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outside and sit in the hot sun. The sunlight is beautiful and soothing. But then by and by it becomes hotter and hotter, and you start perspiring. Suddenly you realise that now it is time to go in. You move into the house, in the coolness, in the shade.
Out and in are just like that -- and both are needed for a true life. Any life with a fixation -- either with the outside or with the inside -- is a lopsided life, a crippled life; a life which has suffered some sort of paralysis. There are people who are fixed with the outside -- they cannot go in. There are people who are fixed with their inside, and they cannot go out. Both are ill.
True health is the rhythm between the in and out. In fact never get identified with the out or with the in. Remain between.
The flow is the swing of the energy from the out to the in; from the in to the out.
And there is a certain inner law which brings you back whenever you need to go in. It is just as when you work the whole day, and by night, you sleep; Sleep comes naturally if you have worked well. Then in the morning, after sleep, you are again rejuvenated, again fresh and vital; the zest has come back, and you want to do something. Action and sleep -- that is the rhythm.
So never get obsessed with any polarity. In between being with people and alone is a rhythm. And a rhythm can only exist between two opposite-looking poles -- which are not really opposite but are complementary.
[Another group member says: The group was pretty painful for me at times, but it was good.]
Pain is part of growth.
And remember, whenever something hurts, something inside vou is repressed. So rather than trying to avoid the pain, move into it. Let it hurt like hell. Let it hurt totally so the wound is opened completely. Once it is opened completely, the wound starts healing. If you avoid these spaces when you feel pain, they will remain inside, and you will come across them again and again, because they are part of you.
There is one method I would like to tell you about. Whenever you feel any pain -- even an ordinary headache -- just sit silently and focus your whole mind on the headache.
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