Hassidism

THE TRUE SAGE

Chapter-4

The watchman

First Question

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Question 1

WHY DOES ALL THAT YOU SAY SEEM COMPLETELY FAMILIAR? I HAVE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT SOUNDS FULL OF WONDERFUL REVELATIONS.

That's the quality of truth: it is neither old nor new -- or, it is both. Truth is eternal.

In a way you have heard it millions of times, in many contexts. You may not have understood it but you have heard it. You carry the memory. It is not that you are here for the first time on this earth. In the time of Buddha, in the time of Jesus, in the time of Krishna, certainly you were there. You have heard it but you have not understood it. That's why you are again here. The day you understand, you disappear. Understanding is a great death, death from this world of fantasy, dream, illusion.

You are right. Your feeling is right that you have heard it before. It sounds familiar and yet it reveals much. It sounds familiar because it is familiar. Still, it reveals new dimensions, because a new understanding is dawning on you.

Truth is neither old nor new because it doesn't belong to time. Anything that belongs to time is bound to be new or old. That which is new today will be old tomorrow. That which is old today was new yesterday. New and old are two aspects of time. Truth is timeless, truth is timelessness. It is always there -- as old as existence, and as new as this moment.

If you understand, the familiarity carries deep mysteries hidden behind it. So don't be deceived by the familiarity. You may have heard the words; you have not understood the truth. Otherwise you are transformed. Transformation is a function of truth. Says Jesus: 'Truth liberates.' The moment you understand, you are liberated. There is nothing else to do afterwards. The very understanding is enough, is liberation.

Listen, but don't compare. Listen, but don't bring your memory in. Otherwise your memory and your feeling that it is familiar will be a distraction.

The moment your mind says it is familiar, the mind is saying there is nothing new to understand. There is muc! There is an infinite amount to be understood.

Don't look through the memory and don't compare. Look direct. Look immediate. Look without memory. Let there be a clarity of perception. Don't compare with anything that you have heard before.

I tell you, you may have heard it before, but you have not understood it. So what is the point of hearing it before? And if you are too much in this idea of familiarity, you will miss it again. And again, whenever you will hear it, the idea will be there that it sounds familiar.

Comparison is a disease. It obstructs; it doesn't help. So even when you feel it is familiar you also feel, side by side, new flowers of understanding blooming. They bloom in spite of your comparison.

If the comparison is completely dropped, you are liberated. If you can rightly listen to me, there is nothing else to do. One moment of total listening will be enough. You will be awake. And one moment is enough because that becomes the door for eternity.

Next: Chapter 4, The Watchman, The second question

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Chapter 4

• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 1
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 1, WHY DOES ALL THAT YOU SAY SEEM COMPLETELY FAMILIAR? I HAVE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT SOUNDS FULL OF WONDERFUL REVELATIONS. -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 2
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 2, THE WORDS 'INTROVERT' AND 'INTROSPECTION' HAVE MORBID CONNOTATIONS. HOW DO THEY DIFFER FROM HEALTHY SELF-AWARENESS AND TURNING WITHIN? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 3
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 3, WHY AM I AFRAID OF OTHER PEOPLE? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 4
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 4, I AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALITY AND PERSONALITY. WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS LEFT OF THE INDIVIDUAL AFTER THE EXIT OF THE EGO? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 5
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 5, I CAN THINK OF NOTHING THAT I WISH MORE CLEARLY THAN TO COME CLOSER TO YOUR INNER TEMPLE. IS THIS POSSIBLE WHILE I AM STILL DOING MY OWN THING? OR IS IT A PREREQUISITE TO DROP ALL ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS NOT CONNECTED WITH YOU AND YOUR WORK? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 6
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 6, YOU HAVE SAID THAT THE PROPER RELATIONSHIP OF MIND TO CONSCIOUSNESS IS THAT OF THE SERVANT. HOW IS THE SERVANT TO BE TREATED? IS IT NOT TO BE MISTREATED? HOW AM I TO KNOW WHEN THAT IS HAPPENING? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 7
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 7, LISTENING TO YOUR WORDS: 'THE SKY APPEARS TO, BUT NOWHERE DOES IT TOUCH THE EARTH,' A DEEP FEELING GATHERED AROUND ME THAT THE SKY IS TOUCHING THE EARTH RIGHT THROUGH ME, THAT I AM THE HORIZON WHEREVER I AM. THE FEELING, LIKE A HONEYCOMB, WITH NO SUBSTANCE IN IT, JUST THE WIDE OPEN SKY PENETRATING EVERY PORE OF IT, HAS REMAINED EVER SINCE AS A CONSTANT MEDITATION. IT FEELS LIGHT AND BLISSFUL TO BE IN IT. PLEASE COMMENT. -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 8
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 8, IS EVERYTHING IN ONE'S LIFE, PARTICULARLY THE DEGREE OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS, PREDESTINED? OR IS ONE'S LIFE A SERIES OF CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES WITHOUT ANYTHING BEING KNOWN ABOUT THE OUTCOME? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  
  
• Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 9
  Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 4: The watchman, Question 9, ANCIENT JEWISH MYTHOLOGY PLACES LILITH AS THE FIRST PERSON ON EARTH -- NOT ADAM. WHY WAS THIS VERSION LOST? WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org