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abhinaya means acting, drama, play -- divine acting. The whole life is nothing but a play, and one should not take it seriously. The moment you take it seriously you get into trouble. The very attitude of seriousness is the root cause of all anxiety. Take it non-seriously, take it easy... take it as a fun! That is one of the most essential teachings of the east -- that life is nothing but a drama.
In the west psychodrama is a very new invention, but the east has always looked at life as a psychodrama. Play it well, but don't be bothered too much about whether you succeed or fail, because in the final analysis it makes no difference. The winners and the losers are all equal, because it is just a game -- it is not real. The only real thing is the witness, and all else is just acting.
If you can keep this in your awareness, it will transform your whole life. And this I give you as a key -- it will unlock many doors. When I give a certain name, I mean that the name should become a reminder to you. So whenever you remember your name -- abhinaya -- remember that all is acting, and whatsoever you are doing, relax immediately.
Then and there, relax -- it is acting. Even if you were going to fight, relax; you were going to be angry, relax -- it is just acting. I'm not saying not to be angry. If anger is there, relax and be angry, but be playful -- don't take it seriously.
There are people who will be angry seriously, and there are people who will not be angry because they are very serious -- they cannot be angry. Both are the same! They both take life very seriously.
So this has to be remembered. It will give you many new spaces within your being. Look on all around as a vast stage -- so many people, so many actors, so many stories going on, so many things happening. God is playing in a thousand and one ways -- millions are his forms of play, but all is play. And once this insight goes deep into you -- that all is play -- your anxiety disappears.
But man is very neurotic. Have you seen people playing cards? Even in playing cards they become so serious that they are ready to kill each other! Just playing cards -- the kings and the
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