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the same peak but they follow different paths.
The feminine psyche follows the path of love. Sufism is basically a feminine approach towards existence. The masculine spirit will not find any appeal in Sufism, in the path of love; it will be more attracted to Zen, the path of meditation. The path of love is more of feelings, emotion; it is greener. The path of meditation has the beauty of a desert, the silence, the infinity of a desert.
And if you have been in the desert at night, there is nothing more beautiful than that: the total silence -- no birds, no animals, no trees, no people, and the stars seem so close that you can touch them, and the air is so pure, so unpolluted, so transparent. The path of meditation is the path of the desert. It is not an accident that many meditators have moved to the deserts, for the simple reason that it corresponds to their inner work.....
For you, the path of meditation will be the right path. Try to understand the spirit of Zen more and more, the spirit of being silent, the spirit of being alone. Love means being together, it is a dialogue. Meditation means just being alone and rejoicing in that aloneness. It is not a dialogue, it is utter silence.
One more thing to be remembered so that you don't become frightened: following the path of meditation does not mean that you cannot love, but love remains secondary. It can help your meditation but it can't become the focus of your life. Following the path of love does not mean that you cannot meditate, but it will remain secondary, it will enhance your love.
So whether one follows the path of love or the path of meditation, the other is always there running side by side, parallel to it -- very close, but secondary. It is only a question of a different emphasis.
(To Polyxeni): This is your new name: Ma Amrito.
Amrito means that which never dies. The body is born and the body dies, the mind is born and the mind dies, but you are neither the body nor the mind. You are something transcendental to both, something which never dies and which is never born. You have always been here and will always be here.
The moment one starts feeling
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