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was a frenzy. One person would cut his genital organs and throw them, and there was blood flowing all over the place. Then a frenzy would take over other people who had only come just to see: then somebody else would jump in and he would do it. And by the time the festival was over there would be a pile of genital organs. And these were great saints.
Now women were at a loss: they would start cutting their breasts, because how could they be defeated? They started cutting their breasts.
All kinds of stupidities became possible because of a simple error, and the error is: in life you try to make life difficult for others; when you start turning in, there is a possibility that the old mind will try to make your life difficult. Remember, the inner seeker has to be comfortable, because only in a comfortable situation, in a relaxed state can something happen. When you are tense, uncomfortable, nothing is possible. When you are tense, uncomfortable, your mind is worried, you are not in a still space. When you are hungry how can you be in a still space? And people have been teaching fasting, and they say fasting will help you to meditate.
Once in a while fasting may help you to have better health -- it will take a few pounds away from your body, unnecessary pounds -- but fasting cannot help meditation. When you are fasting you will constantly think of food.
I have heard...
A married couple went to the parish priest for marital counselling. In the course of the conversation which was serious at first, the priest commented on the number of good-looking girls in the parish.
"Father," said the husband, "you surprise me."
"Why?" he asked, "just because I am on a diet does not mean I can't look at the menu."
Those people who are repressing their sex will be constantly looking at the menu, and those people who are repressing their hunger will be constantly thinking of food. It's natural! How can you meditate? When you are fasting, menus upon menus will float in your mind, will come from everywhere -- beautiful dishes. With all the smell of food, and the aroma, for the first time you will start feeling that your nose is alive,
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