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Far beyond the stars: A darshan diary
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First published January 1, 1980
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February 14, 2023
My fav quotes (not a review):
• "The real security is of the one who has accepted insecurity; now nothing can make him insecure."
• "I understand. Start doing one thing: every day, for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, sit and say whatsoever comes in the mind, loudly, mm? so that not only do you think it, you hear it. Whatsoever it is – if nonsense comes, let it: you are not to edit it and you are not to make it beautiful because it is not meant to be a performance; it has to be that which is inside. If a few words come – and they will – if the sentence is not even complete and the words stop, then stop; don’t complete it."
• "A child cannot enquire into god, he has first to enquire into life. He has to go astray; every adam has to go astray."
• "I was reading a book in which the author plays with the word ’eros’. He says, ’If something goes wrong, the same word ”e-r-o-s” becomes ”sore”, ”s-o-r-e”. If everything goes right the same word becomes rose, ”r-o-s-e”; those letters remain the same’. I liked the play with the word... it remains eros, those four letters."
• "You cannot hypnotise a person who is living perfectly conveniently, comfortably, has good food, has good shelter, wife, children – you cannot hypnotise him. Russia turned communist first... and that was the poorest country. Then China turned – it was again another poor country;"
• "For example if you smoke cigarettes, then your hand moves very slowly... goes into the pocket... takes the cigarette out... puts the cigarette in the mouth... takes the matchbox. And you go slowly – it takes almost half an hour for one cigarette!... You will be surprised... and you will be able to see how you are doing things."
• "Consciously you seem to be of this century – unconsciously you are not..."
• "The real security is of the one who has accepted insecurity; now nothing can make him insecure."
• "I understand. Start doing one thing: every day, for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, sit and say whatsoever comes in the mind, loudly, mm? so that not only do you think it, you hear it. Whatsoever it is – if nonsense comes, let it: you are not to edit it and you are not to make it beautiful because it is not meant to be a performance; it has to be that which is inside. If a few words come – and they will – if the sentence is not even complete and the words stop, then stop; don’t complete it."
• "A child cannot enquire into god, he has first to enquire into life. He has to go astray; every adam has to go astray."
• "I was reading a book in which the author plays with the word ’eros’. He says, ’If something goes wrong, the same word ”e-r-o-s” becomes ”sore”, ”s-o-r-e”. If everything goes right the same word becomes rose, ”r-o-s-e”; those letters remain the same’. I liked the play with the word... it remains eros, those four letters."
• "You cannot hypnotise a person who is living perfectly conveniently, comfortably, has good food, has good shelter, wife, children – you cannot hypnotise him. Russia turned communist first... and that was the poorest country. Then China turned – it was again another poor country;"
• "For example if you smoke cigarettes, then your hand moves very slowly... goes into the pocket... takes the cigarette out... puts the cigarette in the mouth... takes the matchbox. And you go slowly – it takes almost half an hour for one cigarette!... You will be surprised... and you will be able to see how you are doing things."
• "Consciously you seem to be of this century – unconsciously you are not..."
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