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"I will think about it. But it seems difficult."
He has been thinking about it for three years. He has not come back to see me. He won't come. He is a follower. not a seeker. A seeker can throw everything the moment he comes to realize that something is not for him. There is no hesitation. This sutra says SEEK OUT THE WAY. Be a seeker; don't be a believer.
SEEK THE WAY BY RETREATING WITHIN.
And whenever you find something that appeals to you, to your reason, to your logic, to your mind -- something that looks rational, looks to be true -- it is not enough. Your reason may say it is true, but it may not be true. Unless you experiment with it, unless you experience something through it, nothing has been discovered. Through logic, nothing is discovered. Logic is a help, but don't make it the ultimate criterion. The ultimate criterion is always within. Experiment and experience. And unless you experience something, don't believe that you have found it, that the way has become revealed to you. Only through experience do theories become truth.
SEEK THE WAY BY RETREATING WITHIN. Whenever you have found a technique, a way -- retreat within, go within. Experiment with it there: in your subjectivity, in your heart. Experience it. Don't just go on thinking about what meditation is. Do it! Only then will you know what it is. One technique may not work for you. Then throw it and try another. There are hundreds of meditation techniques. One technique is bound to work for you. Humanity has been struggling to be liberated for thousands of years, and every type of man has attained liberation. Every type of technique has been found. You are not new; you have been before. Many like you have been before and they have travelled the path. Many techniques have been discovered.
Try. But be authentic, be serious when you try. And try with your total energy. If nothing comes out of a particular technique, then throw it and move to another.
In the old days, when a disciple came to a teacher, the first thing the teacher would try to observe would be whether the disciple suited him and whether he suited the disciple. If the teacher thought the disciple
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