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in the same kind of hell
misery, anguish
and you will give to your children, your heritage
and they will repeat the same pattern
this way it goes on and on
from adam and eve up to you
it has been going on in the same way
only very few people
have been able to get out of the rut
and those are the salt of the earth
a jesus, a buddha, a lao tzu
a zarathustra, a kabir -- very few people
they can be counted on one's fingers
they are real miracles in existence
because to get out of the rut of the crowd
is really a great act
of courage, intelligence, rebellion
the crowd lives in attachment
attachment to money
attachment to children
attachment to parents
attachment to wives, husbands
attachment to this and that
there are thousands of attachments
and they think it is love
because they think it is love
they cannot get out of it
so the first thing is to label things correctly
to categorise things correctly
attachment is love standing upside-down
attachment is love gone sour
attachment is an ill state of love
love is a healthy phenomenon
attachment is sick, nauseating
and everybody experiences it
the more you become attached, the more miserable
the more you allow others
to become attached to you
the more miserable they become
and of course
we become infected with each other's misery
and it is never a simple addition
it is always multiplication
a sannyasin has to learn
what the causes of his misery are
and you will find
one of the most significant causes is attachment
don't be attached to anything
live
live totally, live lovingly
but don't possess, don't dominate
and don't allow anybody
to possess or dominate you
if you want to be really blissful
and if you are blissful you can share love
love is a sharing of bliss
attachment is a sharing of misery
it is ugly, it is inhuman
love
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