0:19 You must have heard a lot of spiritual discourses. 0:24 You must have heard enough of intellectual knowledge about spirituality. 0:30 If you bring everything inside with you in your head, 0:35 you will not be able to understand what I say. 0:39 Once a professor went to a Zen master, 0:43 an enlightened man. 0:45 The professor asked the master, 0:47 the master, me what is Zen, what is meditation. 0:50 Zen means what is meditation. 0:54 The master ordered for a tea. 0:57 When the tea cups and tea is brought, 1:00 he started just pouring the tea in the cup. 1:03 After one minute, 1:05 the cup started overflowing. 1:07 The professor asked him, stop, stop. 1:10 Master, where are you pouring? 1:11 It's overflowing. 1:13 Then the master explained. 1:16 You see, the tea is already in the cup, whatever I pour will only overflow. 1:21 Just like that, if you have your own idea in your head, whatever I say only will 1:26 overflow. 1:29 Just as you wanted, if the tea should be filled, the cup should be empty. 1:34 If you want to know what is Zen, what is meditation, your head should be empty. 1:39 The problem with already earned knowledge is, 1:44 it is purely intellectual. 1:46 If it is experiential, we don't need any more meditation. 1:51 Whatever you have learnt is not about the 1:57 Enlightenment. It is just about the Enlightenment itself. 2:04 A small story can explain to you. 2:08 Once a Viretmananda was relaxing in the bank of Ganga. 2:14 Somebody came, an elderly man, a Pandit came and told Viretmananda, you see, I am 2:19 staying in Calcutta for the last 60 years. 2:23 I am the greatest Pandit. 2:24 Every day morning, I take a bath in Ganga and do all Gayatri Sanjaya. 2:29 I am the greatest saint in Calcutta. 2:34 Then Viretmananda just laughed at him and told him, 2:37 just by taking a bath in Ganga, if you become saint, 2:41 the fishes in the Ganga are the greatest saints in the world. 2:45 He just made fun of the human and then he sent him out. 2:49 When the Pandit left, Viretmananda told, 2:53 you see, just taking a bath in Ganga will not make you saint. 2:56 Go and meditate, 2:58 look inside, that only can make you see a Viretmananda. 3:03 Then the old man got some message. 3:06 He was honest enough to understand, he went and started meditating. 3:11 Then one young man came to him. 3:16 The young man started asking, 3:18 oh Swamiji, I am very happy that you are not accepting all old superstitions, 3:24 taking bath in Ganga, all those superstitions, are removing everything, 3:29 you are helping the people to come out of all these superstitions, 3:32 all this type of... 3:35 He was standing in the ancient tradition of India, the young man. 3:38 Then again Viretmananda rebuked him, telling me, who said taking bath in Ganga 3:44 is superstition. I myself sprinkle Ganga water every day and I sit in the bank of 3:50 Ganga and meditate every day. 3:52 Who said taking bath in Ganga is superstition. 3:55 Go and pray to Ganga Mata every day morning, sit and meditate in the banks of 4:00 Ganga, you will have spirituality. 4:04 Then the young man also got some clarity and he went. 4:10 There was a disciple who was sitting at the feet of Swamiji. 4:14 Seeing both the scenes, 4:16 he got confused. 4:18 He asked Swamiji, what is this Swamiji? 4:22 For one man you are giving one idea, one instruction, for the other man, within 4:27 half an hour you changed your instruction and you are giving some other advice. 4:31 What is true? What can I follow? 4:35 What actually you mean? 4:38 Then Viretmananda just loved and told him, that is for him, this is for him. 4:43 For you massage my feet, you know. 4:48 You see each and every man needs an instruction, needs a spiritual advice 4:54 according to his place, 4:57 his way of life, his understanding. 5:00 Spiritual advice can never be the same. 5:04 Technique can never be the same for all. 5:07 It needs a 5:13 little bit of adjustment or alteration, a change for each and every individual to 5:19 give a quick growth. 5:23 Immediate result, the technique still needs to be altered for individuals. 5:29 So whenever you have read anything, whatever you have read, 5:34 all those things are only part. 5:37 If you read about Viretmananda's advice from a book written by an elderly man, 5:42 what you will understand about Viretmananda? 5:45 A man who is out of tradition, modern, you will understand about Viretmananda as a 5:51 modern man. If you read from the book which is written by a young man, a young 5:56 boy, what you will understand about Viretmananda? 5:59 Man is traditional, Swami is traditional. 6:02 Both are not truth. 6:05 They are only half -truths. 6:07 The same way, whatever you have read, 6:10 whatever you have heard, 6:12 whatever has not become our experience is only half -truth. 6:18 Half -truth is much worse than a lie. 6:22 At least if you are lying, you will know it is a lie. 6:25 With half -truth, it is a difficulty. 6:28 You will not even be able to understand whether it a truth or a lie. 6:34 So if you have already some knowledge, what you will be doing? 6:39 You will be sitting here and comparing what I say. 6:43 Intellectually, you be just comparing. 6:45 Yes, what this Swami says is right. 6:48 Bhagavad Gita also says the same thing. 6:50 Purana also says the same thing. 6:53 You will be just comparing and accepting what I say. 6:58 Or you will be comparing and rejecting. 7:01 No, what He says is not exactly truth. 7:03 Purana says in other ways. 7:06 If you reject also, you will not do the meditation. 7:09 If you accept also, 7:12 yes, what He says is right. 7:14 What we have read also is the same thing. 7:16 You will start believing Me, but you will not start doing what I say. 7:24 You see, 7:25 if you resist Me also, you will not do. 7:28 If you start believing Me also, you will not do. 7:31 That is the thing you need to understand. 7:33 It is a subtle thing you need to understand a little bit. 7:36 You can say, you can ask. 7:38 If I believe you, how will you say that? 7:40 I won't do it. 7:42 The belief closes your personality. 7:48 You take Me for granted. 7:50 Yes, what Swami says is right. 7:53 But these are not for me now. 7:55 Let me postpone a little bit. 7:57 Let me wait. It is all. 8:00 In the old days, it will be useful. 8:02 will be useful. We just postpone. 8:05 If you believe anything, you don't act immediately. 8:10 You just postpone. If you understand very deeply, you will be able to understand. 8:16 If you believe in any scripture, what you do immediately? 8:20 You have believed so many books, 8:22 but as it transforms your life, has anything happened in your life? 8:27 You have believed so many things. 8:30 You have believed so many cars. 8:31 You have believed so many scriptures. 8:33 You have believed so many masters. 8:36 What has happened to you? 8:39 Did you do something in your life? 8:43 Neither believe, nor unbelief. 8:47 Neither doubt, nor faith. 8:50 Both will not do. 8:51 I say, new word. 8:55 Look at the whole thing as a hypothesis. 9:00 Give a trial. That's all. 9:02 I never say, believe me. 9:04 I never say, don't believe me. 9:06 Have a positive doubt. 9:10 Yes, let me give a chance. 9:12 He says something. 9:13 Let me give a trial. 9:15 That is what is the right attitude. 9:18 When you enter into the spirituality, 9:20 give a trial. 9:22 Never go with faith. 9:24 When you go with faith, you are already taking the things for granted. 9:28 You don't do it completely. 9:30 If you start believing, 9:32 you don't do it completely. 9:34 If you start taking the things for granted, you think, I have already faith. 9:40 Why should I do anything? 9:42 No. 9:43 You don't open up completely if you have the faith. 9:47 If you have belief. 9:50 So go with a trial mood. 9:53 Yes, let me give a trial. 9:55 What can be done? 9:56 Let me see. 9:57 So go with the mood of, you have to keep a small boy. 10:01 He said to the school first day, he goes with a lot of curiosity. 10:06 He goes with the idea. 10:09 it is? Let me see. 10:12 So come sit here. 10:15 What it is? Let me see. 10:17 Let me give a trial. 10:18 Never think, oh, I know this already. 10:22 Never fear. Yes, I have heard about this already. 10:25 No. 10:27 We have not heard. 10:28 If we have heard at least once in a right way, the right message, we don't need any 10:34 more necessity of listening to anything. 10:39 Only once a right listening is enough to become enlightened. 10:44 Shravana is enough for samadhi. 10:47 We have not heard rightly. 10:49 We have heard as we wanted. 10:51 That is the reason. 10:52 Nothing is arduous. 10:54 So when you listen, at least this time, don't miss. 10:58 Again, again, many times you have listened. 11:02 Now let us not miss. 11:04 Let us go with a little bit of open mind. 11:07 Sort of. Trial will give a trial to the things. 11:14 Once a king 11:18 went to a master. 11:23 He wants to see that master enlightened man. 11:26 So he set this visiting card which says his name, the Yakuza Governor of Japan. 11:33 He was the governor of Japan. 11:35 He set his card to the master through his disciples. 11:40 Please give this card to your master. 11:42 I want to see him. 11:44 When the card was brought to him, he said the 11:49 card reads Yakuza Governor of Japan. 11:53 The master read that 11:56 card. He told, I have no business with this man. 12:00 Please send him out. 12:01 I don't want to meet him. 12:03 When the card was given to the king with these same words, master doesn't want to 12:09 meet you. He has no business with you. 12:12 The king is an intelligent man. 12:15 He gave a thought for a month. 12:18 Then he erased the word Governor of Japan. 12:21 Just send the word with his name. 12:23 Send the same card with his name. 12:26 Please now give this card to your master. 12:28 I want to meet him. 12:30 When the card was brought back, the same card, 12:33 only the title is erased. 12:36 When the card was brought back, master told, now you can come and meet me. 12:41 Let me meet him. 12:43 Let me see. Let me talk to him what he wants. 12:47 The small story, 12:49 what is the significance behind the story? 12:52 If you have your own society in you, the post given by the society in you, you will 12:59 not be able to learn what is meditation, 13:02 the prestige or whatever titles given to you by the society. 13:06 It is only for utility. 13:09 Never think you are a doctor. 13:11 Society wants you. Society utilizes you as a doctor. 13:16 Your utility is doctor. 13:18 You are not a doctor. 13:20 Please be aware. We identify ourselves with our titles. 13:25 We identify ourselves with our titles. 13:29 When you identify yourself with your titles, 13:32 you miss your being. 13:34 The juice of your being is lost. 13:37 So, never identify yourself with your titles. 13:43 When you are here, 13:45 never think that you are some title or the society. 13:48 If you just hang around with your title, you will not be able to completely involve 13:53 your meditation into the technique. 13:57 When you do, do it completely. 14:00 No question of jumping off the well. 14:04 Completely put yourself, stake yourself completely into the meditation. 14:10 Don't have any reservation. 14:12 If you have your own titles, you will be having some reservation. 14:17 No question of reservation. 14:18 And give few minutes for the meditation to happen. 14:24 Many people see we are in the world of the instant food. 14:29 Everybody wants in 20 minutes. 14:31 God is 20 minutes. 14:33 So many books have come up. 14:36 It says instant enlightenment or instant God. 14:40 People think that things can happen only in few minutes. 14:45 Somebody came and told me. 14:47 I was giving a discourse. 14:50 Meditate, you will have a God in your vision. 14:55 She came and told me, I have done 20 minutes of meditation, but God has not 14:59 appeared at all. 15:02 I told her God is not waiting for your 20 minutes meditation. 15:07 Give little bit of space, give little bit of time for the meditation to happen in 15:13 you. At least next 36 hours. 15:17 Till tomorrow evening, allow things to happen. 15:21 Allow things to take place, 15:24 take shape in your own being in its own way. 15:31 A small story can explain. 15:38 Once three monkeys in the forest, they have got a mango. 15:45 All the three monkeys wants to eat that mango. 15:48 One monkey told, 15:50 see this one mango, we cannot share or eat, all three of us cannot eat. 15:56 We will plant this mango, 15:58 so that the tree will come. 16:00 From the tree we will have a lot of mangoes. 16:03 We all can eat as much as we want. 16:07 All the three monkeys have decided, yes we will have. 16:10 We will plant this mango. 16:12 One monkey took up the responsibility of pouring water every day. 16:16 The other monkey took the responsibility of putting the fertilizer. 16:20 The third took the responsibility of security. 16:23 He will stand throughout the day and he will be the watchman, god. 16:31 After six months of hard work, they saw the seed is not sprout. 16:38 The tree has not come out. 16:40 They all, the three gathered for a meeting. 16:42 They started discussing. 16:44 The first monkey told, you see, every day morning, 16:48 religiously, without any break, I have poured water, I don't know why it is not 16:53 coming out. 16:54 The next monkey told, yes, every day morning, 16:58 I put the fertilizers and I have never missed, even one day, I do not know why it 17:04 is not sprouted. The third monkey told, every day evening, I dig up and see, again 17:11 and again, whether it has come or not, 17:13 but I do not know why it has not sprouted. 17:17 See, the water or putting the fertilizer is not enough. 17:22 Give a little bit of space for it to sprout. 17:25 The same day, 17:27 just doing one meditation or just doing two meditations, 17:31 don't see, don't check up with yourself. 17:35 Just give time till tomorrow evening. 17:38 Allow whatever is happening. 17:40 If you dig up after every meditation, it will be just like the monkey. 17:44 What the monkey has done, he will be doing the same thing. 17:47 Don't do that. 17:49 Till tomorrow evening, 17:51 till tomorrow evening, forget everything else and just go with the meditations. 17:57 Put your whole effort in all the meditations. 18:00 See, the mind and meditations are empty. 18:04 Like mother and daughter and love, they can't stay together. 18:07 How much ever you try, 18:09 whatever you do, they can't stay together. 18:12 Just like that, mind and meditation can never stay together. 18:17 Mind will try its best 18:20 not to allow you to enter into meditation. 18:23 It will tell, I have pain here a little bit. 18:26 I have pain here a little bit. 18:28 I think, for one session, I can go all the rest. 18:30 It is not wrong. 18:31 I can come for the next session. 18:33 These are the practices of the mind. 18:37 When you enter into meditation, you reach the zone of no -mind, 18:41 where your mind cannot suffer, 18:44 where the base of your mind is lost, are in the ecstasy. 18:48 Mind is always against ecstasy. 18:51 Mind, the root of the mind is worry and depression. 18:56 Without depression and worry, mind cannot exist. 18:59 When you enter into meditation, the depression and worry will be taken away 19:02 from you. 19:04 Mind is not let it loose. 19:05 The property which is acquired by mind is worry. 19:10 It was so hard to acquire the worries and depression. 19:16 And so many years it has worked so much so hardly and collected this property. 19:21 It doesn't want let go, the worries and let go of the depression. 19:26 But the meditation is the energy which will take all your worries and depression 19:31 away from you.
