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upon him by others but it has arisen out of his own experience, his own existential experience. Because he has known, he speaks with authority. I speak with authority but I am not an authoritarian.
The authoritarian speaks on behalf of others, of those who have bestowed the authority on him. The policeman comes -- he is authoritarian; the state has given him authority. He can do certain things to you, he can force you to do certain things. He is authoritarian: if you don't listen to him, he can punish you, he can throw you into prison. He is functioning on behalf of the state, he simply represents the state. The authoritarian represents somebody else and the man who speaks with authority simply represents himself, his own experience. These are two different meanings, totally different from each other. The authoritarian is an ugly person and the man with authority has splendour, beauty... he is blessed.
The moment you reach to your centre, your heart, your life starts functioning with a new trust. You are no more in doubt -- hence the authority. You are no more wavering, you are centered -- hence the authority. You are no more divided -- you are certain, and when there is certainty, there is strength, power... not given by anybody else but arising in you, blooming in you.
That is the meaning of your name: let love become your wisdom, let love become the door of knowing. Know existence through the heart. Use your mind as a storage system but let the heart be the master. The mind is good as a slave, as a servant; it should not be the boss. The moment it is the boss everything is upside-down, and life becomes confused, a mess....
[A sannyasin says: I seem to have lost my heart. I don't know if it was the heart or just feelings.]
In fact you have become aware that you have lived without a heart. You have not lost it -- you never had it! One cannot lose it; if you have it you cannot lose it! But when for the first time one becomes aware that one has no heart, it feels as if one has lost it because one has always believed that one had it. Only your belief was there. Everybody believes that he has a heart.... If everybody has a heart the
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