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Meditation is a science, not a
superstition. Meditation says that if you experiment with your mind -- it is
too full of thoughts -- thoughts can be dispersed. The clouds can be
dispersed and you can attain to an empty sky of your inner being. And it
needs just a little courage, a little effort, a little daring, a little
persistence and perseverance. A little patience, yes, but no trust -- you
don’t believe in God? That is not a hindrance to meditation. You don’t
believe in the soul? That is not a hindrance in meditation. You don’t
believe at all? That is not an obstacle. You can meditate, because
meditation simply says how to go withinward: whether there is a soul or not
doesn’t matter; whether there is a God or not doesn’t matter. One thing is
certain: that you are. Whether you will be after death, or not, does not
matter. Only one thing matters: right this moment, you are.
Who are you? To enter into it is meditation, to go deeper into your own
being. Maybe it is just momentary; maybe you are not eternal, maybe death
finishes everything. We don’t make any condition that you have to believe,
we say only that you have to experiment. Just try. One day it happens:
thoughts are not there. And suddenly, when thoughts disappear, the body and
you are separate, because thoughts are the bridge. Through thoughts you are
joined with the body; it is the link. Suddenly the link disappears -you are
there, the body is there, and there is an infinite abyss between the two.
Then you know that the body will die but you cannot die. Then it is not
something like a dogma; it is not a creed, it is an experience --
self-evident.
The right method will
click
Really, when you try the right method it clicks immediately. So I will go on
talking about methods here every day. You try them. Just play with them --
go home and try. The right method, whenever you happen upon it, just clicks.
Something explodes in you, and you know that "This is the right method for
me." But effort is needed, and you may be surprised that suddenly one day
one method has gripped you.
So while I am talking here, parallel to it go on playing with these methods.
I say playing because you should not be too serious. Just play! Something
may fit you. If it fits you, then be serious, and then go deep into it --
intensely, honestly, with all your energy, with all your mind. But before
that just play.
I have found that while you are playing your mind is more open. While you
are serious your mind is not so open; it is closed. So just play. Do not be
too serious, just play. And these methods are simple, you can just play with
them.
Take one method and play with it for at least three days. If it gives you a
certain feeling of affinity, if it gives you a certain feeling of
well-being, if it gives you a certain feeling that this is for you, then be
serious about it. Then forget the others, do not play with other methods.
Stick to it -- at least for three months. Miracles are possible. The only
thing is that the technique must be for you. If the technique is not for
you, then nothing happens. Then you may go on with it for lives together,
but nothing will happen. If the method is for you then even three minutes
are enough.
