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become enlightened at least grow as much compassion as you can. Again and again he was asked, "Why do you emphasize this?"
He said, "So that when you become enlightened you have enough compassion to help people." Otherwise many become enlightened but they don't have any compassion. They are enlightened, they are blissful, they have reached to the ultimate good - who bothers about others? They will take their own course. And why interfere in anybody's life? But it is only through compassion that one takes the risk of interfering.
And it is risky because whenever you interfere in anybody's sleep he is going to become angry at you - just try to wake up somebody early in the morning when it is cold. Even though he has said to you to wake him early, he has to catch a train; he will become angry, he will go through a tantrum, he will think you are an enemy. There are very few who will be happy about it, and this is ordinary sleep. Humanity can be divided into two types of people: one, who likes to wake up early in the morning, and the second - the rest of us.
So the work of the master is really difficult because 'the rest of us' constitutes ninety-nine point nine per cent of humanity. They would like to pull the blanket over their heads and turn to the other side and have a little more beautiful dreaming. But all these dreams, howsoever beautiful they are, are just dreams. It is better to wake up, and the sooner the better, so that we can have something which is eternal.
Only the eternal can become the base of real growth.
How long will you be here?
Two and a half weeks .
Then come again... because it will be difficult to pull you out within two and a half weeks!
Going All the Way
Chapter #3
Chapter title: None
3 November 1980 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8011035
ShortTitle: ALLWAY03
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[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been scanned and cleaned up. It is for reference purposes only.]
THE ONLY VICTORY: THE INNER INNINGS
The victory over others is
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