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object can change, but just by changing the object the nature of the desire never changes. So one can want worldly power, somebody can want spiritual power, but both persons are worldly. One desires respectability, prestige; another desires moksha, nirvana, god -- but they are both the same. Their psychology is not different -- they desire.
And desire means dreaming. Desire means motivation.
Desire means you are not herenow -- and nirvana is always herenow. Desire means you are somewhere else -- and god is always herenow, so obviously you never meet: you remain in your desire and god remains just around you.
He remains close-by, but you are never close to yourself -- you are projected into great desires. And nirvana is the greatest desire a man can have -- the last, the ultimate desire... to become enlightened, to come to know who he is, to know the truth. That is the ultimate desire -- and a hindrance.
So if one really wants to be enlightened, one has to forget all about it, otherwise enlightenment itself becomes a new obsession. The zen people call it'the buddha disease'. One can become obsessed: one has to become a buddha or a christ.
These are not things that one can become. They don't relate to the process of becoming. Becoming means desire. Buddha is when there is no desire and you are. Christ is when there is no desire and only being exists.
To be in the being is to be free. To be in the becoming is to be in the bondage.
To give you this feeling -- that god is not to be desired -- this name will be helpful. In fact nothing needs to be desired. Enjoy whatsoever comes by the way... and you will enjoy much more.
Small things of life can become of tremendous beauty. When you are not bothered about tomorrow, very small things.... This silent night... this noise of the insects.... No music is comparable to it. Even the greatest musician will feel jealous. And it is so freely available -- but nobody is ready to listen. People are rushing towards the future -- and the future never comes. It cannot come -- by its very nature. All that is, is already here.
'Veet nirvana' will mean to remain beyond the desire
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