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a constant conflict against something and for something. Then you can never be total. If you divide existence then you yourself are also divided. Then your body will become your enemy and you will be in conflict.
If religion means anything, it means a deep, inner harmony. So I say to you: don't divide; existence is one. Body is nothing but the visible part of your soul and soul is nothing but the invisible part of your body.
God and the world are not two things, are not diametrically opposite. God is the centre; the world is the periphery Or, you can say that the world is the body and God is the soul. You can say that the world is the visible part of the divine, and God is the invisible part.
Take the whole as a whole, as an organic unity. Do not be against the world, against the body. Be life-affirmative.
To me, renunciation doesn't mean renouncing the world. It means renouncing the dividing reason, it means renouncing all divisions. A man or a woman who renounces, who becomes a sannyasin, takes the whole existence as one.
If you begin to feel the existence as one, then you can take a second jump. Then you can merge with this oneness yourself: the drop dropping into the ocean. Or, even the reverse becomes possible: the ocean dropping into the drop.
Through singing, through dancing, an effort is made toward this merger. When you are singing and dancing, you can forget yourself without becoming unconscious. And if you can forget yourself without becoming unconscious, you are nearer to the jump, the merging. If you can consciously forget yourself then you are near the temple of the divine arid you can enter. At the entrance, only one condition is to be fulfilled. That is that you must be conscious and, at the same time, 'you' must not be.
That is what is meant by meditation: consciousness without any consciousness of the self, consciousness without any consciousness of the ego. All methods all techniques, are basically concerned with this. Forget the self, but remain aware. Drop the self, but remain conscious. If you car; be conscious without the self, the door is open.
Jesus has said, "Knock, and the door shall
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