23. You are not a Beggar🔗

There are two kinds of teachings.

One kind teaches you that you are a beggar, and only by begging every day you can become a millionaire. That means, every day, you should do one hour of yoga and three hours of pranayama, and you can hope to get enlightened at some time in the future!

Listen: your one hour of yoga or three hours of pranayama is nothing but begging. Have you ever seen a person begging, penny by penny, dollar by dollar, and becoming a millionaire? No, it can never happen, because he has to spend whatever he makes every day for his survival.

So, this is one kind of spiritual practice, one kind of sadhana, practiced by the people who are taught that they are beggars. If you look at them, you will see that they are very serious. The whole day, they will be closing their nose and blowing in and blowing out and standing upside down, doing all kinds of asanas, pranayama. They won't waste even ten minutes. Even when they talk, they use measured words. When they get some time, they close their eyes and sit. Even those few minutes, they cannot afford to waste, because they feel they are beggars trying to become millionaires; it is not an easy job! I have seen such foolish ideas being taught to seekers: 'The more you keep your eyes open, the more energy you will lose.' Hahaha!

And these poor guys, whenever they get two or three minutes' break, they close their eyes and sit with a morose, long face.

Wrong imagination! This is nothing but using the imagination to create more and more bondage.

On the other hand, the right Guru teaches you that you are already enlightened; nothing else needs to be done. The moment this thought is strongly put inside a person, he starts behaving like that, he starts living like that, he starts experiencing that courage, he starts experiencing that confidence. Even the few problems that come in his way, he handles with that confidence, with that courage, with that brightness, with that knowledge, with that energy, with that enthusiasm - and he lives enlightened.

trillionaire and what not! All you need is, remembering, reclaiming, living. Remembering, reclaiming, living is all you need. You are already complete! That is why, the more and more you are connected, the more and more you feel connected, the less sadhana you need, the less spiritual practices you need. Because I am using your very imagination, I am making your twenty-four hours into practice; you don't need a separate practice.

Listen! You are already a millionaire! Not just a millionaire, you are a billionaire,

Recall an incident where you used imagination to create bondage for yourself. Now, complete with that incident and be free of the bondage.