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ego disappears totally
And when you come back you are no more the same,
The old person is nowhere to be found
Not even a trace is found.
In fact it never existed in the first place.
It was just a dream... and you are awakened.
Hence, never make bliss a goal.
People start making bliss a goal.
That is the first step in missing it.
You are moving in a wrong direction.
Bliss is not a goal; nobody has ever achieved it.
It has come to many, but it has always come:
It comes of its own accord.
That does not mean that we have nothing to do --
We do have something to do.
We have to prepare the ground, we have to be
Utterly empty so that it can penetrate us.
We have to open all the doors and all the windows
We have to drop all fear of the unknown
Of the mysterious, of the miraculous.
And we have to be ready to be surprised.
That means we have to drop all knowledge
And we have to start functioning from a state
Of not-knowing.
We have to be innocent.
In a single word 'innocence'
Is the essence of religion.
And then it comes, surely it comes
Absolutely it comes, inevitably it comes
And possesses you so totally
That it does not leave
A single nook or corner within you
Where misery or darkness can hide.
Eighty Four Thousand Poems
Chapter #5
Chapter title: None
7 April 1980 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8004075
ShortTitle: 84POEM05
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[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been copy-typed on to the computer. It is for reference purposes only.]
Prayer, grace and mercy are three dimensions
Of a really religious life.
A religious life begins in prayer and ends in mercy.
A religious life means a deep "Yes" to god --
That is prayer:
A total yes to god, not holding yourself back,
A whole-hearted "Yes".
And once that "Yes" has happened
Your life becomes
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