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BRAHMAN; MAY BRAHMAN NOT DENY ME. LET THERE BE NO DENIAL AT ALL. LET THERE BE NO DENIAL AT LEAST ON MY PART.
Do not deny, because everything is Brahman, everything is that absolute. So whenever you deny, you deny him. Whenever you condemn -- and you may condemn whomsoever you like -- whatsoever you condemn, you condemn him. If you condemn a thief, if you condemn a murderer, he is condemned because only he is there. That is why this is one of the most revolutionary sayings.
THE ENTIRE EXISTENCE IS THE BRAHMAN.... MAY I NEVER DENY BRAHMAN in any way -- conscious or unconscious, open or hidden. MAY I NEVER DENY BRAHMAN. LET THERE BE NO DENIAL AT ALL.
The negative mind, the denying mind, is the irreligious mind. The mind which goes on saying no, which does not have the capacity and courage to say yes, is the irreligious mind. The religious mind is a yea-saying mind. Even if there is something which looks wrong to you and your whole mind feels like condemning it, a religious mind will say, "It appears to me that way, but who knows? It is my judgment that it is wrong, but it may not be so -- because what is the value of my judgment?"
Some people brought a woman to Jesus and they said, "She has committed adultery, so she has to be killed. And this has been the law -- to kill her with stones, by throwing stones at her."
Jesus said, "The law is true, but only those persons can throw stones at her who have not committed adultery ever -- not even in the mind. So come forward only those persons who have not committed adultery, actually or in imagination."
The crowd had stones; they were standing ready to kill her. But now people started dispersing because there was no one who had not committed adultery in the mind.
Finally, Jesus and the woman were left. The crowd had dispersed. The woman said, "I have done wrong! I am guilty, punish me."
But Jesus said, "Who am I to punish you? Who am I to punish you or condemn you? It is between you and your God."
This is the attitude of the religious man: no condemnation. Who are you to condemn? -- you who are self-appointed, unnecessarily creating problems for yourself and others!
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