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Come out! God has blessed us with a beautiful morning."
Rabiya laughed and said, "Hassan, it is better you come in. I know that the world is beautiful but I am enjoying the creator of the world inside. Creation is beautiful but it cannot be more beautiful than the creator."
Hassan was very much ashamed; he had never thought that his knocking on Rabiya's door would take such a turn. That is the beauty of the masters: they can turn a very ordinary thing into something extraordinary.
Hassan went in, bowed down to the woman, asked to be forgiven, and sat by her side with closed eyes. And that day he became enlightened.
And Rabiya said, "Now you tell me: where is real beauty, where is real joy, where is real poetry?"
Hassan said, "Now I know, the outer world was just like a dream, a reflection of the moon in the lake. Now I have seen the real moon, not the reflection. The outer was just an echo; now I have come to the source, the very source of the music. I have heard the inner melody. I am tremendously grateful to you."
Meditate, and by meditation I mean become more aware of the workings of the mind.
Watch.
Observe.
Witness without any judgment, because one can be a witness only if one is non-judgmental.
You are not to decide what is right and what is wrong, you just have to see whatsoever passes on the screen of the mind. And remember that you are only a witness; you have nothing to do with what is going on in the mind.
As this witnessing settles, less and less thoughts will pass, more and more gaps will come in. And those gaps will give you the experience which is the ultimate bliss, peace, silence. And when the gaps have become permanent you are no longer at the mercy of the thoughts, a victim of thoughts. So you can put the traffic aside at any moment, you can stop the movement of thoughts at any moment and can become thoughtless -- you have come home.
That is the meaning of 'Christ'. And one becomes crowned because one is an emperor now.
When Jesus was crucified the enemies were making fun of his name, Christ. They had put a crown of thorns on his head. They were simply poking
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