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He thinks himself to be perfect and mankind is too imperfect a thing. Of course a perfect man can only love a perfect God -- and God is just your hallucination. If you persist, you may see the God of your conception: it is nothing but a dream seen with open eyes -- it is hallucinatory. There is nobody in front of you, but your own idea has hypnotized you.
That's why a Christian will see Jesus and a Buddhist will see Buddha and a Hindu will see Krishna. Even by mistake a Christian never sees Buddha or Krishna. Even by mistake Krishna never comes to a Christian, Christ never comes to a Hindu -- because these people don't exist. They are part of your mind; you create them. THE BIBLE says God created man in His own image. I say unto you: man creates God in his own image.
ZARATHUSTRA ANSWERED, `WHAT DID I SAY OF LOVE? I AM BRINGING MANKIND A GIFT.'
Love is always a gift; otherwise it is abstract poetry. `WHAT DID I SAY OF LOVE? I AM BRINGING MANKIND A GIFT.' The old saint is saying very significant things: "Give them nothing, because they never forgive those people who give them anything."
Socrates gave people an immensely valuable method to find truth: the Socratic dialogue. But what did mankind do to him? -- poisoned him.
The old saint has some truth when he is saying, `GIVE THEM NOTHING. RATHER TAKE SOMETHING OFF THEM AND BEAR IT WITH THEM -- THAT WILL PLEASE THEM BEST; IF ONLY IT BE PLEASING TO YOU!'
It is part of human psychology that you want to be a giver; you don't want to be a receiver. But there are things which you have to receive. There is no way for you to give them because you don't have them.
What can you give to Gautam Buddha or to Jesus Christ or to Zarathustra? You are a beggar, but still the psychology is that you have to give them something, and that will make you happy. They may give you tremendous treasures, but you will never forgive them, because they are the givers and you are the receivers. You are a beggar. How can you forgive someone who has made you a beggar?
I have a friend who was born poor, but was adopted by one of the richest families in India. He is a very generous man -- he has
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