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The animal has no inside look, the animal cannot look within; that is his limitation. Man is free to look within; that is his glory. But one has to choose. One may not choose; one may go on looking outwards. Then one is man only physiologically but not spiritually.
Sannyas is a step towards the inner world, towards your interiority. It is turning in, and the moment of turning in is the moment of meeting God.
Deva Erich. Deva means divine; Erich means always powerful. God is always powerful; everything else is momentary. Except God, nothing is always powerful. Everything rises, falls; the tide comes and ebbs. Nothing remains eternally the same except God, so those who are not rooted in God remain driftwood, just at the mercy of the waves and the winds. They don't have any destiny; their life is accidental. The accidental life cannot know the essential; and to know the essential is to know oneself. And by knowing oneself one comes to know existence and its mysteries. The lock is hidden within you. Unless that lock is unlocked, existence remains a secret.
Sannyas is a key, a master key, to unlock your inner being. And the first step will be surrender to God. Think yourself as nothing: God is all. Let this be your meditation and prayer: efface yourself, simply disappear. In that emptiness the divine descends. That emptiness is a must, because only in that space God can happen.
And with God you are also then eternally powerful. With God you are immortal. Without God there is death; with God there is no death. Without God one is only a body; with God one becomes a soul.
Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!
Chapter #2
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2 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7906025
ShortTitle: WAKEUP02
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Prem Ellen. Prem means love; Ellen means light. Love is the only light there is in life. Love is the inner light. It needs no fuel; it is eternal. It is not caused by anything, hence it cannot be turned off. Anything that can be put on can be turned off. It is simply there; you cannot put it on, you cannot put it off. This light,
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