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face it and decide.
A girl says that she would like to get married to you. Now you are puzzled as to whether to say yes or no, so you go to the I Ching. You are shirking a responsibility. Then if something goes wrong, it is the I Ching; if something goes right, it was the I Ching -- but you are avoiding.
This is not the way of spiritual growth. If you want to say no, say no. If you want to say yes, say yes. If you cannot decide, say both yes and no. You can say that this is how you feel: fifty percent yes, fifty percent no [laughter] -- that that is how you are, mm? But be true.
[The Nadam music group was at darshan tonight.]
Music helps to bring you in tune with yourself. If you are really involved in the outer music, it brings you in contact with the inner music. Just be totally possessed as if you are not there but just a vehicle for something unknown, for something from the beyond.
[The group leader says: When there's cathartic energy around, it's difficult; it's a disturbance and a conflict. So we feel that we are seeking for a very fine sensitivity but it keeps getting lost.]
Mm, I understand.
That is possible only with a permanent group. New people will be coming and they will not be able lo be so sensitive in the beginning. But try.
Later on we can do two things. For one hour just the permanent group can meet and then after that others are allowed for an hour. So you can have two groups really -- a permanent group and a casual group. With the casual group it will always be a trouble. The people who are working together every day will start feeling a part of the collective, so nothing will go astray and nobody will be out of tune. But for that a very deep intimacy is needed and long work.
After six months when you have a group of thirty people who are permanent, then we will make two groups. The permanent group can become a base, and others can fall into it. But this will be a trouble right now. When we say to be spontaneous, a few people immediately think that that has to be cathartic -- being spontaneous means being cathartic.
Arrange that a few people who are living in the ashram and
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