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chi is a beautiful meditative process. It fell into the hands of the politicians; they used it -- because tai chi can make you so still, so silent, so disciplined, that you can be very dangerous. And you can be in tremendous control of your energies. The same happened with zen methods -- they were reduced into certain technologies which can be used in war: archery, wrestling. And then all sorts of things were reduced.
So forget that chuan -- t'ai chi is enough!
Deva means divine, and darpan means mirror -- a divine mirror. That's how I see every being -- a mirror for the divine. And unless we reflect the divine, we can never be satisfied. Once we become a perfect mirror to the divine and god can have a look into his face through your face, immediately there is tremendous contentment... one is fulfilled.
So each being has to become a mirror -- and that's what meditation is all about. When the mind has no thoughts it becomes a mirror. When it has thoughts, there are ripples and the lake is so much disturbed that the moon cannot be reflected in it. When there are no winds and no ripples and the lake is completely silent and asleep, then it is a mirror.
So human consciousness can be in two states: one is that of turmoil -- that state we call the mind; another, when there is no turmoil -- that state we call meditation. In meditation one becomes a mirror -- and nothing else is needed.
Deva means divine, gatha means story; divine story. The meaning is almost the same as gospel.
And every human being is a story yet not unfolded. It is as if everyone is just a seed waiting for the right season to sprout. This divine story has to be completed, and one can complete it only if one very consciously takes one's life in one's own hands.
Ordinarily people exist accidentally... just like driftwood, not knowing where they are going. Ordinarily people don't have any idea about what they are doing with their life. It is a mess -- they go in all the directions simultaneously. And the ultimate result is not a beautiful story completed, but madness. Will it be easy to pronounce? -- 'gatha'.
Deva means divine, abhinaya means acting,
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