The Happening

Just for these two days, don't bother about all your internal struggles or unnecessary and useless questions. Just sit with a deeply receptive and prayerful mood inside your boundary. The whole process will happen. The Upanishad will start happening. Till tomorrow evening, let us not hate each other. Because I am going to make you do all sorts of things, like for example, your food will be a little delayed, your sleep will be a little delayed, etc. You may face a few discomforts. Do not grumble or grudge. Even if you grumble, I am not going to leave you...! See, the program is fixed. Either you go through with complete acceptance, or you go through with struggle. It is up to you. But you have decided to go through it. If you go through it without struggle, it will be a lot easier for you. So let us not hate each other. Let us feel connected to each other. Let us grow together.

That is the beauty of enlightened masters. Enlightenment is the ultimate experience, but not final. Understand: the ultimate happening every moment is 'enlightenment'. So every moment, the enlightened being is exploding and growing … expanding. You may think, 'How can enlightened persons grow?' Maybe 'growing' is not the right word. It is the Ultimate Experience happening every moment. Enlightenment is the ultimate. But it is not that it happens once and it stops. It happens continuously. The right word is 'enlightening', not even 'enlightenment'. It is not a noun. It is a verb! That is the truth. Continuously, the experience is happening. That is why the master says, 'Let us grow together.' For that, we need simple and honest friendliness. Feeling connected, feeling respect for each other, and taking a conscious decision to work together are all needed. All this is needed at least until tomorrow evening. I am not asking you for your whole life! No! And the important thing is, don't forget to be inside your skin, that's enough. Everything else will start happening.

The master's presence is very powerful, even if you don't understand it. Whether you understand or not, when you sit around fire, you will have its effect; you will feel the heat. Similarly, whether you understand it or not, when you sit next to the master, you will see that things start happening inside. Enlightened consciousness is much more powerful than your doubting logic. It can penetrate you. People ask me, 'Should I trust you? Should I believe you?' I say, 'No. There is no need. Your doubt and trust, both are shallow.' Neither is your doubt strong, nor is your trust strong. Both are depending on your mind. But enlightened consciousness is beyond the mind. It can straightaway work on you. Do not bother about whether you have doubt, or trust, or faith, or anything. Sit with a deeply receptive mood and 'the beginner's mind', with a willingness to go through the process. Be inside your skin. That's enough. You will see that the process happens. The Upanishad will simply start happening.