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'Now I have arrived', that space is God. When one can say 'Now, there is no more to go, there is no more future needed, I am utterly contented' -- that is the space called 'Hasibo.' Only God satisfies, or you can say it in other ways: that which absolutely satisfies is God.
One need not believe in God; all that one needs is a search for infinite contentment. Whenever you have arrived at that state of infinite contentment you will know what God is. God is another name for that utter contentment. In that moment all turmoil disappears. The mind desires no more, thinks no more -- thinking is part of desiring. It dreams no more -- dreaming is part of desiring. It repents no more. There are no longer any expectations, hence no frustrations. One is simply there with no movement towards past or future. All has stopped, the world has stopped.
That stopping of the world or that stopping of the mind is 'Hasibo.' It is one of the most beautiful names for God.
Hafiza -- a name of God. It means 'one who preserves.' And we remain unnecessarily worried. All worries are futile because that which is going to happen is going to happen. And that which is going to happen is the only thing that is going to happen. There is no way of shirking it, no way of avoiding it, no way to do something else than it. Seeing this, one starts living in a kind of let-go. Realising this -- that God preserves -- we are no more worried about our securities, safeties. Then whatsoever is, is good, has to be good, because it is from God. Sometimes the mind even says 'How can it be good ? You are suffering so much, there is so much pain and agony and anguish -- how can it be beautiful, how can it be good?' But sometimes suffering is needed and is good, because people grow through suffering. Sometimes pain is a blessing because it becomes a challenge -- one integrates only because of pain. Sometimes agony is a provocation for prayer.
So all blessings are not blessings and all curses are not curses either, but for a man who trusts and who thinks God preserves, all is good. If it is a curse, he accepts it in total gratitude. If it is a blessing he accepts it with the same attitude.
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