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and layers of noise.
You have to dig deep and you have to be very patient, because when you start digging a well you first come across rubbish -- tins and plastic bottles and things that people have been throwing. Don't become frustrated; go on digging.
Then you will come across a few rocks and very dry earth, but don't be afraid. Don't start thinking 'The earth is so dry, how can there be water?' Just go on digging. Soon you will come upon wet earth, and that is the beginning of joy. The first signs that you are on the right track have arrived. Go on digging. You will not immediately find pure, crystal-clear water, first it will be muddy, but go on digging and soon you come across the sources of pure water.
In the same way one has to dig a well into one's own being and one comes across the same layers, but if one is patient enough one finds the waters of life.
That's what Jesus said to the woman at the well. He was thirsty and he asked the woman at the well 'Give me a little water to drink.' The woman looked at him and said 'But I belong to a very low class and people of your class don't accept water from us. Do you know that?' And Jesus said 'Forget all about that -- give me water, and I will also give you some water out of my well. Your water will quench my thirst only for a few moments, but my water will quench your thirst forever.' He was talking about that well.
Meditation is a methodology to dig into your own being, to find profound peace, silence, and in that temple of silence and peace is the deity of all deities. You come to know god only when you have come to know this profound peace, undisturbed, eternally undisturbed.
[A sannyas couple are present. The woman says that her husband gambles all his money, and she does not know what to do about it because it causes difficulties.]
[To the husband] Stop this, mm? Simply stop. Don't make a problem out of it. I will teach you better ways of gambling! What are you doing gambling with money? Gamble with life, and that is sannyas! Just forget about this.
Mm? that can be done by any stupid person; that is not very intelligent. I will teach you some intelligent
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