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you. When that happens then move into relationship. Till then, avoid, mm? Even if he [the previous sannyasin] puts on a signboard, you avoid it! Mm, look at him. Look at him well, otherwise tomorrow he will put on the signboard. He is sitting there!
Look at his face, otherwise he will put on the signboard and you will be the first victim!
The 99 Names of Nothingness
Chapter #3
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7 May 1978 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7805075
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Halima is a sufi name, a name of God. It means: one who forgives, forebears all. Even if you go against Him, He is not against you. Even if you deny Him, He will not deny you. Even if you go astray, He knows you will come back. His trust in you is absolute. And if one understands this -- that God has given freedom, utter freedom to us all, even the freedom to deny Him, even the freedom to do everything which goes against Him -- then a new concept of God arises: God as freedom.
The idea that God is a kind of dictator is false. The idea that God wants everybody to obey Him is utter nonsense. An obedience that is enforced from outside will not be a real obedience, it will be a slavery. Yes, a different kind of obedience comes but it comes voluntarily. It is your choice, you choose it. You can disobey, you can obey. As far as God is concerned, all is the same. Adam and Christ are both the same as far as God is concerned. Christ is not more valuable than Adam, who denied God, who disobeyed God.
Once this freedom is felt then God becomes the greatest democratic situation. That is the meaning of 'Halima'. God loves so much that He loves even your hatred for Him. He loves you unconditionally, irrespective of what you are doing and what you are. His love does not depend on your acts....
Asima -- another sufi name for God. It simply means 'the great.' All is great, the small exists not. The small cannot exist because all is interlinked, all is part of an infinity. Even the smallest particle is part of the whole. The particle cannot exist without the whole and vice versa too: the whole
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