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even darkness starts becoming light. And out of these experiences comes devotion.
Devotion means a deep thankfulness towards god. He has given so much and we don't even deserve it; it has been showered on us and we are not worthy of it This experience creates devotion, prayer. And to attain devotion is the most precious thing in life.
How long will you be here?' he asked the Italian sannyasin.
Only two or three days.
Come back for a longer period. I am creating a little Italia here. Soon you will find all the intelligent Italians here!
Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Chapter #3
Chapter title: None
3 September 1980 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8009035
ShortTitle: ICEBRG03
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[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been scanned and cleaned up. It is for reference purposes only.]
(Prem Sabine. Sabine was the name of a now extinct Italian tribe, he told us.)
Love is one of the languages which has been forgotten completely. The primitive people were more loving. As civilisation has grown love has disappeared. Sabine simply means a woman from the tribe which has disappeared, which is no more. Love also has disappeared in the same way. Now man exists like a desert; hence there is so much sadness in the world, so much seriousness, so much burden. Everybody is carrying a load of rocks on their hearts.
Death seems to be a relief to many people, hence so many people commit suicide. Life must have lost all meaning. And those who don't commit suicide are not necessarily alive; they may just be afraid of death, of the unknown. They may simply be cowards.
So people who commit suicide are utterly sad, obviously, so sad that they don't want to exist a single moment more. And those who do exist, at the most they survive, they don't live -- because without love there is no life. One can survive but survival is not enough. There is no dance in it, no poetry in it, no celebration in it.
Love is the suprememost value. Think of love as god, as the only god, and make
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