oneself.
I am in bliss.
Take my love
I have nothing else to offer, it is my only wealth.
The marvel of it is that the more of it you give the
more it becomes.
Real wealth is like that --
it grows as you give it away; and if it
diminishes -- it is not wealth at all.
Write again,
for not only do you wait for my letters,
I too wait for yours.
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Love.
On returning from the meditation camp I had to
leave town again.
I returned only last night but I thought of you all
the time.
I cannot forget the thirst for God I saw in your
eyes
and the striving for truth in your heart.
This is a blessing because no one can attain
without
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