Man needs integration, an integration of all the fragments into one whole, into one harmony. And that is the whole effort of religion. The very word religion means that which binds you together. That’s exactly the meaning of yoga too; yoga means union. Religion and yoga are synonymous. When you become crystallized, when you become […]
To me, prayer has nothing to do with words. It is a silent gratefulness; it is utterly silent, but a deep gratefulness. It is possible only if you learn how to be blissful; otherwise there will be nothing to be grateful for. So I teach my sannyasins not prayer, but bliss. Dance, sing, be blissful, […]
Everybody has the seed to become a beautiful flower of love, a lotus. But very few people have been able to become it, for the simple reason that very few people are alert; they can’t discriminate what is what. Watch how many things are pretending to be love. If they are love, they cannot create […]
Millions of people live at the lowest center sex. Hence the work of a sannyasin begins at the sex center because the energy is there. I don’t condemn sex because it is energy. We just have to move it upward. And it can be moved upward only if you have a deep respect for it, […]
If we can understand a single drop of water , we have understood all the water that exists anywhere .And each man is a dewdrop of existence . If we can understand one man …And the easiest and the closest is existence . Once the mystery is understood , once the door is open , […]
One needs to be industrious; one needs to accept challenges which provoke one for the upward journey. It is hard, it is dangerous, but it brings out the best in you. It creates integrity, ultimately it creates a soul in you. George Gurdjieff used to say that not everybody is born with a soul. He […]
We are all carrying a star of infinite beauty within ourselves. We are stars. Of course, we are surrounded by much smoke and clouds and if one looks from the outside, nothing of the star can be found. The function of meditation is to penetrate through these dark clouds that surround you, and to reach […]
Love is a small lamp , but it is enough,in fact more than enough .You don’t need to carry a sun with you,just a small lamp is enough in the dark night . Of course it sheds light only a few feet ahead of you , but that’s all that is needed, you walk those […]
In the morning when the sun is just about to rise , there should be singing , dancing – just as birds dance and trees sway in the wind and everybody is agog , waiting for the sun to come on the horizon , and then suddenly the sun come is a welcoming song , […]
The individual is a passage , a bridge from the collective to the universal . It frees you first from the collective , and once you are free from the collective , there is no need for you to be an individual . You can dissolve into the whole . That is the miracle of […]