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hatred. It is not a good word, it is not a virtue.
Up to now love has remained only a word and we have been brought up, poisoned, from the very beginning.
My effort here is to de-condition you so that all the heritage of the past which is ugly, inhuman, can be put aside and you can have a rebirth. And if one can be loving, there is no other religion needed, no other scripture, no god even is needed; love is enough, more than enough. It will open all the secrets. It is a small key but capable of opening all the doors, unlocking all the doors, all the mysteries of life.
Remember it, only a loving soul is noble. And love has to be unconditional, non-dominating, non-possessive. Love has to be the sheer joy of sharing with no desire to get anything in return. Much comes but that is another matter; the desire should not be there. One should love for love's sake, because it is such a beautiful experience, it is such an ecstasy, that what more could one desire in return? It has intrinsic value.
Stefano means the crowned one. And the word Christ means the same thing.
It means one who has entered into the kingdom of God. It means one who has become victorious over himself. It means one who has attained mastery over the mind and is no longer a slave.
It is possible only through meditation because meditation means a journey towards your innermost being.
The world is tremendously beautiful but nothing compared to your interiority. There are beautiful flowers and stars and rainbows -- the world is really colorful, it is a gift of God. But still, it is nothing compared to the inner universe.
The moment one experiences the inner world, the outer world fades away. Seeing the inner, hearing the inner, one comes to know the real music, the real beauty. And that experience is a crowning experience because it takes you to the ultimate peak.
A Sufi woman, Rabiya, was sitting under her roof in a small hut. It was morning and the sun was just rising and the birds were singing and it was a beautiful morning.
Another Sufi saint, Hassan, knocked on the doors of Rabiya's hut and said, "Rabiya, what are you doing inside?
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