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think you will be able to see whether you are resisting or you are in rebellion. You need to sharpen your intelligence a little.
Resistance is not always bad. If you are facing a fascist regime, resist. But here, there is no fascist regime, no hierarchy. Nobody is torturing you, no gas chambers -- even Jews are not killed. You are perfectly safe.
Just something for your fear to disappear...
Lord and Lady Bating, the English aristocrats, hire a new butler called James. He has not had much experience. So on the first day, he goes up to their room and says, "Frederick and Cynthia, dinner is served."
Lord Bating comes out and says sternly, "No, James. You must not call us by our first names. You must call us Lord and Lady Bating."
James is embarrassed. "Please forgive me," he says, "Lord and Lady Bating, dinner is served."
James then goes along to their daughter's room and says, "Caroline, dinner is served."
She comes to the door and says angrily, "I am to be called Mistress Bating and don't forget it."
James excuses himself and then goes to the son's room. Before speaking, he thinks for a moment and then calls out, "Are you in there Master Bating?"
"Okay, okay," calls the son nervously. "You caught me, but please don't tell my parents."
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Beloved Master.
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
Chapter #2
Chapter title: An open future with no reverse gear
26 February 1988 pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Archive code: 8802265
ShortTitle: SHANTI02
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 77 mins
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
I SEE YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT AS A SPEAKING MEDIUM BETWEEN EXISTENCE AND ALL SANNYASINS -- BASED ON LOVE AS THE ONLY TRUE WAY TO GO.
BELOVED MASTER, I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE BEYOND ENLIGHTENMENT. WHAT, THEORETICALLY SPEAKING, IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENLIGHTENMENT AND BEYOND ENLIGHTENMENT?
Anand Nadeen, life is a continuous change. It knows no stop -- not even a semicolon. Enlightenment is not to get stuck somewhere. Nobody has talked about beyond enlightenment,
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