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become desireless
desirelessness will be a consequence, a by-product
hence my insistence on meditation
because that is the art of turning around
one-hundred-and-eighty degrees
you can stand in the sun with closed eyes
the sun cannot force your eyes to open
existence is very non-violent
it never shouts
it only whispers
it never knocks on your doors
it simply stands there
it waits, it has patience
it trusts that one day, sooner or later
you will open the door
you will open your eyes and you will see the light
meditation means opening your eyes
opening your doors
to see the light that is always there
once you have seen it
your whole being is transformed
illuminated, enlightened
because suddenly you recognize
that you are not separate from the source of light
that It Is the same light
that they are both joined together
that feeling of being one with the source of light
brings immense freedom
fearlessness, desirelessness
and after that experience whatsoever you do is right
hence I don't give you any commandments
do this, don't do this -- no shoulds, no should-nots
i don't give you any discipline
i only give you a simple call to open your eyes
and to see the light
and after that
it is impossible to do anything wrong
then a self-discipline comes of its own accord
and when discipline comes of its own accord
it has a beauty of its own
it has a spontaneity, it has joyfulness
it has a dancing quality in it
it is festive, playful, innocent, unpretending
it does not make you a saint
it simply makes you very simple
extraordinarily ordinary
meditation is the discovery
of the perfect centre within ourselves
the moralists, the priests
the politicians, the puritans
all kinds of so-called leaders of humanity
have been teaching people for thousands of years
to be perfect
they have driven almost everybody crazy
they
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