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encounter. It is disappearance of your self-obsession; it is disappearance of the ego. It is a melting: the ice of the ego melts and you become one with the ocean. That oceanic feeling is God.
God cannot be worshipped. One can become God but one cannot worship God. All worship is false, all worship is futile. Become gods! -- less than that won't do. And we have the seeds within us.
Snap Your Fingers, Slap Your Face and Wake Up!
Chapter #4
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4 June 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7906045
ShortTitle: WAKEUP04
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Gian Carlo. Gian means God's gracious gift; Carlo means a man. To be a man is God's gracious gift. It is no ordinary happening. It is very rare, unique, because in this whole universe where millions of solar systems exist, it is only on this small planet earth that life has arisen. And life has millions of forms, from the lowest amoeba to man.
Man is the highest expression of life, the highest reach of evolution. Man is a great hope, a promise to be fulfilled, a destiny to be attained. Just by being born as a human being we don't become human beings. It needs great effort to become a human being.
To be human is the whole art of religion. It has nothing to do with the divine, because if a man is really human he is bound to be divine. Divine comes as a consequence: when the human flower has opened the fragrance that arises out of it is divine. Man contains God within him.
Once we become aware of this immense potential a great challenge arises in life. Then each step has to be taken very cautiously. Then each moment is precious. One can miss, that is the danger. But if one is alert there is no need to be worried. One cannot miss if one is alert.
Man misses because of unconsciousness, hence consciousness has to be developed. Each small act, each ordinary act, has to be the focus of your consciousness. Eating, walking, sitting, but remain alert. Awareness has to be spread over your twenty-four hours' life.
I am including even your sleep. First begin being aware while you are awake. Then the second step
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