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and trust. The darkness is not against light; in fact the light comes loud and clear when it is dark. Hence we can only see stars in the night, not in the day. They are there in the day too, they don t go anywhere, but the background is not there, the darkness is not there.
As the night comes and darkness comes, stars start appearing. In fact to say that they start appearing is existentially wrong. They have always been there, but they start appearing to our eyes because the darkness gives the background.
And my approach is not to deny anything, but to use everything. So I will also use that part which does not want to be here. I will not create a conflict in you. I will bridge both the parts, and when the opposites meet, great harmony arises. That part can be cut but then you will not be so rich. Your yes will be a little poorer because it will come out of helplessness, because you cannot say no. But you can say no and yet you are saying yes. Your yes has significance, validity. It is coming in spite of the no, hence it is valuable.
Anand means bliss, Teresa means a reaper, a harvester. Your full name will mean a reaper of bliss.
That's what sannyas is all about. The seeds are there, the season is there, because it is always the season. The soil is there, the sun and the rains -- everything is available. All that is needed on your part is to sow the seeds, to drop the seeds in the soil so that they can disappear into the dark womb of the earth. Soon the seeds will be gone but the plants will arrive, and it will not be long before the reaping season comes.
But people don't take the first step, hence they go on missing. They are afraid of dropping the seeds in the soil. The fear is: "Who knows? -- the seeds may be lost, they may never become plants." That risk has to be taken, that courage is a must, and that trust is needed. The farmer trusts. He drops the seeds that he has for something that may come, may not come. But it always comes: it is bound to come.
Existence responds with great love. If you trust, existence trusts you. If you are ready to die, existence helps you to resurrect.
Anand means bliss, Helen means
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