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more you are fresh, young, alive
the more stars come down towards you
they start filtering into your very being
they start reaching your very heart
the serious person is a dead person
he has already committed suicide
he will live
but his life will be only a kind of vegetation
he will be a cabbage, a cauliflower, a potato
but these people have become saints in the past
remember...
saint potato, saint cauliflower
very serious people
look at a potato
you will never find a potato non-serious
so beware of seriousness
it is the greatest sin
live your life as fun
and that is the greatest virtue
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Chapter #2
Chapter title: None
2 March 1981 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8103025
ShortTitle: CLAPP02
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the mind is doubt -- every mind, mind as such
hence nobody should think that he is without doubt
because whatsoever is done through the mind
is bound to be doubt-full
even the so-called beliefs
are nothing but cover-ups for doubt
one believes so that one can escape from doubt
doubt is like a wound
but belief is not a healing force
it only covers the wound
it deceives others but that is not very significant
it deceives you -- that is of real importance
to live in self-deception
is to miss the whole point of life
there are only two ways to deal with doubt
you can cover up your doubt with belief
millions of people all over the world
have been doing that for millions of years
doubt remains and goes on growing
like a cancerous thing
the other way is to go into your doubt
rather than hiding, deceiving
encounter it, face it, dig it
and that is the way to transcend it
if one encounters one's doubt
one can immediately see
that one is separate from one's doubts
they are there like objects, you are here
the mirror that reflects them
the
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