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to the innermost core of our being and follow it wherever it leads. Wherever... unafraid of the consequences, we will listen to the small still voice within and follow it. Religion is a risk. Those people who are after security too much can never become religious; it is a dangerous thing. If you pass through it, you will be passing through a crucifixion... but only after the crucifixion is resurrection.
Now listen to the sutras of Kabir.
HE IS THE REAL MASTER, WHO CAN REVEAL THE FORM
OF THE FORMLESS TO THE VISION OF THESE EYES...
Now if the real Master is the basic thing to search and seek for, then of course a definition is needed: Who is the real Master? Whom to call the real Master? How to know? Kabir says:
HE IS THE REAL MASTER, WHO CAN REVEAL THE FORM
OF THE FORMLESS TO THE VISION OF THESE EYES
... in whose presence the formless descends and becomes a presence... through whom you can have a look at the farthest star... through whom you can have a feeling of God himself... through whose words silence speaks, and through whose eyes the infinite peeks at you. And if you hold his hand, you will suddenly see: the hand is his, but not only his -- God is holding your hand through him. He is a vehicle, a bamboo flute on the lips of the infinite. He gives form to the formless, he is the embodiment of the formless.
You have to be very open and vulnerable, only then will you be able to feel a Master. Don't go to a Master with a negative attitude, otherwise you will never reach him. The very negative attitude will not allow his vibe to reach you. The negative attitude will not allow you to move into the same wavelength in which he lives. Hence trust is needed. Hence, love is needed. Otherwise you will go empty and you will come empty -- and when you will come empty you will say,`This is not the real Master. I went empty and I have come empty.' If you are not open, you will come empty. Only if you are open is there a possibility to feel. And don't be afraid of open-ness. If you are open and the Master is not real, nothing will happen; and you will know it, and you will know it certainly, that this is not for you, that
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