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pregnant with God.
O SADHU! THE SIMPLE UNION IS THE BEST...
SAHAJ SAMADHI: the spontaneous ecstasy is the best. Don't create complex structures around it. So many disciplines, postures, breathing exercises -- don't create too many structures around it. Kabir is all for the simple; don't make it complex, let it be natural. And what does he preach?
SINCE THE DAY WHEN I MET MY LORD,
THERE HAS BEEN NO END TO THE SPORT OF OUR LOVE.
God is continuously playing with you. You may not see Him; He is continuously sending gifts and gifts, He is constantly pouring His being into your being. You may have completely forgotten, but His play continues. The only thing that is needed is SURATI, remembrance. What Gurdjieff used to call self-remembering Kabir calls SURATI, remembrance.
Nothing is needed. We ARE in the play, God is the other partner, and this whole love-affair has continued forever and ever. We have just forgotten; we have forgotten the obvious.
Remember.
I SHUT NOT MY EYES...
Listen. Kabir says: `I shut not my eyes' -- even that much effort I don't do.
I SHUT NOT MY EYES, I CLOSE NOT MY EARS,
I DO NOT MORTIFY MY BODY;
I SEE WITH EYES OPEN AND SMILE...
... because I see Him everywhere: how beautifully He is, hiding.
I SEE WITH EYES OPEN AND SMILE
AND BEHOLD HIS BEAUTY EVERYWHERE:
I UTTER HIS NAME,
AND WHATEVER I SEE, IT REMINDS ME OF HIM;
WHATEVER I DO, IT BECOMES HIS WORSHIP.
THE RISING AND SETTING ARE ONE TO ME;
ALL CONTRADICTIONS ARE SOLVED.
Kabir's religion is very aesthetic, artistic. He's a great poet -- uneducated though. But what does poetry have to do with education? A great poet, one of the greatest; his poetry is simply sublime, not of this world. He says: One has to look for beauty. It is all over; the whole of nature is full of beauty. And beauty is nothing but God hidden. All beauty is His. When you see a beautiful human face -- a man's, a woman's -- it is God's face. When you look into two beautiful eyes, you are entering into the temple of God. When you see a flower opening, it is an invitation from God.
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