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Discourse 26
Not a "Work" but a Celebration
15 January 1988 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium

Question 1

BELOVED MASTER,

OFTEN, WHEN I LOOK AT THE SUNSET, SADNESS ARISES FROM
DEEP WITHIN. IT FEELS AS IF THE SUN IS MY HOME – THE PLACE
I WILL RETURN TO WHEN ”THE WORK” IS DONE. BUT NOW I
HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ”THE WORK,” THIS EARTH, THIS
EXISTENCE, THESE PEOPLE. I DO FEEL A DEEP LONGING TO BE
FREE BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO GO HOME ALONE.

BELOVED MASTER, WILL ”THE WORK” EVER BE DONE? WILL I
EVER BE ABLE TO GO HOME IN PEACE?

Prem Ravindra, it is one of the deep-rooted habits of the mind
always to divide things. The moment you divide things you are in
trouble – and mind wants you to be always in trouble; otherwise it has
no function.

The greatest trouble the mind can create is the longing for home. I
call it the greatest trouble because you have never left home.
And mind projects homes. They may be the moon, the sun, or some
faraway quasar – these are new, contemporary substitutes for a
faraway God.

Mind is so tricky that if you drop the old division, it immediately
replaces it with a new, more refined, more contemporary-looking,
more intelligent division....
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