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be the first in my kingdom of God', and 'Blessed are the meek.' This is meekness -- and certainly when it comes one feels really disturbed, because one has always thought that one is very strong and now suddenly one feels so vulnerable... so vulnerable that small things make you cry, small things can make you laugh. So vulnerable -- and you were always thinking that you were a great citadel, nothing could penetrate you. And now everything can penetrate you.
When one becomes open, that's how it happens. But it is a blessing. Be meek... be poor, mm? Good.
The Shadow of the Whip
Chapter #2
Chapter title: The Essential is One
9 November 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7611095
ShortTitle: WHIP02
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Sannyas is a disidentification with the past... a new beginning, a new being, a fresh breeze, a rebirth. All that is implied in giving you a new name. One name was given to you by your mother and father. Now I am giving you another name. That one name was given to you so you could function well in life. Without a name it would be very difficult to function. One needs a label, one needs some indentification, one needs some identity card. People need some name to call you by, to address you. They have given you one name for the world. I am giving you another name for God, not for the world.
God will also need a name so that He can call you, so He can provoke you, so that whenever He wants to say something it can be addressed to you. The sannyas name is simply a new address -- a new address fundamentally meant for God, for the whole existence. So this is a turning point.
You may not be even aware of what a great jump you are taking. By and by after you have taken it, you will become aware. There are many things that you know only when you have done them. In fact there is no other way to know them. Many people ask me, 'What is sannyas?' It is very difficult to say. It is something that has to be experienced. It is something that has to be tasted.
So you are moving in a new territory from this moment -- with a new name, with a new dress, with a new
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