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But unless you are awake it cannot be a reality, it cannot be a realization.
(To Wilfred) -- This is your name: Swami Veet Wilfred. Veet means beyond, Wilfred means will.
Man has to go beyond his will so that he can become part of the divine will. One has to drop one's own will, it is the whole trouble. Once our will is dissolved then god starts functioning through us. Then there is no misery, no anxiety; one is utterly relaxed. There is no problem. All problems arise out of your will, because will means fighting with the whole. It is struggle, and struggle is bound to bring tension. And you are doomed to fail; hence however hard one fights one knows deep down in the heart, deep down somewhere that it is futile, one cannot succeed against the whole. One can succeed only with the whole, not against the whole.
Sannyas means surrendering your will, going beyond it. And the moment you surrender your will, all is yours. Suddenly the whole universe opens its doors for you, all the mysteries become available to you, all the secrets are handed over to you, all the keys. The paradox is: in surrendering the will you become the master, and in keeping the will and fighting for it, you will remain a slave.
(To Christer) -- -- This is your name: Swami Prem Christer. Prem means love. Christer means a follower of Christ.
Love is the message of all the Christs. I am not using the singular word 'Christ', I am using the plural 'Christ' because to me Jesus is only one of the Christs. Lao Tzu is also a Christ, Buddha too, Mohammed, Zarathustra, Socrates -- these are all Christs. Christ is a state of ultimate consciousness, just as Buddhahood is: Christ is synonymous with Buddhahood.
And the message of all the Christs is love. It is through love that reality is revealed. It is through love that we become aware of the tremendous beauty of existence. It is through love, and only through love, that one enters into the temple of god.
(To Hans) -- -- This is your name: Swami Jivan Hans. Jivan means life. Hans means a gift of god.
Life is a gift of god -- never forget it. Everybody has forgotten it. Nobody is thankful to god for life.
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