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calls the first in his chain, in his tradition, Adinatha, is remembered as one of the seers; but many have preceded him.
It has been such a continuity in the East that we don't have something like the Christian calendar. There are many calendars. Jains follow one calendar that starts with Mahavira; Buddhists follow another calendar that starts with Buddha; Hindus follow another, and so on, so forth. Mohammedans follow still another that begins with Mohammed.
But Jesus has divided the history for the whole of humanity, in a way. And the reason he became the decisive point is that he was the first to explore, and not only to explore the unknown, but to bring the news to a humanity which is struggling in the dark valleys of life.
Again it has happened: a man has walked on the moon. That is going to become very decisive, because man is going to explore further and further. But the outer exploration is not so significant as the inner. You can reach to the moon, but you still remain the same person: the same anger, the same greed, the same jealousy. It does not transform you. It brings nothing new to your consciousness, it brings no new flowering. Yes, a moment of ecstasy, but only a moment. When you go in it becomes your very state.
Explore: that's my message. Explore your whole being. Don't leave even a nook or corner dark inside: let it be full of light. Encounter yourself in your totality. Of course great courage is needed, but that courage is rewarded with great bliss.
Premrahi. Prem means love; rahi means a follower of the path -- a follower of the path of love.
Love has to be the key for you, the master key. Only one key is enough, it can unlock all the doors. It can make you capable of entering into all the mysteries of life. It can take you to the innermost sanctum of existence.
Forget everything else: remember only love. Love each and every being. Don't bring in your likes and dislikes. Don't make love synonymous with your liking. People almost always do that: they call their liking their love. Then it becomes difficult to love that which you don't like. But love has nothing to do with liking or disliking, it
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