WE COME WITH EMPTY HANDS
WE COME WITH EMPTY HANDS AND WE WILL GO WITH EMPTY HANDS, SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF CLAIMING SO MUCH IN THE MEANTIME? BUT THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT THE WORLD TELLS US: POSSESS, DOMINATE, HAVE MORE THAN OTHER HAVE. IT MAY BE MONEY OR IT MAY BE VIRTUE; IT DOES NOT MATTER IN WHAT KINDS OF COINS YOU DEAL, THEY MAY BE WORLDLY, THEY MAY BE OTHERWORLDLY. BUT BE VERY CLEVER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE EXPLOITED. EXPLOIT AND DON’T BE EXPLOITED THAT IS THE SUBTLE MESSAGE GIVEN TO YOU WITH YOUR MOTHER’S MILK. AND EVERY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, IS ROOTED IN THE IDEA OF COMPETITION.A REAL EDUCATION WILL NOT TEACH YOU COMPLETE; IT WILL TEACH YOU TO COOPERATE. IT WILL NOT TEACH YOU TO FIGHT AND COME FIRST. IT WILL TEACH YOU TO CREATIVE, TO BE LOVING, TO BE BLISSFUL, WITHOUT COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHER. IT WILL NOT TEACH YOU THAT YOU CAN BE HAPPY ONLY WHEN YOU ARE THE FIRST, THAT SHEER NONSENSE. YOU CAN’T BE HAPPY JUST BY BEING FIRST, AND IN TRYING TO BE FIRST YOU GO THROUGH SUCH MISERY THAT BY THE TIME YOU BECOME THE FIRST YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO MISERY.BY THE TIME YOU BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF PRIME MINISTER OF A COUNTRY YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SUCH MISERY THAT NOW MISERY IS YOUR SECOND NATURE. YOU DON’T KNOW NOW ANY OTHER WAY TO EXIST; YOU REMAIN MISERABLE. TENSION HAS BECOME INGRAINED; ANXIETY HAS BECOME YOUR WAY OF LIFE. YOU DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY; THIS IS YOUR VERY LIFESTYLE. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BECOME THE FIRST, YOU REMAIN CONTINUOUS, ANXIOUS, AFRAID. IT DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR INNER QUALITY AT ALL.A REAL EDUCATION WILL NOT TEACH YOU TO BE THE FIRST. IT WILL YOU TELL THE ENJOY WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING, NOT FOR THE RESULT; BUT FOR THE ACT ITSELF. JUST LIKE A PAINTER OR A DANCER OR A MUSICIAN…YOU CAN PAINT IN TWO WAYS. YOU CAN POINT TO COMPLETE WITH OTHER PAINTERS; YOU WANT TO BETHE GREATEST PAINTER IN THE WORLD, YOU WANT TO BE A PICASSO OR A VAN GOGH. THEN YOUR PAINTING WILL BE SECOND- RATE, BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS NOT INTERESTED IN PAINTING ITSELF; IT IS INTERESTED IN BEING THE FIRST, THE GREATEST PAINTER IN THE WORLD. YOU ARE NOT GOING DEEP INTO THE ART OF PAINTING. YOU ARE NOT ENJOYING IT, YOU ARE ONLY USING IT AS A STEPPING- STONE. YOU ARE ON AN EGO TRIP, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT TO REALLY BE A PAINTER, YOU HAVE TO DROP THE EGO COMPLETELY. TO REALLY BE A PAINTER, THE EGO HAS TO BE PUT ASIDE. ONLY THEN CAN EXISTENCE FLOW THROUGH YOU. ONLY THEN CAN YOUR HANDS, YOUR FINGER AND YOUR BRUSH BE USED AS A VEHICLES. ONLY THEN CAN SOMETHING OF SUPERB BEAUTY BE BORN. REAL BEAUTY IS NEVER CREATED BY BUT ONLY THROUGH YOU. EXISTENCE FLOES; YOU BECOME ONLY A PASSAGE. YOU ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN, THAT’S ALL; YOU DON’T HINDER IT.BUT IF YOU ARE TOO INTERESTED IN THE RESULT, THE ULTIMATE RESULT THAT YOU HAVE TO BECOME FAMOUS, THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PAINTER IN THE WORLD, THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEAT ALL OTHER PAINTERS HITHERTO, THEN YOUR INTEREST IS NOT IN PAINTING; PAINTING IS SECONDARY. AND OF COURSE, WITH A SECONDARY INTEREST IN PAINTING, YOU CAN’T PAINT SOMETHING ORIGINAL; IT WILL BE ORDINARY.EGO CANNOT BRING ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY INTO THE WORLD; THE EXTRAORDINARY COMES ONLY THROUGH EGOLESSNESS. AND SO IS THE CASE WITH THE MUSICIAN AND THE DANCER. SO THE CASE IS WITHEVERYBODY. IN THE BHAGVAD GITA, KRISHNA SAYS: “DON’T THINK OF THE RESULT AT ALL. IT IS A MESSAGE OF TREMENDOUS BEAUTY AND SIGNIFICANCE AND TRUTH. DON’T THINK OF THE RESULT AT ALL. JUST DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR TOTALITY. GET LOST IN IT, LOSE THE DOER IN THE DOING. “DON’T “BE”, LET YOUR CREATIVE ENERGIES FLOW UNHINDERED. THAT’S WHY HE SAID TO ARJUNA: “DON’T ESCAPE FROM THE WAR… BECAUSE I CAN SEE THIS ESCAPE IS JUST AN EGO TRIP. THE WAY YOU ARE TALKING SIMPLY SHOWS THAT YOU ARE CALCULATING, YOU ARE THINKING THAT BY ESCAPING FROM THE WAR, YOU WILL A GREAT SAINT. RATHER THAN SURRENDERING TO THE WHOLE, YOU ARE TAKING YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY AS IF THERE WILL BE NO WAR IF YOU ARE NOT THERE.”KRISHNA SAYS TO ARJUNA, “JUST BE IN A STATE OF LET-GO. SAY TO EXISTENCE,’USE ME IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT TO USE ME. I AM AVAILABLE, UNCONDITIONALLY AVAILABLE.’ THEN WHATEVER HAPPENS THROUGH YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT AUTHENTICITY ABOUT IT. IT WILL HAVE INTENSITY, IT WILL HAVE DEPTH. IT WILL HAVE THE IMPACT OF THE ETERNAL ON IT.”
WE COME WITH EMPTY HANDS AND WE WILL GO WITH EMPTY HANDS, SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF CLAIMING SO MUCH IN THE MEANTIME? BUT THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT THE WORLD TELLS US: POSSESS, DOMINATE, HAVE MORE THAN OTHER HAVE. IT MAY BE MONEY OR IT MAY BE VIRTUE; IT DOES NOT MATTER IN WHAT KINDS OF COINS YOU DEAL, THEY MAY BE WORLDLY, THEY MAY BE OTHERWORLDLY. BUT BE VERY CLEVER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE EXPLOITED. EXPLOIT AND DON’T BE EXPLOITED THAT IS THE SUBTLE MESSAGE GIVEN TO YOU WITH YOUR MOTHER’S MILK. AND EVERY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, IS ROOTED IN THE IDEA OF COMPETITION.A REAL EDUCATION WILL NOT TEACH YOU COMPLETE; IT WILL TEACH YOU TO COOPERATE. IT WILL NOT TEACH YOU TO FIGHT AND COME FIRST. IT WILL TEACH YOU TO CREATIVE, TO BE LOVING, TO BE BLISSFUL, WITHOUT COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHER. IT WILL NOT TEACH YOU THAT YOU CAN BE HAPPY ONLY WHEN YOU ARE THE FIRST, THAT SHEER NONSENSE. YOU CAN’T BE HAPPY JUST BY BEING FIRST, AND IN TRYING TO BE FIRST YOU GO THROUGH SUCH MISERY THAT BY THE TIME YOU BECOME THE FIRST YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO MISERY.BY THE TIME YOU BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF PRIME MINISTER OF A COUNTRY YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH SUCH MISERY THAT NOW MISERY IS YOUR SECOND NATURE. YOU DON’T KNOW NOW ANY OTHER WAY TO EXIST; YOU REMAIN MISERABLE. TENSION HAS BECOME INGRAINED; ANXIETY HAS BECOME YOUR WAY OF LIFE. YOU DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY; THIS IS YOUR VERY LIFESTYLE. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BECOME THE FIRST, YOU REMAIN CONTINUOUS, ANXIOUS, AFRAID. IT DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR INNER QUALITY AT ALL.A REAL EDUCATION WILL NOT TEACH YOU TO BE THE FIRST. IT WILL YOU TELL THE ENJOY WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING, NOT FOR THE RESULT; BUT FOR THE ACT ITSELF. JUST LIKE A PAINTER OR A DANCER OR A MUSICIAN…YOU CAN PAINT IN TWO WAYS. YOU CAN POINT TO COMPLETE WITH OTHER PAINTERS; YOU WANT TO BETHE GREATEST PAINTER IN THE WORLD, YOU WANT TO BE A PICASSO OR A VAN GOGH. THEN YOUR PAINTING WILL BE SECOND- RATE, BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS NOT INTERESTED IN PAINTING ITSELF; IT IS INTERESTED IN BEING THE FIRST, THE GREATEST PAINTER IN THE WORLD. YOU ARE NOT GOING DEEP INTO THE ART OF PAINTING. YOU ARE NOT ENJOYING IT, YOU ARE ONLY USING IT AS A STEPPING- STONE. YOU ARE ON AN EGO TRIP, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT TO REALLY BE A PAINTER, YOU HAVE TO DROP THE EGO COMPLETELY. TO REALLY BE A PAINTER, THE EGO HAS TO BE PUT ASIDE. ONLY THEN CAN EXISTENCE FLOW THROUGH YOU. ONLY THEN CAN YOUR HANDS, YOUR FINGER AND YOUR BRUSH BE USED AS A VEHICLES. ONLY THEN CAN SOMETHING OF SUPERB BEAUTY BE BORN. REAL BEAUTY IS NEVER CREATED BY BUT ONLY THROUGH YOU. EXISTENCE FLOES; YOU BECOME ONLY A PASSAGE. YOU ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN, THAT’S ALL; YOU DON’T HINDER IT.BUT IF YOU ARE TOO INTERESTED IN THE RESULT, THE ULTIMATE RESULT THAT YOU HAVE TO BECOME FAMOUS, THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THE FIRST PAINTER IN THE WORLD, THAT YOU HAVE TO DEFEAT ALL OTHER PAINTERS HITHERTO, THEN YOUR INTEREST IS NOT IN PAINTING; PAINTING IS SECONDARY. AND OF COURSE, WITH A SECONDARY INTEREST IN PAINTING, YOU CAN’T PAINT SOMETHING ORIGINAL; IT WILL BE ORDINARY.EGO CANNOT BRING ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY INTO THE WORLD; THE EXTRAORDINARY COMES ONLY THROUGH EGOLESSNESS. AND SO IS THE CASE WITH THE MUSICIAN AND THE DANCER. SO THE CASE IS WITHEVERYBODY. IN THE BHAGVAD GITA, KRISHNA SAYS: “DON’T THINK OF THE RESULT AT ALL. IT IS A MESSAGE OF TREMENDOUS BEAUTY AND SIGNIFICANCE AND TRUTH. DON’T THINK OF THE RESULT AT ALL. JUST DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR TOTALITY. GET LOST IN IT, LOSE THE DOER IN THE DOING. “DON’T “BE”, LET YOUR CREATIVE ENERGIES FLOW UNHINDERED. THAT’S WHY HE SAID TO ARJUNA: “DON’T ESCAPE FROM THE WAR… BECAUSE I CAN SEE THIS ESCAPE IS JUST AN EGO TRIP. THE WAY YOU ARE TALKING SIMPLY SHOWS THAT YOU ARE CALCULATING, YOU ARE THINKING THAT BY ESCAPING FROM THE WAR, YOU WILL A GREAT SAINT. RATHER THAN SURRENDERING TO THE WHOLE, YOU ARE TAKING YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY AS IF THERE WILL BE NO WAR IF YOU ARE NOT THERE.”KRISHNA SAYS TO ARJUNA, “JUST BE IN A STATE OF LET-GO. SAY TO EXISTENCE,’USE ME IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT TO USE ME. I AM AVAILABLE, UNCONDITIONALLY AVAILABLE.’ THEN WHATEVER HAPPENS THROUGH YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT AUTHENTICITY ABOUT IT. IT WILL HAVE INTENSITY, IT WILL HAVE DEPTH. IT WILL HAVE THE IMPACT OF THE ETERNAL ON IT.”
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