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possible. I can see a deep sadness has settled in you. There may have been reasons for it but it can be transformed, it can be changed.
Religion for thousands of years has been sad. Except for the Roman gods all the gods of the world have been sad. And Roman gods were not very godly -- they were playboys! (Udaseen chuckles) The Roman name for god was Jove. In English we still say "By Jove", and from Jove comes "jovial" -- humorous. Jove is a laughing god, but otherwise all the gods in the world have been sad. And even the Roman joviality has been destroyed by the Christians. Rome became their centre. And Christians say Jesus never laughed. Certainly they murdered Jove, they destroyed the idea of a laughing god. For them it was sacrilegious to think of god as laughing.
But my whole effort here is to create Joves, laughing gods. My sannyasins have not to be sad; they are not Christian monks and saints, not Hindu nor Jaina nor Buddhist. My sannyasins are of a totally new category, it has never existed before. Only once in a while have a few people been like my sannyasins -- a Bodhidharma, a Lao Tzu, a Chuang Tzu -- but it has been such a rare thing in the past. I would like it to become the very quality of the humanity that is going to come, the very future of humanity. Religion should learn the ways of laughter, religion should become closer to singing and dancing and festivity. I don't teach fasting, I teach feasting!
So drop your sadness -- enough of it, there is no need to carry it. And if you are sad here everybody will think that you are a Christian saint -- and "saint" is a dirty word around here (Udaseen laughs) Good. So start laughing, enjoying. -- How long will you be here?
Udaseen extends his arms, grinning broadly, in an extravagantly relaxed gesture, and shrugs his shoulders. -- That's good! (more laughter) Be here!
(Prem Gathen, means a beautiful love story.)
Shakespeare says 'Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.' And that is the life of the millions, of almost ninety-nine point nine per cent of people. It is really ridiculous that people should live such a futile
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