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Do not postpone it for the end
because that creates fear.
Die each moment to the past,
and then each moment you will be fresh,
young and reborn.
And then there is always light
because the very darkness becomes light;
and warmth also,
because only the dead past is cold.
The present is always warm.
361. Love.
Man is not the end
but only the means.
Man is not really a being
but only a tension
between two planes of being.
Man is only a bridge,
that is why he cannot remain satisfied with himself.
His heart is nothing but a continent of discontent
and his very being is anguish.
Religion is man’s wish to pass beyond himself
as he now is.
That is why I say man can never be irreligious;
that is impossible.
He can pretend to be but he cannot be.
Religion is not something accidental or circumstantial,
it is in the very nature of man:
man is a religious animal.
And man is nothing if he is not a desire
to transcend himself.
He can go below himself,
or he can go above,
but he cannot remain himself.
He cannot be at rest.
That is why there is restlessness.
362. Love.
Use dreaming consciously as meditation
and know well that conscious dreaming opens
new doors of perception.
Lie down, relax,
and dream, but do not fall asleep;
remain conscious in the background.
Wait and watch;
dream anything that happens to your mind.
Do not plan beforehand –
dream anything, because in dream
the whole world is yours.
Dream your existence as you please;
dream and be content…
content with your dreams because they are yours.
And remember that nothing can be yours
like your dreams are
because you yourself are a dream entity! –
and also because your wishes
come to be true in your dreams,
and only in your dreams.
But do not fall into identification.
Be a witness.
Remain aware.
And then suddenly there will be no dreaming.
Only you
and illumination.
363. Love.
You write to me that without me you cannot pass through the gate
and with me you will not pass through the gate.
I know that!
But you need not do either.
You need not pass through the gate
with me or not with me,
because I am the gate.
I am no-one, so how can you be with me or not with me?
And only one who is no one can be the gate.
The gate means the emptiness
because the gate is nothing
but the space to pass through.
Pass through me –
not with me –
and know.
I appear to be someone only from without,
but the deeper you penetrate me
the less you will find me.
And in the end – no one.
364. Love.
Walk as if you are not walking,
stand as if you are not standing,
sit as if you are not sitting –
and then you will begin to feel
something completely new arising within you.
This is the real one.
The false you walks, stands and sits,
and the real you just remains in suchness.
Feel this – this very moment,
because there is no need to postpone it.
And if you postpone it you postpone it forever
because there is no tomorrow for the real one,
there is no there for it,
it is always here and now.
365. Love.
You will become more deeply tied
to whatever you desire to become free from.
Because freedom is not negation.
Freedom is not ‘from something’ or ‘for something’.
Freedom is not positive either.
Freedom is the transcendence
of negation and affirmation both.
Freedom means freedom from duality.
Where is a ‘for or against’ there?
With what to react?
What rebellion?
Reaction is not wisdom.
And, rebellion is nothing but a continuity of the old.
Hence, understand – do not fight.
When has anybody attained anything through fighting?
Except pain? – except defeat?
Hence, do not escape, but wake up.
By escaping one has to keep on escaping.
And then there is no end to that.
Knowing is freedom.
Not the fear, not the anger,
not the enmity, not the rebellion.
Only knowing is freedom.
1962
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