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TheMadman’sGuidetoEnlightenment

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DarshanDiary

CHAPTER 1

1June1978pminChuangTzuAuditorium

Rememberonlyonething:thepastisahindrance,thegreatesthindrance.Ithastobecompletely

dropped,utterlydropped.Tobewithmeistobeinthenow–nopast,nofuture.Thismomentisall

thereisandjustthismomentisgod.Everythingelseisjusttheminddreaming,desiring,imagining.

Oncethepastandfuturehavedropped–andtheyarealwaysdroppedtogether;ifyoudropone,the

otherdisappearsofitsownaccord.Theyaretwoaspectsofthesamegame.Thepastprojectsitself

intothefuture.Itwantstorepeatitself–inalittlemoremodiﬁedway,butstillthesame.Between

thetwoisthemoment.Themoment,thismoment,istheonlyreality,andthedoortoreality.

Soletthismomentbecomeyourwholelife.Livemomenttomoment,withnoideology,withnodesire

foranykindoffuture,withnogoal.Andthenyouneednotgotogod–godcomestoyou.

Themindisneverclearandcanneverbe.Themindiswhatunclarityis.Andallrelationshipis

throughthemind;hencetheproblem.Youwillhavetolearnthewaysofno-mindSoitisnota

questionofhowtobeclear;itisaquestionofhowtobeano-mind.Throughthemindthesame

thingwillgoonbeingrepeated,againandagain.Themindisrepetitive,itismechanical.Itmoves

likeawheel:thesamespokescomeupagainandagainandagain.

Thisisthedifferencebetweenthewesternapproachandtheeastern.Thewesternapproachisto

bringclaritytothemind.Thewholeofpsychoanalysisisnothingbutthat:howtobringaclarityto

themind.Theeasternapproachishowtogetoutofthemind,becausethemindisnotgoingtobe

clearever.Themindisconfusion.Thereisnotanypossibilitywiththemind.Itisnotthatthereare

confusedmindsandmindswhicharenotconfused,no.Allmindsareconfused...themindassuch

isconfusion.

Soitisnotaquestionofhowtobecomeclearaboutyourrelationship;thatisjustaby-product.You

havetogetoutofthemindslowly,slowly;youhavetolearnwaysofgettingoutofit.Andthat’s

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whatmeditationisallabout:itisslippingoutofthemind.Themindisamechanism.Thereisno

needtogetidentiﬁedwithit.Useit,butremainaloof,remainseparate.Knowperfectlywellthatyou

areawitness.Justasyouareawitnessoftheoutsideworld–thetrees,themoonandthepeople

–exactlylikethatyouareawitnesstotheinsideworld–thedreams,theimagination,theanger,

love,hate,jealousy,possessiveness,andallthat.Butyouarealwaysawitness,andthewitnessis

alwaysclear.Themindisalwaysconfusion,thewitnessisalwaysclear.

Becomemoreandmoreofawitness.Don’tgetidentiﬁedwiththemind.Itisveryclosebutstillit

isnotyou.Sothereisnopointinworkingonthemind.Thewholeworknowhastobenotonthe

mindbutonyou.Disconnectyourselffromthemindmoreandmore.Whenangercomes,sitsilently

andwatchit.Youareawatcheronthehillsandangeristherejustlikeacloudpassingby.There

isthehateandthereisthejealousy,butyouremainaloof;youjustseethem.Don’tjudgethem,

don’tbeagainstthem,becausethemomentyoujudgeyoubecomeentangled.That’swhatJesus

meanswhenhesays’Judgeyenot’.Thatisthesecretkeytono-mind.Don’tsay’Thisisgood’,

don’tsay’Thisisbad’;justdon’tsayanything.Silentlyseeit,takenoteofit:angeristhere–itis

neutral,neithergoodnorbad.Andyouwillbesurprisedthatitcomes,itsurroundsyouandthenit

goesaway.

Onceyouhavelearnedtheknackofit–thatyoucanremainundisturbedandundistractedbythe

mindstuffthatiscontinuouslymovingliketrafﬁc–youwillhaveclarity.Notonlyclarityaboutthis

particularproblem:youwillsimplyhaveclarity–clarityaboutyourwholelife,clarityabouteverything

thatyouaredoing.Andoutofthatclarityisbeautyandbenediction.Outofthatclarityreligionis

born.Youbecomereligiousoutofthatclarity,butitisneverofthemind.

Devameansdivine,vatulameansmadness,divinemadness.Therearetwokindsofmadness,and

sometimestheylookverysimilarbuttheyarediametricallyopposite,notsimilaratall.Theyexistin

twodifferentdimensions,theyaretwodifferentrealities.

Theﬁrstmadnessisakindofbreakdownandthesecondmadnessisakindofbreakthrough.The

ﬁrstmadnesshappensifyoubecometooidentiﬁedwiththemindandthereasoningprocesses.If

yougotoomuchintothemind–ithasalimit–ifyoustretchittoomuch,soonerorlaterthelimit

isarrivedat;youcannotgobeyondit.Thenthepressuregoesonaccumulatingandaccumulating

anditexplodes.Onefallsbelowmind.Thatistheordinarymadness.

Ithappensthroughtheidentiﬁcationwiththemind;itisafailureofthenerves.Youtriedtodo

somethingimpossiblewiththemind,somethingwhichitisnotmadetodo.Youpulledittoitslogical

endandtherewasnowaytogobeyondit.Youdestroyedit.That’swhathappenedtoFriedrich

Nietzsche:itwasabreakdown.Hetriedhard.Hebecameutterlyonewiththemind.Hiswhole

approachtowardslifeandexistencewasofreasonandonlyreason.Reasoncantakeyoutoa

certainpoint–beyondthatthereisnowayforreason.Ifyoustillinsist,itwillbreakdown,itwillnot

beabletocontainthebeyond.

ThenthereisanotherkindofmadnessIcall’thedivinemadness’.IthappenedtoGautamthe

BuddhaandtoJesusChrist.Ithappenswhenyoudon’tgetidentiﬁedwiththemind,whenyoudon’t

thinkofyourselfasthemindbutasawitness,asawatcher.Andwhenonewatchesthemind,slowly

slowlyonegoesbeyondthemind.Intheverywatching,thetranscendence.Whenyougobeyond

themind,thatisthebreakthrough;thatiswhatIcall’divinemadness’.Inordinarymadnessyougo

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belowmind;indivinemadnessyougobeyondmind.Fromtheoutsidesometimestheycanappear

similar.That’swhatpsychoanalystsgoonsuspecting–thatJesusisalittlebitneurotic.Heisnot:

theyare!

Mywholeefforthere,mywholeworkhere,consistsinleadingyoutowardsthatbreakthrough.

Theworldisleadingyoutowardsabreakdown.Thewholeprocess,pressures,thewholemodern

speed,thewholetension,theanguishoflifeandthemeaninglessofit,isdrivingyoutowardsa

breakdown.Onlymediocreswillsurvive,onlystupidpeoplewillsurvive.Thosewhohavesensitive

souls,thosewhohavesomeintelligence,willallgomad.Onlyidiotswillnotgomad.Andthis

modernmindisoneofthemostintelligentmindsever.Hencemadnessisincreasing.Suicideis

increasing,mm?becausethelimitcomesandyoudon’tknowwhattodonow;everythingstarts

fallingapart.

Sannyasmeanslearningthealchemy,theartofchangingbreakdownsintobreakthroughs.Iama

madman’sguidetoenlightenment!

[ToasannyasinreturningtotheWest]

Andthisisjustabeginning:muchmoreisgoingtohappen.Nowitwillnotmakeanydifference

whetheryouarehereorfarawayfromme–Iwillbeclosetoyou.Youhavebeenabletoreceiveme

atthedeepestcoreofyourbeing.Youareconnectednow.Andmanythingswillhappen;don’tbe

frightened.

Sometimesthosethingswilllookbizarrejustbecausetheyareunfamiliar,justbecausethemind

cannotcomprehendthem,justbecausetheyarebeyondthemind.Lovinglywelcomethem,with

afearlessheartreceivethem.Thisishowonegetsreadyslowlyslowlyfortheultimate,because

theultimateisaquantumleap.Theexperienceoftheultimatemeansadeathexperienceanda

resurrectiontoo.Ontheonehandonediescompletely;ontheotherhandoneisreborn,bornagain.

That’swhatJesusmeanswhenhesaystoNicodemus:’Unlessyouarebornagain,youwillnotbe

abletoenterthekingdomofgod.’

Buttheprocesshasstarted,theprocessofrebirth.Helpit,cooperatewithit,imbibeit;givemore

andmoretimetoit.Anddon’tbedistractedbytheworld.Thereareathousandandonedistractions

andtemptations,veryalluring.Whenoneisonthepathonehastobemorealertnottobedistracted

sideways–andIwillkeepaneyeonyou!

[Asannyasinsays:Ikeepforgettingthatwhat’sreallyhappeningisn’tbecauseofthegroups,

becauseofthemeditations...butbecauseofyou.]

Don’tbeworried...youneednotworryaboutit.Letithappen:letithappenthroughthegroup,letit

happenthroughthemeditation–ﬁnallyyouwillseethatithashappenedthroughme.Iamhiding

behindmanythings,mm?Tofacemedirectlycanbetoomuch,sotheseareallcurtains.Slowly

slowlyyoubecomeabletodigestmeandthenonedayallcurtainsdisappearandyouarefacing

me.

Itisakindofhurdlerace,mm?Allthesegroupsarejusthurdles...buttheybringyouclosertome.

Youhavejumpedonehurdle,youarealittleclosertome.Andnaturallywhenyouaredoingagroup

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andsomethinghappens,youwillthinkthatithashappenedbecauseofthegroup...andnothingis

wronginit.Thewholestorywillbeknownonlyintheend.Becausethenyoucanhavealookatthe

pastandyoucansuddenlyseethateverythingfallsintoacertainpattern,intoacertaingestalt,into

acertainsystem.Butthatwillhappenonlyintheend,anditisgoodthatithappensintheend.Itis

allplannedthatway.

Isendyoutothegroups,tothemeditations,andIkeepmyselfhidden.Imakeitalmostimpossible

foryoutoﬁndmeeasily,toseemeeasily.Therearethingswhichcanbedoneonlyindirectly.A

directassaultmaybetoomuch;youmayescape,youmaynevercomeback.SoIhavetobevery

indirect,subtle,persuasive.Slowly,slowly,themoreyougetready,themoreIcancomecloseto

you....

Anandmeansblissandpushkarameansabluelotus–abluelotusofbliss.

Blisshassomethingtodowiththelotusandalsosomethingtodowiththecolourblue.Hence

thebluelotus,’pushkara’,hasbecomeasymbolofenlightenment.Whenapersoncomestothe

ultimatepeakofhisawareness,itisakindofbluelightthatspreadsalloverhisbeing,averyvery

softlight.Oneisbathedinit.Andnotonlythatitisinside,itstartsspreadingoutside.Themanof

enlightenmentseestheworldascompletelybaskinginbluelight–averysoftbluelight,justasthe

softsky.

Anditisakindofﬂowering:whenyoumovetothehighestpeakofyourbeing,italmostlooksasifa

lotushasbloomed.ThelotusisthebiggestﬂowerintheEastorinthewholeworld.Thisbloomingof

yourconsciousnessinsideisasifitisaone-thousand-petalledlotus.Itissimpleandyetmysterious;

itisinnocentbutwisdomarisesoutofit.

SoPushkaraisoneofthemostbeautifulnamesonecanget.Makeitapointthatithastobe

realised.Thesearemyhopesforyou–theyhavetobefulﬁlled.Thesearemydreamsaboutyou–

ifyoucooperate,theywillbecomerealities....

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