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we will never be able to know the one who determines us。

and so we need to get rid of the man…made god if we wish to know the god which is。

but thats tough; its difficult even for the most kind…hearted person。

even for someone we otherwise consider a man of understanding; its hard to get rid of this man…made god。

he too clings firmly to the basic foolishness as much as a stupid man does。

a stupid man can be forgiven; but it is difficult to forgive a man of understanding。

khan abdul gaffar khan arrived in india recently。

he is preaching hindu…mohammedan unity all over the country; but he himself is a staunch mohammedan; about this; there is not the slightest doubt。

it doesnt bother him that he prays in the mosque like a loyal mohammedan; yet he is going about preaching hindu…mohammedan unity。

gandhi was a staunch hindu; and he also used to preach hindu…mohammedan unity。

as the guru; so is the disciple: the guru was a confirmed hindu; the disciple is a confirmed mohammedan。

and so long as there are confirmed hindus and confirmed mohammedans in the world; how can such unity e about? they need to relax a little; only then unity is possible。

these zealous hindus and mohammedans are at the root of all the trouble between the two religions; although the roots of these troubles are not really visible。

those who preach hindu…mohammedan unity do not have the vaguest idea how to bring it about。

as long as god is different things to different people; as long as there are different places of worship for different people; as long as prayers are different and scriptures are different …… koran being father for some and gita being mother for others …… the vexing troubles between religions will never e to an end。

we cling to the koran and the gita。

we say; 〃read the koran and teach people to drop enmity and to bee one。

read the gita and teach people to drop enmity and to bee one。

〃 we dont realize; however; that the very words of koran and gita are the root cause of all the trouble。

if a cows tail gets cut off; a hindu…mohammedan riot will break out; and we will blame ruffians for causing the fight。

and the funny thing is that no hoodlum has ever preached that the cow is our sacred mother。

this is actually taught by our mahatmas; our holy men; who put the blame for creating riots on hoodlums。







because when the tail does get cut off; then for the mahatmas purpose; it is not the tail of the cow; it is the tail of the holy mother! when they bring this to peoples attention; the riots begin; in which the hoodlums get involved and are later blamed for starting them。

so the people we call mahatmas are in fact at the root of all such troubles。

were they to step aside; the hoodlums would be harmless; they would have no power to fight。

they get strength from the mahatmas。

but the mahatmas remain so well hidden underground that we never ever realize they could be at the root of the problem。

what is the root of the problem; really? the root cause of all the trouble is your god …… the god manufactured in your homes。

try to save yourselves from the gods you create in your respective homes。

you cannot manufacture god in your homes; the existence of such a god will be pure deception。

i am not asking you to project god。

after all; in the name of god; what will you project? a devotee of krishna will say he sees god hiding behind a bush holding a flute in his hand; while a devotee of rama will see god holding a bow and arrow。

everyone will see god differently。

this kind of seeing is nothing but projecting our desires and concepts。

god is not like this。

we cannot find him by projecting our desires and our concepts …… to find him we will have to disappear altogether。

we will have to disappear …… along with all our concepts and all our projections。

both things cannot go hand in hand。

as long as you exist as an ego; the experience of god is absolutely impossible。

you as an ego will have to go; only then is it possible to experience him。

i cannot enter the door of the divine as long as my i; my ego; exists。

i have heard a story that a man renounced everything and reached the door of the divine。

he had renounced wealth; wife; house; children; society; everything; and having renounced all; he approached the door of the divine。

but the guard stopped him and said; 〃you cannot enter yet。

first go and leave everything behind。

〃 

〃but i have left everything;〃 pleaded the man。

〃you have obviously brought your i along with you。

we are not interested in the rest; we are only concerned with your i。

we dont care about whatever you say you have left behind; we are concerned with your i;〃 the guard explained。

〃go; drop it; and then e back。

〃 

the man said; 〃i have nothing。

my bag is empty …… it contains no money; no wife; no children。

i possess nothing。

〃 

〃your i is still in the bag …… go and drop it。

these doors are closed to those who bring their i along; for them the doors have always been closed;〃 said the guard。

but how do we drop the i? the i will never drop by our attempts to do so。

how can i drop the very i itself? this is impossible。

it will be like someone trying to lift himself up by his shoelaces。

how do i drop the i? even after dropping everything; i will still remain。

at the most one might say; 〃i have dropped the ego;〃 and yet this shows he is still carrying his i。

one bees egoistic even about dropping the ego。

then what should a man do? its quite a difficult situation。

i say to you: there is nothing difficult about it …… because i dont ask you to drop anything。

in fact; i dont ask you to do anything。

the i; the ego; bees stronger because of all the doing。

i am merely asking you to go within and look for the i。

if you find it; then there is no way to drop it。

if it always exists there; what is there left to be dropped? and if you dont find it; then too; there is no way to drop it。

how can you drop something which doesnt exist? 

so go within and see if the i is there or not。

i am simply saying that one who looks inside himself begins to laugh uproariously; because he cannot find his i anywhere within himself。

then what does remain? what remains then is god。

that which remains with the disappearance of the i …… could that ever be separate from you? when the i itself ceases to exist; who is going to create the separation? it is the i alone which separates me from you and you from me。

here is the wall of this house。

under the illusion that they divide space into two; walls stand …… although space never bees divided in half; space is indivisible。

no matter how thick a wall you erect; the space inside the house and the space outside are not two different things; they are one。

no matter how tall you raise the wall; the space inside and outside the house is never divided。

the man living inside the house; however; feels that he has divided the space into two …… one space inside his house and another outside it。

but if the wall were to fall; how would the man differentiate the space within the house from the space without? how would he figure it out? then; only space would remain。

in the same way; we have divided consciousness into fragments by raising the walls of i。

when this wall of i falls; then it is not that i will begin to see god in you。

no; then i wont be seeing you; ill only be seeing god。

please understand this subtle distinction carefully。

it will be wrong to say i would begin to see god in you …… i wont be seeing you any more; i will only be seeing the divine。

its not that i would see god in a tree …… i would no longer see a tree; only the divine。

when somebody says god exists in each and every atom he is absolutely wrong; because he is seeing both the atom and god。

both cannot be seen simultaneously。

the truth of the matter is that each and every atom is god; not that god exists in each and every atom。

it is not that some god is sitting enclosed inside an atom …… whatever is; is god。

god is the name given out of love to 〃that which is。

〃 〃that which is;〃 is truth …… in love we call it god。

but it makes no difference by which name we call it。

i do not ask; therefore; that you begin to see god in everyone; i am saying: start looking inside。

as soon as you look within; you will disappear。

and with your disappearance what youll see is god。

question 2 

another friend has asked: if meditation leads to samadhi and samadhi leads to god; then what need is there to go to the temples? shouldnt we do away with them? 

it is useless to go to temples; but it is equally useless to do away with them。

why should one bother to do away with something in which god doesnt exist anyway? let temples be where they are。

what question is there of getting rid of them? but every so often this trouble es up。

for example; mohammed said that god is not to be found in idols; so the mohammedans thought it meant idols should be destroyed。

and then a very funny thing started happening in the world: there were already people crazy about making idols; now another bunch of crazy people crop

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