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on another hand man is simply dust. And remembering both together is of immense value. If you simply remember that you are divine, there is a possibility of having a subtle ego If you remember also that you are just dust, the ego disappears, humbleness arises. If you only remember that you are dust then life becomes meaningless, joy disappears. How will one celebrate? -- there is nothing to celebrate. If you also remember that you are divine then there is meaning, significance.
So to remember both together is of great insight. It keeps you humble yet meaningful. It keeps you celebrating yet does not create an ego.
[A sannyasin asks: I have a feeling that I want to be here totally, with you totally, and yet there's something in me hiding. What is it that's hiding?]
No, no, nothing... nothing like a problem. It simply takes time to dissolve. You are melting, and every day you are melting more and more, but still it takes time. For thousands of years you have learned not to dissolve; you have learned to protect, to defend yourself. Now against those thousands of lives, these few days you have been here with me are nothing. But you have started unlearning those strategies of defence and you are becoming more and more non-defensive, more and more open.
Things are going perfectly well. Don't be too greedy and don't be too much impatient. I am happy with your progress. There is no problem. Good!
[A sannyasin couple talk about their relationship. She feels more vulnerable. He sometimes feels irritated by small things, and often they can laugh about this, but also they experience tensions for no reason.]
So make it a point that when one of the two is getting silly, the other has to laugh -- immediately -- that's all. It is nothing... it is nothing. In fact you are both getting more silent; that's why you have become aware of these sillinesses and these small things that create so much tension -- for no reason at all. Everybody gets those tensions but everybody is not aware. To be aware you need a background. If you become more silent you will see your foolishness more. If you become more silent you will see your tensions very very
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