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Discourse 2
A Very Simple and Humble Affair
A Very Simple and Humble Affair
7 December 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
IS BLISSFULNESS AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS
EXISTENCE?
Sanjiva, it is just the reverse. Blissfulness is not an expression of
gratitude; on the contrary, gratitude is an expression of blissfulness.
First comes the experience of bliss. First you attain to the state of
consciousness where ecstasy is natural, where your potential
blossoms to its ultimate expression.
A great dance arises in you, a tremendous peace and a deep
silence – but it is not the silence of the graveyard, it is a silence fully
alive, throbbing with a heartbeat. This whole experience is bliss. And
because of this bliss that existence makes available to you, a feeling
of gratitude, a thankfulness arises.
To me, this is the only authentic prayer. Not the prayers that are
being done in the churches, in the synagogues, in the temples,
before stone statues of God – those prayers are full of greed. They
are asking for something; in other words they are complaining about
something. Something is wrong in life and God should put it right.
There is no gratitude in those prayers; on the contrary, they are
absolute indicators of ungratefulness...
Question 2
BELOVED MASTER,
EXPERIENCING HEADACHE, I DISCOVERED MY MALE NATURE.
EXPERIENCING HEARTACHE, I DISCOVERED MY FEMALE
NATURE.
BELOVED MASTER, IS THERE ALSO GOING TO BE A BEING-
ACHE?
Paritosh Gyano, there is no such thing as being-ache. The being
knows superb wholeness, health. It knows no disease, no sickness,
no death. To go beyond your head and your heart is to transcend
the duality of existence. This transcendence brings you to your
being.
Being simply means you have dropped the ego that was part of your
head. You have even dropped the separation, very subtle and
delicate, that was part of your heart; you have dropped all barriers
between you and the whole. Suddenly the dewdrop has slipped from
the lotus leaf into the ocean. It has become one with it...
Question 1
BELOVED MASTER,
IS BLISSFULNESS AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS
EXISTENCE?
Sanjiva, it is just the reverse. Blissfulness is not an expression of
gratitude; on the contrary, gratitude is an expression of blissfulness.
First comes the experience of bliss. First you attain to the state of
consciousness where ecstasy is natural, where your potential
blossoms to its ultimate expression.
A great dance arises in you, a tremendous peace and a deep
silence – but it is not the silence of the graveyard, it is a silence fully
alive, throbbing with a heartbeat. This whole experience is bliss. And
because of this bliss that existence makes available to you, a feeling
of gratitude, a thankfulness arises.
To me, this is the only authentic prayer. Not the prayers that are
being done in the churches, in the synagogues, in the temples,
before stone statues of God – those prayers are full of greed. They
are asking for something; in other words they are complaining about
something. Something is wrong in life and God should put it right.
There is no gratitude in those prayers; on the contrary, they are
absolute indicators of ungratefulness...
Question 2
BELOVED MASTER,
EXPERIENCING HEADACHE, I DISCOVERED MY MALE NATURE.
EXPERIENCING HEARTACHE, I DISCOVERED MY FEMALE
NATURE.
BELOVED MASTER, IS THERE ALSO GOING TO BE A BEING-
ACHE?
Paritosh Gyano, there is no such thing as being-ache. The being
knows superb wholeness, health. It knows no disease, no sickness,
no death. To go beyond your head and your heart is to transcend
the duality of existence. This transcendence brings you to your
being.
Being simply means you have dropped the ego that was part of your
head. You have even dropped the separation, very subtle and
delicate, that was part of your heart; you have dropped all barriers
between you and the whole. Suddenly the dewdrop has slipped from
the lotus leaf into the ocean. It has become one with it...
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