奧修演講文章

15
Love.
On returning from the meditation camp I had to
leave town again.
I returned only last night but I thought of you all
the time.

I cannot forget the thirst for God I saw in your
eyes
and the striving for truth in your heart.
This is a blessing because no one can attain
without passing through this anguish.

Remember, thirst is a prerequisite for the birth of
light and love.
Together, light and love are God.
When love has no limits its flame becomes smokeless
and so divine.
I have seen the seeds of this growth within you and
it fills my soul with great joy.
The seed is there, now it has to become a tree.
It could be that the time is at hand.

God-realization cannot happen without meditation so
you must turn towards this now with courage and
perseverance.
I have great hopes -- will you fulfil them?

My regards to other friends there.
I wait for your letter.
Remember what I said about the blank paper?
Everything else is fine.
I am in bliss.

16
Love.
I received your letter.
What you say has made me very happy.
Words that come out of the depth and fullness of heart
echo the infinite
just as a tiny flower expresses infinite beauty.
When love breathes life into words
what is expressed is
not what is said
but what wants to be said.
Inside each of us there is a poet,
there is poetry,
but because we live on the surface
these are never born.

Those who go deep
awaken divine love
and this love fills their lives
with music, beauty, peace and poetry --
their very lives become music
and on to this stage truth descends.

Truth will descend where there is music
so life must be turned into a melody.
Only through music can one reach the truth.
You too have to become music,
the entire life, every little act, has to be turned
into music:
this happens through love.

Whatever is -- love it.
Feel love for the whole world.
Feeling love for all with every breath
brings the inner music.
Have you ever seen this happen?

See this,
fill yourself with love and see.
Whatever breaks up the inner music --
that alone is irreligion, that alone is sin,
and whatever fills us with music --
that is religion, that alone is religion.
Love is religion
because love is beauty,
love is music.
Love is God
because it is all that is needed to attain Him.

Give my love to everybody there
and feel the light of my love beside you.

17
Love.
I have received your letter.
You long for the peace I have within me.
It is yours any time.
It is the deepest possibility in everyone, it only
has to be uncovered.
As springs of water lie hidden under layers of
earth so does bliss lie hidden within us.
The possibility is there for everyone but only
those who dig for it can redeem it.
The excavation of these hidden treasures lies
through religion.
Digging with it one reaches the well of light
within.
I have shown you how to dig and what with, but the
digging has to be done by you.
I know your soil is absolutely ready, with very
little effort the infinite streams can be reached.
This state of mind is attained with the greatest
good fortune so don't waste it or miss this
opportunity.
Fill yourself with determination and leave the rest
to God.
Truth runs alongside will.

Don't hesitate to write, I have lots of time for
you.
I am for those who need me -- nothing in my life is
for myself.

18
Love,
so much love.
I received your letter when I got back.
I could feel the ardour of your heart through your
words.

I well know the fervour that stirs your soul
and the thirst that turns into tears within you. I
was once there too, I too have suffered it.
I can well understand your heart because I have
travelled those same paths you now have to take in the
quest for God. I too have experienced the longing that
one day turns into a raging fire in which one has to
consume oneself.
But this burning brings the birth of a new life.
The drop can only become the ocean when it ceases
to exist.

Continue your efforts in meditation;
you have to go deeper and deeper into it --
it is the only way.
Through it and it alone call one reach life's
truth.

Remember:
lf you become absorbed in sadhana,
fully committed and surrendered,
you are bound to reach the truth.
This is an eternal law.
No step taken towards God is ever wasted.

My regards to all.

19
My respects to you.
Your letters were received.
I have just got back from a camp at Ranakpur.
It was just for friends from Rajasthan, that's why
you weren't informed.
It lasted five days and about sixty people
participated.
It was a wonderful success and it was obvious that
much happened.
Encouraged by the results the organizers are
planning a camp on an all-India basis.
You must come to that.

I am glad to hear your meditation is progressing.
You have only to be silent.
To be silent is everything.
Silence does not mean absence of speech, it means
absence of thoughts.
When the mind quietens down it becomes linked to
the infinite.
Don't do anything, just sit and watch the flow of
thoughts, just watch.
This just watching dissolves thought by itself.
The awakening of witnessing brings freedom from the
modifications of the mind.
With thoughts finished, consciousness is.
This is samadhi.

Love to all friends.

20
Love
Last night when lamps and lamps were lit up all
over town
I thought: My Sohan too, must have lit lamps and a
few among them must surely be for me!
And then I began to see the lamps you had lit, and
also those your love has kept lit always.

I shall stay here another day.
I have talked of you to everybody and they are
eager to meet you.

21
Beloved!
Your letter came, and your photo too.
You look really simple and innocent in it!
Such love and devotion!
The heart when purified by love turns into a temple
and I can see this clearly in your photo.
May God help this simple innocence grow!

Two thousand years ago someone asked Christ:
Who can enter the kingdom of heaven
Jesus pointed to a little child and said:
Those whose hearts are as innocent as a child's.
Looking at your picture today, I remembered this
story.