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drink, smiles hotly at Rufus, points at his machinery, and says, "My, that looks rather nice, too."
"Yup," replies Rufus, "two inches -- I measured it this morning."
"Two inches?" gasps Gloria, "only two inches?"
"Yup," replies Rufus, with a grin. "From the floor!"
Nivedano...
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(Gibberish)
Nivedano...
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Be silent. Close your eyes. Feel your body to be completely frozen.
Now look inwards with all your life energy, with all your consciousness, and with an urgency to reach the center of your being, urgently as if this could be your last moment.
This moment, at your very center, you are the buddha. This is the only thing: witnessing, which is eternal. Thousands of bodies you have lived in before, but you lived only outwardly. Don't miss this life.
You are the buddha when you are witnessing the body as separate, the mind as separate, and yourself just a mirror reflecting.
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Relax. The body is there, the mind is there, but you are neither. You are the one who is witnessing, and that is the meaning of the buddha: the one who is witnessing.
The night was beautiful in itself, but by your relaxed consciousness merging into each other, it has become a splendor, a miracle.
You have to collect as much grace, peace, silence, as many flowers that are showering, as much juice that is flowing from your center as possible, because you have to bring buddha every day closer to your outer life.
The day your center and circumference are one, that will be the day of your enlightenment.
Before Nivedano calls you, collect as much gold to bring to the circumference as you can. And persuade the buddha -- it has been long he has been hiding in you -- to come with you.
Nivedano...
(Drumbeat)
Even in coming, show the grace, the beauty of a buddha, of an awakened being.
For a few minutes sit silently recalling the golden path you had moved on to the center and again back to the circumference.
In your day-to-day life remember as much as you can,
but don't make it a tension -- a relaxed
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