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is one of the problems for this twentieth century and the people who happen to be here in this century. They are not waiting for anything, hence nothing happens, nothing ever happens. Not that things are not happening but they are not waiting, and without waiting you are not able to receive, because without waiting you never open your doors for things to enter. Without waiting, the guest will not come because you have not even invited him.
So when God does not happen people think God is not there; that is not so. God has been happening down the ages; suddenly he has disappeared in this century. And Nietzsche is very prophetic about this century when he says that God is dead. God is not dead; this century is dead to God. This century has become very very stubborn, closed, unexpectant, non-searching, non-exploring. And when you don't invite, nothing is going to happen.
So be receptive, be available, open and something of immense value is going to happen. That's what I'm here for -- to help you to receive that which is knocking on your door.
Jesus says 'Seek and you will find' because if you don't seek, how can you find? 'Ask and it shall be given.' If you don't ask, how can it be given? -- you have not asked in the first place. 'Knock and the doors shall be opened unto you.' If you don't knock there is no possibility of the doors being opened unto you. In fact the doors are not closed; they are simply waiting for your knock. Just your very knock may open them. Maybe doors are not closed at all but when you knock at them you see that they are open. Maybe you are not missing the thing that you are seeking but unless you seek it you may not see it. It may be just in front of you.
This happens every day. Now, from all over the world people are coming to me, and you can find neighbours living just by the side, and they have not come. I don't exist for them, and I am just by their side, at the corner. If they are not seeking, then there is no possibility. A seeker may come from far-away Korea or from Israel or from California, and the man who lives next to me may never come!
Be expectant, seeking, groping, and something is just there by
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