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Melody
Chapter #2
Chapter title: Become a flame
2 January 1977 am in Buddha Hall
Archive code: 7701020
ShortTitle: MELODY02
Audio: Yes
Video: No
Length: 91 mins
Question 1
I REALIZED IN YESTERDAY'S DISCOURSE THAT I AM RESISTING THE WORD `GOD'.
MY THOUGHTS GO BACK TO AN EVENT WHICH HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS CARING FOR A VERY ILL MAN IN THE HOSPITAL -- HE WAS DYING. HE HAD ASKED ME TO GET A PRIEST FOR HIM AS HE WAS AFRAID.
ON ARRIVAL OF THE PRIEST, THE ILL MAN SAID, "GOD DAMN YOU," DIRECTLY TO THE PRIEST. AND THE PRIEST WALKED AWAY, AND SAID TO ME, "HE ISN'T WORTH IT."
I TOLD THE PRIEST, "THIS MAN IS VERY ILL AND THE WORDS HE USES, HE KNOW NOT."
THE PRIEST STILL REFUSED TO HELP HIM. SINCE THAT DAY I HAVE NOT GONE INTO A CHURCH.
I KNOW GOD IS WITHIN ME. WHAT IS THE RESISTANCE THEN? PLEASE HELP ME.
The word `God' is not God. The word `love' is not love. The word `fire' is not fire. So the first thing is to remember: don't get attached too much to words, don't get obsessed too much with words. Words are only symbols, indicative: use them, but don't become burdened too much by them. If the word `god' creates trouble, forget that word. `Allah' will do, `Ram' will do, `X Y Z' -- choose another word if that word has become wrongly associated. But if you start creating a resistance against God himself, against the truth itself only you will be responsible, and only you will be missing something of tremendous value. but this happens. We use language; we become so much obsessed with language that we forget that language is not the reality. In fact, one has to put language aside to see the reality.
The incident is significant. if you had become resistant against priests, there was nothing wrong in it; but that has not happened. The priest had refused to help -- not God. Avoid priests, there is no problem in it -- in fact, the more you avoid them, the closer you will be to God. The priest is not needed at all. He goes on propagating that he is needed; he emphasizes that without him there is no possibility for you to ever enter into
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