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Chapter-8

The light behind the window

Ninth Question

 

 

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Question 9

I KEEP FEELING MYSELF AUTHENTIC. YET, WITHIN THE HOUR, I SEE THE WAY I WAS AS INAUTHENTIC. AND THEN, WITHIN THE HOUR, THAT FRESH AUTHENTICITY AGAIN LOOKS FALSE. WHEN I LAUGH ABOUT THIS WHOLE RIDICULOUS SITUATION, THAT REALLY FEELS TO BE REALLY AUTHENTIC -- -THAT LAUGH. BUT SOONER OR LATER I'M DOUBTING THAT TOO. IS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF AUTHENTICITY ABSURD?

No, the concept of authenticity is not absurd. But it is not a concept. And the problem is not arising by authenticity; it is arising by comparison.

In this moment you feel authentic. After an hour you think about it; then comparison arises. After an hour, the authenticity is no more an authenticity; it is just a memory.

The memory looks faint, the memory is already cloudy, hazy. And you compare this memory with the present moment. Of course it will look inauthentic, and the present moment will look authentic. Then again, after an hour, that present moment is no more a present moment. Again you compare. The problem is arising because of comparison.

Each moment is unique and incomparable; you cannot compare it. Forget about it! Authentic or inauthentic -- it is gone. Forget about it. There is no need to carry it and to compare.

The morning was beautiful but the afternoon is not the morning. You carry the morning and then you become suspicious whether it was so beautiful or not. Because now it is afternoon and the reality of the morning has disappeared. Now it is only a faint memory, a remembrance of something which was. Was it really there? Now how can you decide? It is no longer real. And then you compare the morning with this afternoon. The afternoon is real. By the evening the afternoon is gone but then you compare the afternoon with the evening. Now beautiful stars are arising and you think: 'Was it real or did I just imagine it?'

The present is always real; the past is always a memory. Don't compare the present with the past, otherwise the past will look inauthentic.

The problem is not with inauthenticity; the problem is with comparison. And mind is a great effort to compare. Mind goes on comparing; it goes on comparing every moment and that's how it goes on missing the glory. The absolute glory is missed because the mind goes on comparing.

You come across a rosebush and you see a rose; the mind immediately compares: you have seen bigger roses; this is nothing. But this rose is THIS rose; it has nothing to do with any other rose. There may be bigger roses, there may be more beautiful roses; but this rose has its own beauty, has its own reality, has its own authenticity, here-now. Why are you missing this by bringing a comparison in?

Look at this rose. No other rose can give that which this rose can give. Watch it. Delight in it. Dance with it. Sing a song near it. Open your heart to it. Let it spread its fragrance towards your being. Let it flow towards your heart and let yourself flow towards it. Why bring in comparison?

Once you learn the nonsense of comparison you will miss all. Then, another day, there is another rose -- you will miss that too. And the ridiculousness is that you missed yesterday's rose and you are missing today's rose. When you look at today's rose you will think of yesterday's. And when you were near yesterday's rose you were thinking of other roses. You never looked at anything.

A comparing mind misses everything and goes on thinking that others, which are no longer present, were more beautiful.

Be true to the moment. And when you have lived it, don't carry it; there is no need. When you have crossed the river, don't carry the boat on your head. Leave it there. Now it is no more needed. Otherwise it will become a burden. And in the marketplace, people will laugh at you.

 

 

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Chapter 8

 

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 1
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 1, I SEEM TO BE NEITHER TOTALLY IN THE WORLD, NOR THE WATCHER ON THE HILL. HOW TO BE SOME PLACE? I FEEL LIKE I AM IN BETWEEN, EVERYTHING I DO. -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 2
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 2, WHEN I ENCOUNTER YOU, YOU ARE ALWAYS TOTAL COMPASSION AND LOVING WARMTH. WHY DO WE NEVER ENCOUNTER YOU IN TOTAL ANGER LIKE GURDJIEFF OR THE ZEN MASTERS? AFTER ALL, THE WAY WE CARRY ON HERE, WE SURELY DESERVE IT SOMETIMES. -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 3
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 3, EVEN WHILE REPEATING YOUR JOKES TO OTHERS, WE OURSELVES BURST INTO LOUD LAUGHTER. BUT YOU TELL US THE FUNNIEST OF STORIES AND WHILE THE AUDIENCE ROARS, NOT EVEN A FAINT SMILE CROSSES YOUR FACE. WHAT IS THE SECRET? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 4
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 4, THE CLOSER I FEEL TO YOU, THE MORE YOU SEEM TO DISAPPEAR. IT IS LIKE COMING NEAR A RIVER: THE RIVER IS THERE AND YET IT IS NOT THERE. WHERE ARE YOU OSHO? THE CLOSER I FEEL TO YOU, THE MORE YOU SEEM TO DISAPPEAR. -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 5
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 5, IF A BEING IS ENLIGHTENED, HOW CAN HE DIE? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 6
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 6, LOOKING AT MYSELF AND OTHERS HERE, IS IT POSSIBLE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS LIKE US -- SUCH AS BUDDHA'S DISCIPLES? WERE THEY AMAZED AND DID THEY, FIND THEMSELVES LAUGHING AT HOW GREEDY, CUNNING, INEPT, THEY APPEARED AND HOW ABSOLUTELY UNLIKE WHAT THEY THOUGHT A SANNYASIN TO BE -- OR DO WE TAKE THE CAKE? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 7
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 7, MANY PEOPLE ARE IN SILENCE NOW. DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? CAN IT BE HELPFUL? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 8
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 8, I FEEL THE NEED FOR EFFORT TO STAY IN THE PRESENT. AND THIS EFFORT MAKES IT HARD TO RELAX COMPLETELY. LETTING GO OFTEN SEEMS TO BRING BACK THE PAST OR FUTURE. COULD YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT BEING ALERT WITHOUT TENSION? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 9
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 9, I KEEP FEELING MYSELF AUTHENTIC. YET, WITHIN THE HOUR, I SEE THE WAY I WAS AS INAUTHENTIC. AND THEN, WITHIN THE HOUR, THAT FRESH AUTHENTICITY AGAIN LOOKS FALSE. WHEN I LAUGH ABOUT THIS WHOLE RIDICULOUS SITUATION, THAT REALLY FEELS TO BE REALLY AUTHENTIC -- -THAT LAUGH. BUT SOONER OR LATER I'M DOUBTING THAT TOO. IS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF AUTHENTICITY ABSURD? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org
  • Hassidism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 10
    Hassidism, a sect of Orthodox Jews, Judaism, The True Sage Chapter 8: The light behind the window, Question 10, WHAT IS THE MOST STUPID THING MULLA NASRUDIN EVER DID? -- Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism at energyenhancement.org

 

 
 
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