The Rebel ~ 22
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 11 Jun 1987 pm |
| location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Pune |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 27min. Quality: good. Live music after the discourse. |
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| video | Available, duration 1h 28min. Quality: good, but a constant audio-noise (under revision). |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | REBEL22 |
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- synopsis
- Reader of the questions: Ma Prem Maneesha.
- Question 1 from Satyadharma
- Beloved master, I brought myself to your doorstep and then tried to run away, but you would not let me escape. Now, so many beloved friends and fellow travelers have hugged me and spoken of feeling your love for me within themselves, and so many felt you dissolve their questions in mine.
- When I let the mind die in tears that arose from the heart of my being, for a moment, even in the sound of the wind dancing in the trees, I heard a great silence.
- I feel your deep respect for my true self, and you have helped me to become real again. I am at your feet for these blessings; I give my life to this understanding. I don't know how to say it -- through these tears my questions quiet into pure longing. From here, I don't know where... just your blessings to go on. I love you.
- Question 2 from Mukta
- Beloved master, I'm probably asking for it, but here goes: all my life I have never trained my Aristotelian mind in anything. Is this a misfortune?
- Question 3 from Rafia
- Beloved master, so often in my life I have struggled and fought with things until I reach such a point of absurdity that there is nothing left to do but have a great laugh at myself. When this happens, the issues are finished and I am joyously free.
- I have often thought that if I were to become enlightened I would probably wait until the very last moment to go, have a great laugh, put my head on the block -- and be gone!
- Beloved master of the absurd: Does it really work this way? If so, can you show me any shortcuts through what seems like a lot of unnecessary seriousness?
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