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is life. It is not.
I have to destroy you in many ways; in fact, dismantle you -- only then can the new arise. You need a crucifixion, and only then can there be a resurrection.
Let me be a cross to you. Only then, and only then is there a possibility that you will be enthroned.
The path is hard, arduous, but once you realize the truth of your being, you will come to know that nothing was hard, nothing was hard enough. Then you will know that whatsoever you have attained is not because of your efforts. Your efforts were nothing compared to that which you have attained. That which you have attained is a sheer gift. And the paradox is: it is already in your hands. I have just to make you aware. It is already in you. I have just to point it to you.
Many times you will be offended in many ways. Many people come to me and leave. They become offended. If I have to think about them and not offend them, I am useless; then I cannot help. I have to go on offending. A hundred persons come: ninety are bound to leave by and by. Out of the ten who will remain with me, even if one attains, it is enough. Not because it is difficult to attain -- the difficulty is not part of truth; the difficulty is part of your conditioning, the schizophrenic conditioning.
The religions have completely poisoned your being, have made you fragmentary. To put all those fragments again together -- not only put them together, but melt them so that you can become a crystallized being -- is difficult because of you.
If you are ready, it is not difficult; it is very simple. It is so easy. It can happen right this moment. If you have to wait, it is because of you -- always remember. It is a question of understanding. It is not a question of doing anything.
That waka poet, just sitting for three days, day and night, doing nothing, came to realize a sudden awakening.
And it is always sudden. Whenever you are full of energy and the energy starts overflowing, you attain to an inner orgasm. That orgasm is satori. When that orgasm becomes your constant state of being, that orgasm is called samadhi.
Nirvana: The Last Nightmare
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