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to contain inconsistencies.
Mind is a very small phenomenon.
So be a lover of Christ
Then there is no problem -- you can also love me!
But if you are a followers of Christ
If you are a Christian, then there is difficulty
Then you cannot be a sannyasin.
So change the meaning, at least in your heart
Drop the idea of being a follower.
You are not a follower of either, just a lover.
To be a lover is beautiful
To be a follower is ugly
To be a follower is political
To be a lover is religious.
(To Fritz) -- This is your name: Swami Anand Fritz.
Anand means bliss; Fritz means peace - a blissful peace.
Peace alone is not enough, neither bliss alone is enough. Bliss alone can become feverish, it can lose its cool. It can become too hot, unbearably hot. That has happened to many people. Those who have tried to reach bliss without ever making any preparation for peace; a great difficulty arises later on. When bliss starts happening, they fall in a kind of swoon, they fall unconscious. This used to happen even to a man like Ramakrishna; and the simple reason was that he had never prepared himself for peace. He had prepared only for bliss. He worked hard in prayer, but he never meditated. His whole effort was towards prayer. It is through prayer that he attained to bliss, but the bliss was so much, that he would fall unconscious for hours, even for days - once for thirteen days continuously. He was in an unconscious state, like a coma. The physiologists would say, "It is a coma." The doctors were absolutely certain it was a coma. It was not a coma at all; it was simply too much, and the body was not ready and the mind was not ready. It was as if a big voltage was going through a wire which was not meant for so big a voltage. It will go berserk. He had to learn the art of peace very late in his life.
Bliss alone is dangerous. It is excitement, ecstasy, but too hot; it is sun energy. Peace alone is also dangerous. There have been people who have tried for peace. They become so peaceful that they are almost cold, dead. The Jaina monks have done it for centuries
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