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pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8001055
ShortTitle: RAFTER05
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[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been copy-typed. It is for reference purposes only.]
(To Ghira, for her daughter) -- This is her name: Ma Deva Renu. Deva means divine, renu means dust -- divine dust.
Man is both: from the outside he is dust, from the inside he is divine. If we just look from the outside we can never find the divine. The divine has to be found with closed eyes inside.
(To Itil) -- Come here... come here. What is the meaning of Itil?
-- It is a Persian name... from Mullah Nasrudin country.
-- Mm! That's good, but what does it mean?
-- But I'm an American citizen now.
-- What does it means?
-- Itil was a great king that started an empire.
-- Mm mm.
-- ... which became Jewish and later became Arab, Muslim.
-- Mm mm. Good. And now he is becoming a sanyasin! (much laughter). Close your eyes. Good, Itil, come here.
This is your name: Swami Deva Itil. Deva means divine and itil is a treat king -- divine king.
All the masters of all the ages, have declared that everybody is born a divine king, but is utterly unaware of the fact. Not knowing our own inner world, we remain unaware of our kingdom. And because we are unaware of the kingdom that belongs to us, that is forever ours, we go on desiring small things, begging for small things. we are dreaming that we are beggars. The moment one wakes up, one is in for a great surprise: one finds one is not a beggar, one is a king. That's the whole purpose of meditation, to make you aware of your kingdom, to make you aware of your highest potential. And once you start becoming aware then the journey is not difficult. Only the first step is the most difficult. Just a little awakening and then the sleep is almost gone, then things become easier.
Sannyas is an effort to wake up. Tossing and turning in your sleep -- that's what sannyas is. From the very distance you have heard that you are a king, even in your sleep it is resounding.
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