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... body. And everything else that he used to be identified with - the wife, the children, the money, the power, the prestige are all left far away. Just a pure consciousness, just a flame of light has remained within him which is indestructible. Krishna says, in one of his most beautiful statements, "Nainam Chhindanti Shastrani" - you cannot cut me with weapons - "Naham Dahati Pavakah...
... empty and you want to fill it with something - anything. You are always a beggar waiting for somebody to give something to you. But your inner emptiness is vast; it cannot be filled by money, power, prestige, respectability. You may have all and still you will feel the same emptiness. In fact the more you have the more you will become aware of the emptiness, and then arises a tremendous anguish: "...
... overflowing, sharing yourself with others. The only real sharing is the sharing of your being - not your money, not your house, not anything else, but only of your being. Only that belongs to you; everything else is not authentically yours. You were born only with your being. That is yours - and then you accumulate many things which are never yours; the day you die, you cannot take them with you. You lived...
.... They may be equal but that society will not be worth living in. And in the commune in Oregon I became aware of a simple method to do it: just remove money from the commune. Anybody can donate to the commune but nobody can purchase anything with money. Yes, whatever is anybody's need, the commune should fulfill it: each according to his need. And if you just remove money as a method of exchange, a...
...;You are not supposed to laugh at such moments. You should be serious, as if we were losing money. Of course, we cannot lose," he used to tell me. "Whether the watermelon falls on the knife, or the knife falls on the watermelon, in any case it is the watermelon which gets cut, and not the knife. So don't laugh when you see that I am charging a person thirty rupees for a thing which he could...
..., "Yes, you are right. I mean I am really a cousin." I said, "Then it is okay. So what do you want? I mean how much do you want? You must have come to borrow money." He said, "Great! But it is strange, how could you read my mind?" I said, "It is very easy. Just tell me how much you want." He took twenty rupees, and I said, "Thank God. At least I have lost one...
... relative. Now he will never show his face again." And that's what actually happened: I never saw his face again, anywhere. Hundreds of people borrowed money from me and nobody ever returned it. I was happy that they didn't, because if they had they would only have asked for more. I wanted to return to the village but could not. I had to come to a compromise just not to hurt my mother. But I know I...
... strange boy." I said, "Certainly we are strangers to each other. I have lived away from you for many years, and I have been friends with the mango trees and the pines and the mountains, the oceans and the rivers. I am not a businessman, and you are. Money means everything to you; I cannot even count it." Even today... I have not touched money for years. The occasion never arises. That...
... helps me tremendously because I don't know how things go in the world of economics. I go my own way; they have to follow me. I don't follow them: I can't. I told my father, "You understand money, and I don't. Our languages are different; and remember, you have stopped me from going back to the village, so now if there is a conflict, don't blame me. I understand something you don't, and you...
..., how vast, how infinite it is going to be. It is going to be absolute orgasm. But if you have missed the first, you have no possibility to attain the second. The first was an indication of a new dimension. You will collect money and power and prestige and you will die as everybody has died. In the commune the children will have all orgasmic experiences and before they decide they will know what kind...
.... You just pump it and it is more beautiful than any woman, and it is very easy, it never quarrels, never nags you and easy to carry, just take the air out, fold it back and keep in the pocket -- nobody will know." They both looked at each other and said, "It is a good idea." But one said, "I don't have money." The other said, "I have money." So they purchased the...
.... That is the trouble: the pilgrim is himself the goal of the pilgrimage. There is a Sufi story about al-Hillaj. He was a poor man, but very sincere in his search. Mohammedans think that if you go to their holy place, Kaaba, just once in a lifetime, that's enough for your liberation. So he collected money, sold his house, his land, whatsoever small things he had -- and the village gave him a good send...
... Kaaba. I am here. Just make seven circles around me, the way you would be doing if you reached Kaaba, and put all your money in front of me. Don't waste it!" The man was so authoritative that poor al-Hillaj gave him all his money and made the seven circles. Then Junnaid said, "I have found the truth within myself. In Kaaba there is only a stone; I am a living truth! Your pilgrimage is...
... beginning...! Now it is a trouble to find the nose -- who knows where your nose is! I have painted it, that is true, but in so many sittings I can't remember exactly where I have put it. You take it home and contemplate; perhaps you may find it. It is there, that much is certain. It is there, this much I can guarantee because I remember I have painted your nose. But don't harass me! You are paying money...
... committed this sin, please forgive me," what will happen to the church? What will happen to the money that goes on flowing into the church because you commit sin? I have heard.... A bishop was very friendly with a rabbi. They became friends because both were interested in golf. And they had decided that on Sunday after the bishop was finished with the confessionals, they would go to the golf course...
... him to do it every day. It is natural, because from where is the money going to come? The rabbi said, "It is becoming late." The bishop said, "What to do? There is still a long line waiting, but you can be of help. You just sit here, so I can wash, change my clothes, and get ready. Meanwhile, you do the confessional." The rabbi said, "But I don't know what confessional is...
... you." I said, "You can have as much time as you need, but remember: anything that is not changing cannot be alive. And I don't want an existence which is dead." I told him that day, I remember... that once a beautiful woman - a very rich woman - asked Picasso to paint a portrait of her. And she was willing to give anything he wanted, money was no question at all. Picasso was always...
... reluctant about portraits because his paintings are such that you cannot expect him to make a portrait. He can make a portrait but you cannot find where the nose is, and where is the mouth and where are the eyes; everything will be in a mess. But the woman was giving him so much money, so just for a change, he made a portrait - only once in his life - which was recognizable as a woman... and a beautiful...
... portrait. And when it was finished the woman came and she said, "I love it. The money you have asked of me is nothing. I will give you double." And then she saw a picture of Picasso hanging by the side of the portrait, a photograph. She looked at the photograph... it was done by a great photographer, and she said, "This is your photograph? - so beautiful." And Picasso said, "No...
... on the periphery. Something must transcend life itself, something must be higher than life itself; otherwise, life can have no meaning. If you say that life itself is the end, then life is bound to be meaningless, because meaning comes from the beyond - always from the beyond. Something for which you exist gives the meaning - that's why we create many so-called meanings all around us. Money becomes...
... the meaning because you live for it; power becomes the meaning, prestige becomes the meaning. You create meanings, but those are just bogus meanings - because really, if life is at peril, you will be ready to lose power, money, everything. So you just deceive yourself, but those deceptions can never become the reality. Life remains above them; they are not beyond, they cannot be. That's why in the...
... gift of God, but only those who can be absolutely silent are worthy of receiving it. It is not impossible, but we make it impossible by desiring it. That is the only problem that one has to solve. You can desire money: without desiring you will not get it, it is not a gift. You can desire power, prestige: they will not come on their own. You will have not only to desire, you will have to fight for...
... who has been crowned by God. They all mean the same in different ways. Svatmo Sietze. Svatmo means self; sietze means conqueror - one who has conquered himself. That's the whole pilgrimage of religious consciousness. There are two kinds of victories possible in the world. One is extrovert. You can accumulate money, you can have a big kingdom, you can become an Alexander, a world conqueror. That is...
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