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is being tried and much depends on it.
A world psychology has to be given birth to. The East has succeeded in certain ways and failed in others, just as the West has failed in certain areas but succeeded in others. Now there should be no more of this bifurcation of East and West. There should be a unitive psychology, global, in which there is no East and no West, but the polarities meet and dissolve.
Our work is on human beings. It is not academic, theoretical, philosophical. It is absolutely personal and existential.
[A sannyasin says: I find it very difficult to be open to you. I hear you talking in the lectures, and you say that you are available to all of us. But I find it difficult to be open enough to be available to you.]
There is no problem. You have not tried, that's all.
Whenever you want to open, try the opposite first. Remember, this is one of the basic things. If you want to relax, first make yourself as tense as possible. Then automatically you cannot remain tense. Once you have gone to the extreme, then you have to relax. So start cooperating and relax, mm?
This is the posture that will happen when one is closed. This is the womb posture -- the head falls down, and you are again in the womb. In the womb you are completely closed, and when you are born you start opening.
So every night you can try this. Just before you go to sleep, for five minutes close yourself completely. You will become just like a small child in the womb, with absolute darkness all around -- nowhere to go, no door available, no possibility to relate to anyone, all connections cut. Remain in that state for a few seconds, and when it becomes unbearable, think of the flower opening in the morning. Then remain in that opening and go to sleep. Report to me after one week. And there is nothing to worry about!
[I feel I'm getting somewhere. I've done the Encounter group and the Tathata and now I'm meditating. I'm relating to people openly and with trust.]
Very good. Always remember that at no cost should mistrust be allowed. Even if your trust becomes a possibility that people can deceive you, that is good. Even if you are
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