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I AM THE SLAVE OF THIS SPIRIT OF THE QUEST."
And Kabir says, "I worship the man who has this spirit of quest, who is intensely in love with truth and who is ready to sacrifice everything for it."
A little story about a Zen Master:
A disciple asked the Master, "What is Buddha's truth?"
The Master said, "Why not ask about your own mind or self instead of somebody else's?"
"What then is my self, O Master?" asked the disciple.
"You have to see what is known as 'the secret act.'"
"What is 'the secret act'? Tell me, Master," asked the disciple.
The Master opened his eyes and closed them.
This is the secret act. Open your eyes and see him, and close your eyes and see him. He is within and without. Don't make a distinction between the inner and the outer, because in him there are no distinctions. He is the inner and he is the outer. The Master opened his eyes -- very indicative, very Zenlike; Kabir would have liked the story himself. The Master opened his eyes, looked at the world -- he said "life"; and closed his eyes -- and said "look within." The innermost and the outer.
If you can love the inner and the outer, if you can be aware of the outer and the inner, you have arrived. And this arrival can happen only now. Don't postpone it. Don't say tomorrow, because the tomorrow never comes.
Ecstasy - The Forgotten Language
Chapter #2
Chapter title: Sannyas: the radical revolution
12 December 1976 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 7612120
ShortTitle: ECSTAS02
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Question 1
WHAT I MEAN BY SANNYAS IS A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE SO THAT ONE BECOMES A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT IT IS NOT HAPPENING TO ME. WHAT TO DO?
MY SANNYAS IS NOT A DISCIPLINE. My sannyas is freedom, freedom from all control -- even from self-control. A controlled man is a dead man. Whether you are controlled by others or by yourself does not make much difference.
My sannyas is spontaneity, living moment to moment without any prefabricated discipline, living with the unknown, not exactly knowing where you are going.
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