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thankfulness. Reduced to the minimum
It is a non-verbal thank-you.
You need not say it, you have only to feel it.
The prayerful person is constantly feeling
That everything is a gift of god.
Life is a gift, love is a gift
Consciousness is a gift.
You are here
And becoming a sannyasin is gift!
When each moment of your life becomes permeated
By an unspoken thank you, that is prayer.
Then it goes on resounding in you;
Even while you are asleep it goes on and on
Deep inside you like an undercurrent.
You are not saying it
It is not addressed to anybody in particular
Because god has no address
At least no postal address!
It is unaddressed, unspoken , but it is there
Throbbing in every beat of your heart.
That is prayer.
Feel it, be it, and you will come to know
The greatest experience of your life
The greatest ecstasy.
By worship I don't mean any ritual.
Ritual is not worship.
Love is worship and love is never a ritual.
Rituals are repetitive, formal.
Love is informal, non-repetitive, spontaneous.
Be in love with existence -- that is worship.
And love in as many ways as possible
Don't hold back.
That's my whole teaching.
Jump into life totally, wholly.
When you are wholly in life, totally in life
You become religious, you become holy.
That is the only way to be holy.
Your so-called saints are not holy
They are simply dead.
Dance is the most symbolic act.
Nothing represents god better than dance.
God is a dancer.
And why do I say
That nothing represents him better?
Because dance is the only activity known to us
In which the actor and the action are one.
If you paint
The painter becomes different from the painting.
If you sculpt
You become separate from your creation.
Dance is the only activity
Which is inseparable from the dancer;
You cannot take the dance away from the dancer.
Existence is the dance of god;
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