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will not go mad. And this modern mind is one of the most intelligent minds ever. Hence madness is increasing. Suicide is increasing, mm? because the limit comes and you don't know what to do now; everything starts falling apart.
Sannyas means learning the alchemy, the art of changing breakdowns into breakthroughs. I am a madman's guide to enlightenment!
[To a sannyasin returning to the West]
And this is just a beginning: much more is going to happen. Now it will not make any difference whether you are here or far away from me -- I will be close to you. You have been able to receive me at the deepest core of your being. You are connected now. And many things will happen; don't be frightened.
Sometimes those things will look bizarre just because they are unfamiliar, just because the mind cannot comprehend them, just because they are beyond the mind. Lovingly welcome them, with a fearless heart receive them. This is how one gets ready slowly slowly for the ultimate, because the ultimate is a quantum leap. The experience of the ultimate means a death experience and a resurrection too. On the one hand one dies completely; on the other hand one is reborn, born again. That's what Jesus means when he says to Nicodemus: 'Unless you are born again, you will not be able to enter the kingdom of god.'
But the process has started, the process of rebirth. Help it, cooperate with it, imbibe it; give more and more time to it. And don't be distracted by the world. There are a thousand and one distractions and temptations, very alluring. When one is on the path one has to be more alert not to be distracted sideways -- and I will keep an eye on you!
[A sannyasin says: I keep forgetting that what's really happening isn't because of the groups, because of the meditations... but because of you.]
Don't be worried... you need not worry about it. Let it happen: let it happen through the group, let it happen through the meditation -- finally you will see that it has happened through me. I am hiding behind many things, mm? To face me directly can be too much, so these are all curtains. Slowly slowly you become able to digest me and then one
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