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the divine, and you will find your way.
Bauls say, "When there is no fear, just the love is enough; it will monitor you and it will guide you."
HONEY IS HIDDEN WITHIN THE LOTUS BLOOM -- BUT THE
BEE KNOWS IT.
DUNG-BEETLES NESTLE IN DUNG, DISCOUNTING HONEY.
SUBMISSION IS THE SECRET OF KNOWLEDGE.
Surrender is the secret of knowledge, because surrender is the secret of love-and love is the only knowledge of worth.
The Beloved, Vol 1
Chapter #2
Chapter title: I am just a midwife
22 June 1976 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 7606220
ShortTitle: BELOV102
Audio: Yes
Video: No
Length: 104 mins
The first question.
Question 1
I ALWAYS YEARN TO BE HERE, BUT WHY, ON SEEING YOU, AM I FILLED WITH AWE?
THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. One should feel blessed, because awe is the only quality that can make man, religious. That is the only door. Through awe, you start feeling the divine around you. Eyes filled with awe cannot deny God; it is impossible. And people who have forgotten how to be filled with awe cannot accept God. God is not the question. If you are still capable of being in a tremendous state of wonder, so tremendous, so penetrating that thinking stops, everything stops -- suddenly time is not there, space is not there, and you cannot figure it out, what it is -- some sublime presence is felt in those moments.
But man has become afraid of awe. That's why in language, in the ancient days, 'awful' was a religious word, very sacred. Now, when you are feeling terrible you say you are feeling awful. Even the word has changed its meaning. People used to be awful when they were deep in prayer, when they were in close contact with the divine. When the divine was revealed to them, then they used to be awful. Now when they are feeling terrible, horrible, very bad, they say, "I am feeling awful." The word has completely been destroyed. It used to be at the peak; now it is at the bottom. It used to be the most positive feeling; now it is the most negative feeling. How has it happened? There are some reasons for it.
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