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saved, from the very beginning we are saved. There is really no way to go astray because all ways lead to God, they can't lead anywhere else. Even those who go astray are simply taking a longer route, that's all. Where else can they go? There is nowhere else, God is everywhere. So you can go south or north or east or west -- or you need not go anywhere. Sit wherever you are: God is there too!
The word "moshe" has a beautiful fragrance around it. It means that one need not be saved, one is already saved. One needs no savior; God is our savior and because we belong to him we cannot belong to anybody else. Even if we wish and want to, it is impossible -- it is not in the nature of things. Those who say they don't believe in God, they also belong to God. And as far as god is concerned they are all saved. This whole universe is already in the ultimate state: we have just forgotten. We have forgotten that we need not do anything; we have forgotten that we are already there, where we would like to be. we have forgotten that we are already that which we want to be, which we dream about and desire; and we have never been otherwise.
In Zen they have a saying: From the very beginning all are saved, all are Buddhas. But deep deep sleep has fallen over us.
The function of the Master is not to save you but just to remind you.
Dhyan means meditation. Simon means one who is capable of hearing, one who is capable of listening, rather.
There is a difference between hearing and listening. Anybody whose ears are functioning can hear, but unless your heart is also there you can't listen. Simon means listening with deep obedience, listening with deep trust, listening without any thoughts. Because if you have thoughts they will interfere, they will distort. They will change the meanings of the words, they will impose their own ideas. They will only allow you to hear that which your mind wants to be said to you.
Meditation is the art of listening to existence. The wind is passing through the trees -- listen to it and listen obediently, as if God has called you. God has really called you because the wind belongs to him and the trees belong to him
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