Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 16-9-45 Afternoon A visitor asked, " What should one, who is an absolute beginner, do in this (i.e., spiritual) line? " Bhagavan: " The very fact that you put this question shows you know what to do. It is because you feel the want of peace, that you are anxious to take some steps to secure peace. Because I have a little pain in my foot, I am applying this ointment. " Visitor: " What is the method to be adopted for securing peace? " B: " The conception that there is a goal and a path to it is wrong. We are the goal or peace always. To get rid of the notion that we are not peace is all that is required. " V: " All books say that the guidance of a Guru is necessary. " B: " The Guru will say only what I am saying now. He will not give you anything you have not already. It is impossible for any one to get what he has not got already. Even if he gets any such thing, it will go as it came. What comes will also go. What always is will alone remain. The Guru cannot give you anything new, which you have not already. Removal of the notion that we have not realized the Self is all that it is required. We are always the Self. Only, we don't realize it. " ------------- Not two, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 , " Richard Clarke " <richard wrote: > > 16-9-45 Afternoon > > A visitor asked, " What should one, who is an absolute beginner, do in > this (i.e., spiritual) line? " > > Bhagavan: " The very fact that you put this question shows you know > what to do. It is because you feel the want of peace, that you are > anxious to take some steps to secure peace. Because I have a little > pain in my foot, I am applying this ointment. " > > Visitor: " What is the method to be adopted for securing peace? " > > B: " The conception that there is a goal and a path to it is wrong. We > are the goal or peace always. To get rid of the notion that we are > not peace is all that is required. " > > V: " All books say that the guidance of a Guru is necessary. " > > B: " The Guru will say only what I am saying now. He will not give you > anything you have not already. It is impossible for any one to get > what he has not got already. Even if he gets any such thing, it will > go as it came. What comes will also go. What always is will alone > remain. The Guru cannot give you anything new, which you have not > already. Removal of the notion that we have not realized the Self is > all that it is required. We are always the Self. Only, we don't > realize it. " > > ------------- > Not two, > Richard > a true teacher takes what you do not have and gives you what is always yours. this is why the sage does his work and slips away unperceived. real masters are like thieves: only the ones caught are known. the best ones often remain hidden. yet their blessed presence though mostly unrecognized, continuously sustains the world. yosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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