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less and less sophisticated. It will become more and more simple and by and by it will disappear.
That is the only problem they are feeling, and that is the only thing that makes them uneasy -- that man must have something more than just a mechanism, because each generation goes on becoming more and more complex. That is rare; the computer cannot do that. If the computer were a very simple mechanism it could produce only a very simple mechanism.
But a buddha is born out of a non-buddha. Out of an ignorant person, buddha is born and becomes enlightened.... Now this is simply something else! No mechanism can evolve -- only consciousness evolves. Evolution is in-built in consciousness. And we don't know how much we can evolve; we live at the lowest rung. We have not entered the palace yet; we are just outside the palace.... And the palace is ours but we have to pay for it -- and the price to be paid is awareness.
Man contains all that is possible in this existence. Man contains the whole cosmos... man contains god! But right now, man is just a machine. Just a small part is non-mechanical -- and that is our hope. We can use that small part, that tiny awareness, to create more awareness. And the only way to create more awareness is to go on dissolving the mechanism in us so that each act becomes by and by fully aware.
[The new sannyasin asks: Can't I use the unconscious mechanism?]
Yes, you can, but use it consciously... use it consciously. When you use it consciously the mechanism is there, is used, but it doesn't generate unconsciousness. It is the same mechanism that you are using and I am using. The difference is not in the mechanism; the difference is in the way it is used. If you use it consciously, while you are walking you will be using your body and you will be using the mechanism that makes you able to walk. It is unconscious, but when you walk very consciously, fully alert, luminous, each step in awareness, the mechanism is there but you are no more unconscious; consciousness is turning over the mechanism. So the mechanism cannot create unconsciousness; it creates consciousness -- that's why I call it the fuel.
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