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and nobody else. And that's what is needed. That's what I teach: I teach you to be yourself.
Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!
Chapter #6
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6 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
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ShortTitle: WAKEUP06
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Anand Gopi. Anand means bliss. Gopi is a very significant word; it comes from the tradition of the devotee.
There are two paths: one is of knowledge, wisdom, meditation, and the other is that of love, devotion, surrender. The word "gopi" belongs to the other tradition, the tradition of surrender. Literally Gopi means the beloved of God.
On the path of devotion only God is the man; everyone else is feminine.
And everybody is desiring, searching, seeking the lover. Krishna represents the lover and Gopi represents the beloved. The search is not through mind but through heart. The search is not through effort but through surrender, total surrender. So slowly slowly teach her the way of devotion, of love.
Anand Diane. Anand means blissful; Diane means day, bright as the day. In ancient mythology Diana is the goddess of the moon; it represents light. So your name will mean blissful light, blissful day, blissful goddess of the moon.
Night is when we are unconscious of our own self; day is when we become aware of who we are. Darkness exists not outside you, it exists deep inside you. It is a kind of sleep, unalertness. It helps us in certain ways, it protects us in certain ways; that's why we cling to it. It keeps us unaware of many things which are dangerous, and we are afraid of those things.
For example, our unconsciousness keeps us oblivious of the fact of death. It happens every day: somebody dies, each moment somebody is dying somewhere, but still those who are alive, they go on living as if they are not going to die. It is very comfortable to keep this belief, that it is always the other who dies. It keeps you consoled. Otherwise life will become so frightening if the idea arises that, "I am going to die; when everybody is dying, I am going to die." Your whole life's dreams and projects
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