- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 1: Now or never
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 1: Now or never, O FRIEND, WHERE DOST THOU SEEK ME? LO! I AM BESIDE THEE. I AM NEITHER IN TEMPLE NOR IN MOSQUE: I AM NEITHER IN KAABA NOR IN KAILASH: NEITHER AM I IN RITES AND CEREMONIES, NOR IN YOGA AND RENUNCIATION. IF THOU ART A TRUE SEEKER, THOU SHALT AT ONCE SEE ME: THOU SHALT MEET ME IN A MOMENT OF TIME. KABIR SAYS: O FRIEND! GOD IS THE BREATH OF ALL BREATH at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 1
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 1, WHAT I MEAN BY SANNYAS IS A SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE SO THAT ONE BECOMES A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT IT IS NOT HAPPENING TO ME. WHAT TO DO? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 2
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 2, SOMETIMES LISTENING TO YOU, AN OVERWHELMING FEELING COMES OVER ME OF HOW ABSURD AND RIDICULOUS WE ALL ARE AND YET AT THE SAME TIME HOW INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL LIFE IS. IF EEL THERE IS SO MUCH I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, BUT IT CAN'T BE PUT INTO WORDS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RUN UP AND HUG YOU at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 3
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 3, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SURRENDER? HOW IS SURRENDER? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 4
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 2: Sannyas: the radical revolution, Question 4, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR TWO PEOPLE IN A RELATIONSHIP TO BE BAD FOR EACH OTHER? DOES IT HAPPEN THAT TWO PEOPLES ENERGY JUST DOES NOT MIX? HOW TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THORNS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP AND AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 3: Natural, spontaneous, aware
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 3: Natural, spontaneous, aware; avadhu, maya, taji na jay TELL ME, BROTHER, HOW CAN I RENOUNCE MAYA? WHEN I GAVE UP THE TYING OF RIBBONS, STILL I TIED MY GARMENT ABOUT ME. WHEN I GAVE UP TYING MY GARMENT, STILL I COVERED MY BODY IN ITS FOLDS at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 1
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 1, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CRYSTALLIZED SELF AND A BIG, STRONG EGO? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 2
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 2, PLEASE WILL YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT 'THE WAY OF RELIGION' MEANS? I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO STRONGLY AGAINST RELIGION THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT MEANS. BUT, ANYHOW, I SUPPOSE IT IS THE WAY OF TOTAL ALONENESS. AND THIS MAKES ME A LITTLE UNEASY. SINCE YOU GAVE ME SANNYAS, I FEEL LIKE I AM IN AN ABYSS. OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT REACHABLE FOR ME; I AM ONLY FIXED UP TO THE FIRE OF YOUR EYES -- A TREMENDOUS POONA FICTION STORY at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 3
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 3, IN YOUR LECTURES YOU TALK ABOUT GURDJIEFF, RAMAN, RAMAKRISHNA, BASHO, AND OTHERS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY NOT ALIVE, BUT WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THE ENLIGHTENED PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY ALIVE TODAY? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 4
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 4, THERE WAS A LITTLE POLAR BEAR WHO ASKED HIS MOTHER, ' WAS MY DADDY ALSO A POLAR BEAR?' 'OF COURSE YOUR DADDY WAS A POLAR BEAR.' 'BUT,' GOES ON THE LITTLE ONE AFTER A WHILE, 'MOMMY, JUST TELL ME, WAS MY GRANDFATHER ALSO A POLAR BEAR?' ' YES, HE WAS ALSO A POLAR BEAR.' TIME GOES BY AND THE LITTLE ONE KEEPS ASKING HIS MOTHER, 'BUT WHAT ABOUT MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER? WAS HE A POLAR BEAR AS WELL?' ' YES, HE WAS. BUT WHY ARE YOU ASKING?' 'BECAUSE I AM FREEZING at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 5
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 5, I HAVE HEARD, A MAN IN AN ORANGE ROBE ENTERED THE VRINDAVAN JUICE BAR, BARGED UP TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE, AND DEMANDED TEA AND CAKE. HE PAID WITH A HUNDRED-RUPEE NOTE AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COST AND THE LONG LINEUP. AFTER CHOOSING THE BIGGEST PIECE OF CAKE AND THE BIGGEST CUP, HE TOOK OVER AN OLD LADY'S SEAT AND PROCEEDED TO GOBBLE THE FOOD. A BYSTANDER, PUZZLED BY HIS BEHAVIOR, ASKED THE MEANING OF IT. WHY, HE EXPLAINED, OSHO SAID THAT ONLY A CRYSTALLIZED EGO CAN BE DROPPED at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 6
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 6, THERE ARE MORE AND MORE NON-MOMENTS, PERIODS OF NO TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING WITH OTHERS, WHEN SUDDENLY I AM NOT TALKING ANYMORE, TALKING IS JUST HAPPENING: THERE IS A FLOW, A SENSE OF POWER AND WHOLENESS, HANDS MOVE IN PERFECT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THOUGHT FEELINGS, SPACE EXPANDS, AND THERE IS OPENNESS WITH NO SENSE OF SEPARATION -- AND NO 'I' THAT IS SEPARATE. THE FRONT OF THE BODY SEEMS TO BE NONEXISTENT AND I AM TALKING WITH MYSELF. ARE THESE THE HERE-AND-NOW-I MOMENTS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS THERE MORE, OR IS IT A MATTER OF MORE MORE,FREQUENTLY? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 7
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 4: The way of religion, Question 7, WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT? PLEASE EXPLAIN at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 5: There are no words to tell
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 5: There are no words to tell; aisa lo nahin tai sa, lo O HOW MAY I EVER EXPRESS THAT SECRET WORD? O HOW CAN I SAY HE IS NOT LIKE THIS, AND HE IS LIKE THAT? IF I SAY THAT HE IS WITHIN ME, THE UNIVERSE IS ASHAMED. IF I SAY THAT HE IS WITHOUT ME, IT IS FALSEHOOD. HE MAKES THE INNER AND THE OUTER WORLDS TO BE INDIVISIBLY ONE; THE CONSCIOUS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS, BOTH ARE HIS FOOTSTOOLS. HE IS NEITHER MANIFEST NOR HIDDEN, HE IS NEITHER REVEALED NOR UNREVEALED: THERE ARE NO WORDS TO TELL THAT WHICH HE IS at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 1
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 1, LIKE ALL OTHER INDIAN SAINTS, WHY DO YOU NOT LIKE TO BE THE SAINT OF THE MASSES? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 2
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 2, IS IT NOT HARMFUL TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO TO SOCIETY TO LIVE WITHOUT THE BARRIERS OF NORMS? IF SO, THEN WHY DO YOU PREACH THAT YOUR SANNYASINS SHOULD LIVE AS THEY LIKE? MIND ALWAYS GOES THE WRONG WAY IF NOT RESTRICTED at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 3
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 3, BELOVED OSHO, WHILE I WAS ROAMING AROUND NEAR BOMBAY, I STOPPED AT MUKTANANDA'S ASHRAM FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. UNEXPECTEDLY, WHILE I WAS THERE HE POURED ON ME MUCH GRACE AND VERY SPECIAL ATTENTION, EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS I AM A DISCIPLE OF BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH. I FELT HONORED BY HIM YET WAS A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE. MAINLY, I FELT GUILT TOWARD YOU. I AM BACK NOW TO YOU BUT VERY CONFUSED. PLEASE HELP ME at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 4
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 6: Trust your nature, Question 4, IT IS FOUND THAT REMEMBRANCE OF 'BELOVED' OR 'DARLING' IS MORE SPONTANEOUS AND EASY THAN THE REMEMBRANCE OF 'GOD' OR 'SUPREME SELF.' WHY IS IT SO? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 7: Enter into your own body
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 7: Enter into your own body; man tu par utar kanh jaiho TO WHAT SHORE WOULD YOU CROSS, O MY HEART? THERE IS NO TRAVELER BEFORE YOU, THERE IS NO ROAD. WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT, WHERE IS THE REST, ON THAT SHORE? THERE IS NO WATER; NO BOAT, NO BOATMAN IS THERE; THERE IS NOT SO MUCH AS A ROPE TO TOW THE BOAT, NOR A MAN TO DRAW IT at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Interview Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Interview Dr. Abraham T. Kovoor, THE Current OF 18TH DECEMBER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. ABRAHAM T. KOVOOR, EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD RATIONALIST AND ATHEIST, OF CEYLON, IN WHICH HE REFERS TO AND CRITICIZES YOU. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 1
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 1, YOU SAY IT CAN'T BE SAID. AND SOMEWHERE IT IS WRITTEN: WHAT CAN'T BE SAID CAN'T BE WHISTLED EITHER at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 2
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 2, YOU OFTEN SAY THAT LIFE IS FUN. STILL, SOMETIMES YOU SEEM TO BE TAKING THINGS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 3
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 3, I LOVE THE WAY YOU WALK. WHY DO YOU WALK HOW YOU WALK? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 4
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 8: The irrational rationalist, Question 4, YOU SAY, 'SURRENDER TO ME.' DOES THIS NOT SHOW THAT YOU ARE FULL OF EGO? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 9: Dance today with joy
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 9: Dance today with joy; naco re mero man, matta hoy DANCE, MY HEART! DANCE TODAY WITH JOY. THE STRAINS OF LOVE FILL THE DAYS AND THE NIGHTS WITH MUSIC, AND THE WORLD IS LISTENING TO ITS MELODIES. MAD WITH JOY, LIFE AND DEATH DANCE TO THE RHYTHM OF THIS MUSIC. THE HILLS AND THE SEA AND THE EARTH DANCE. THE WORLD OF MAN DANCES IN LAUGHTER AND TEARS. WHY PUT ON THE ROBE OF THE MONK, AND LIVE ALOOF FROM THE WORLD IN LONELY PRIDE? BEHOLD! MY HEART DANCES IN THE DELIGHT OF A HUNDRED ARTS; AND THE CREATOR IS WELL PLEASED at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 1
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 1, ARE YOU THE ONLY ENLIGHTENED PERSON IN THIS ASHRAM? IF YES, IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ENLIGHTEN OR TO BE ENLIGHTENED NEAR AN ENLIGHTENED PERSON? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 2
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 2, WHEN I CAME HERE I WAS TENSE. PEOPLE LOOKED UNFRIENDLY, NOT OPEN. NOW ALL THAT HAS CHANGED; EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES BEFORE, BUT THEY HAVE ALWAYS FADED AWAY. I HOPE IT IS NOW WISDOM AND WILL NOT FADE, BUT IF EAR IT MAY BE KNOWLEDGE AND I WILL LOSE IT at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 3
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 3, OH, THE RELIGION! THE ADORATION OF THE PAST! THE BEAUTY AND SENTIMENTALITY AF THE PAST! SINCE I WAS A LITTLE CHILD, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THINKING ABOUT THE PAST AND GETTING A FEELING OF SWEET PAIN, THAT THE PAST IS GONE, AND CRYING SWEET AND WARM TEARS AND REALLY ENJOYING THE WHOLE THING VERY MUCH -- THIS WHOLE THING CALLED NOSTALGIA. SOMETIMES I REALLY LOVE MY PAST. HAVING A PAST TO PLAY WITH, I FEEL BLESSED. AM I A FOOL? SO I HEAR YOU AND AGREE WITH YOU, INTELLECTUAL, THAT THE PAST IS NONEXISTENTIAL AND UNREAL, BUT I SEEM TO FEEL DIFFERENT ABOUT IT. WHAT IS GOING ON? IF NOSTALGIA IS JUST A TRICK OF THE EGO, WHICH IT MUST BE, THEN WHY DOES IT COMES AS A GOOD WARM FEELING? HOW CAN THE DEVIL BE SWEET? OR HOW CAN MY FEELINGS BE UNREAL? OR IF MY FEELINGS ARE UNREAL, WHAT IS LEFT? at energyenhancement.org
- Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 4
Kabir, Ecstasy: The Forgotten Language Chapter 10: The choice is yours, Question 4, ONCE IN A WHILE, MY MIND LOOKS AT YOUR CLOSE DISCIPLES, LIKE THE TALL ENGLISH GUY WITH THE SAD FACE. ONE HEARS HIS SAD VOICE AS HE READS THE SUTRA. THE GUY NEVER SMILES, NEVER LETS GO. DO PEOPLE BECOME VERY SERIOUS IF THEY ARE SO NEAR YOU? at energyenhancement.org
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