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Then he attains to a superiority, he becomes higher, holier.
So first, it is the simple trust of the child. And second... your observation, Pratito, is absolutely correct. Second, it is fear.
The parents can punish you; they can deprive you. Teachers can punish you. You have to accept whatever is being said by those who have power of some kind. In this way, everybody has been distracted, derailed from his natural path. And he has moved in a direction which was not meant for him.
That's why there is always anxiety, anguish and a deep sadness. This sadness is existential: unless you can be your natural self, the spring will never come to you, the flowers will never blossom in your being, love will never grow.
You will never know the glory of life and the splendor of consciousness.
You are saying, "Now all has peeled off." This is my whole work here -- just peeling the onions. Peeling to the point where nothing remains -- just spaciousness and silence.
Because an onion is nothing but layers and layers and layers, and when the final layer is taken off, your hands are empty.
In those empty hands descends the whole glory, the whole kingdom of God.
You have not to be standing in the way, you have to give way so that God can enter in.
You have to open the windows and doors so that fresh winds can come in and the life-giving sun rays can dance inside and the room becomes alive.
Your beliefs, your traditions, your scriptures, your religions -- all are closing your being from all sides. No fresh air, no sun rays, no fragrance coming with the air, no life dancing inside you with the sunrays -- how can you be happy? How can you be blissful? You have carved a grave for yourself. Alive, you are living inside the grave. Anybody who is a Christian or a Hindu or a Mohammedan or a Buddhist, is living in a grave. He is no more alive.
It is good that you were courageous enough to drop all the layers of the onion.
"I have walked through the pain." Yes, there is pain because all those beliefs, thoughts, philosophies, have become so much part of you that it is not like taking your clothes off -- it is something
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