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uncharted without any map, not knowing whether the other shore exists at all or not. In fact they are not concerned. The journey itself is so beautiful, each step on the journey is so ecstatic, who cares about the goal?
A sannyasin lives life moment to moment, as if this is the goal, as if this is the end. He lives with totality, intensity and passion. And when each moment is lived with totality, intensity and passion, the heart opens like a lotus.
Ma Anand Sarod. Anand means bliss. Sarod is an eastern musical instrument, one of the most beautiful musical instruments. it represents music.
The state of bliss is a state of inner music, accord, harmony.
Man ordinarily lives in deep discord. He is divided in so many fragments, and each fragment goes on trying to dominate all the others; hence there is great politics inside. The body tries to dominate the whole, the mind tries, the heart tries. And it is not so simple either, because mind is not one mind, there are many minds -- it is a crowd, and each mind tries to dominate. The heart is also not one -- there are so many feelings and moods, and every felling and every mood tries to be on the top. The body itself is not one, it has different divisions.
When you are eating food the stomach says "Enough!" but your tongue says "No. A little bit more. The ice-cream is so good!" (laughter) The stomach goes on crying "Stop!"
If you listen to the body you will find there are many voices. When you want to sleep a part of your body says "Get up! It is time to get up, and I am perfectly refreshed and there is no need to lie down." The other part says "A little bit more. Just five minutes..." (laughter) And this trick if five minutes works on almost everybody! (laughter) I have observed many people: it is always five minutes. But then after five minutes again it is five minutes.
The body is divided, the mind is divided, the heart is divided -- it is really a miracle how people go on carrying themselves together! Everybody is a humpty-dumpty (laughter). And who has put these people together? It is really strange to see that people are going with all parts together. Otherwise it would
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