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108 Pearls from the Bliss Ocean

Hiding from the master

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There are only three ways of living - based on fear, based on greed, based on inspiration. When you live consistently with fear and greed, you become insensitive to both, and insensitive to life itself. See, I know that even my most sincere disciples hide some things from me! I look at them and think - what makes them hide something from me? When the disciples flower in Guru Bhakti, they completely open. Their whole life - not just past or present, they open to the future as master guides them. But sometimes, even those few people start hiding. Of course, what can be hidden from me? It is like a child trying to hide the candy behind the head and saying - No, I will not show you! From where I am standing, I can see the whole space behind you! But what they are hiding is immaterial for me. I only try to find why they are hiding. I am able to see very clearly, the pattern of fear makes hiding things as part of your life. This is the worst damage done to your consciousness. The consumeristic lifestyle made you insensitive to tripti (contentment), and the competitive lifestyle made you insensitive to shanti (fearlessness, peace). You have become habituated to live with fear and hypocrisy; it has becomes part of your lifestyle. When the tripti and shanti have stopped happening in your life, you have become insensitive to life itself.

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Photograph of the guru seated smiling, wearing a turban, garlands, holding a damaru