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took his wife to a Broadway show. During the first act intermission, he had to urinate in the worst way. He hurried to the back of the theater and searched in vain for the men's room.
At last he came upon a fountain surrounded by pretty foliage. He realized that he had wandered backstage. Noting that no one was around, and in desperation, he opened his pants and pissed into the fountain.
He had difficulty finding his way back to the auditorium, and by the time he sat down next to his wife, the curtain was up and actors were moving about on the stage.
"Did I miss much of the second act?" he whispered.
"Miss it?" she said. "You were in it!"
But that is the situation. People are moving unconsciously, mechanically, unaware; they don't know what they are doing. How can they know what they are doing? because they don't know who they are. If you don't know your being, you can't be aware of your doing; it is impossible. First, one has to be aware of the being -- and that is growth. Growing inwards is growth, reaching inwards is growth.
The sutras.
MY FRIEND, EVERYTHING EXISTING
EXISTS THROUGH HIM;
YOUR OWN EXISTENCE IS A MERE PRETENSE.
NO MORE NONSENSE! LOSE YOURSELF,
AND THE HELL OF YOUR HEART BECOMES HEAVEN.
LOSE YOURSELF, AND ANYTHING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED.
YOUR SELFISHNESS IS AN UNTRAINED COLT.
First, remember. Hakim Sanai addresses you as "My friend." That's the attitude of all the great masters. The disciple thinks that the master is very very far away -- and from the side of the disciple it is true, because he is fast asleep. In his sleep, the master is a faraway star.
But the same is not the case from the side of the master. The master knows that you may be asleep but you are a buddha, you may be asleep but you are a God. The disciple may not know that he is a God, but the master knows it. The moment he knows himself to be divine, he knows the whole existence to be divine. From the master's side, nobody is a disciple, all are masters. A few are asleep, a few are awake; the difference is only that much. From the side of the master, it is only a question of time:
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