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is beyond all indications
it cannot even be pointed at
because it is not an object -- it is all over
so when you point at it in a direction
you are already falsifying
because it is not in one direction
it is the whole space
no gesture is capable of capturing it
hence the only way is to go beyond language
to go beyond scriptures, to go beyond indications
to go beyond all possible symbols, metaphors
and just to be in tune with the master
just in a silent communion
nothing is said, nothing is heard
and yet it happens
say something and it will be misunderstood
try to understand it
and you have already misunderstood it
neither saying is going to help
nor listening is going to help
the master is silent, the disciple is silent
slowly slowly
the two silences merge and become one
and when the two silences become one
you hear
the Sound
of one hand
Clapping
that is beyond alI expression
and that is the moment of enlightenment
it is a transmission beyond the words
beyond indications, beyond scriptures
just a flame jumping into another heart
a quantum leap from a lit lamp to an unlit lamp
the lit lamp loses nothing
and the unlit gains everything
it is a transmission of light
a transmission of the lamp
so the disciple has to learn only one thing
how to sit in silence, in tremendous love
waiting
waiting for the moment when it comes
not desiring, not expecting
not asking, not demanding
just waiting
that is the very soul of sannyas
the word waiting
truth is beyond discussion
it cannot be discussed
either you see it or you don't see it
it cannot be proved
no argument can support it or destroy it
it is not a question of philosophical debate
because it is not intellectual at alI
hence the most futile exercise in the world
is philosophy
it is just hair-splitting, absolutely pointless
the most
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