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and never be in misery, because the ocean always is.
The ego is just a flux in movement. It is very illusory, exactly like ripples on the lake. When you throw a stone in the lake it creates an illusion, as if ripples are arising and those ripples are going towards the bank. Nothing is going anywhere. It is not that the first wave is going to touch the bank, no. The first wave simply waves another wave and the second waves the third. Nothing is going anywhere, although from the outside it looks as if waves are moving, as if there is great movement. Nothing is moving; movement is false. It is just that the surface is disturbed, that's all.
You can try it by dropping a piece of paper. You will be surprised: the wave goes on but the piece of paper remains in the same place. The waves cannot take it away, because they are not really going -- it is just that the surface is waving. Exactly like waves, the ego is an illusion: the surface is waving.
Trust the depth, and that's what the meaning of God is: your innermost depth. If one can trust that, great grace arises in life. Everything suddenly becomes smooth, harmonious, everything suddenly fits.
Just as before nothing was fitting, now everything simply fits. Life is no more a jigsaw puzzle, it becomes a tremendous harmony. And harmony is grace and grace is divine. Man can attain it too only by surrendering to the divine.
Just Around the Corner
Chapter #4
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4 May 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7905045
ShortTitle: CORNER04
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Veet means going beyond, transcending, Christian means a follower of Christ. Go beyond following, that's the only way to be a Christ. Go beyond following, and that's the only way to be a Buddha. The follower never reaches the goal. Love Christ but don't follow, don't imitate, don't be a shadow, don't be a carbon copy.
Love, understand, aspire, imbibe the spirit but still don't be a follower. That is the real way of following. Not to be a follower is the real way of following because then one day you can be a Christ on your own. And what I am
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