QUOTES FROM THE MASTER TEACHER FROM PUNA
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NO ONE HAS SAID THAT MEDITATION SHOULD BE TAKEN AF FUN, BUT I SAY IT.
MAKE IT PLAY.
JUST LIKE SMALL CHILDREN, PLAY WITH IT.

YOU TRY TO PROTECT YOUR NEUROSIS, YOUR MADNESS-BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE
IDENTIFIED WITH. YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE THAT, YOU ARE NOT.
UNTIL YOU "DIE" YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

UNTIL YOU "DIE" YOU WILL LEAD A DEAD LIFE.
AND IF YOU ARE COURAGES AND YOU CAN TAKE THE JUMP INTO "DEATH",SUDDENLY,
FOR THE FIRST TIME,LIFE DAWNS UPON YOU.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT EXISTANCE IS, IT IS NEITHER IN "LIFE"
HGVC6NOR IN "DEATH". LIFE IS ONE EXTREME, DEATH IS ANOTHER EXTREME.
IT IS JUST EXACTLY IN THE MITTLE WHERE NEITHER DEATH IS NOR LIFE IS,
WHERE ONE IS SIMPLY UNBORN,DEATHLESS.
IN THAT MOMENT OF BALANCE,EQUAILIBRIUM,GRACE DECENDS.

DON'T TRY TO FORCE ANYTHING, LET LIFE BE A DEEP LET-GO.
SEE GOD OPENING MILLIONS OF FLOWERS EVRY DAY WITHOUT FORCING THE BUDS.

LET ME BE A WILD OCEAN ROARING IN FRONT OF YOU, OR A WIND PASSING THROUGH
THE TREES, OR BIRDS SINGING IN THE MORNING.
I AM NOT A PHILOSOPHER,
I AM NOT IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE TO YOU.
I AM TRYING TO POINT TO SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND KNOWLEDGE.

LOOK AT THE TREES, THE ANIMALS, LOOK AT THE SKY-
THE WHOLE EXISTANCE IS PLAYFUL.

YOU ARE VERY SERIOUS, SO IT IS NO WONDER YOU HAVE BECOME SEPARATE FROM THE
EXISTANCE.

I AM NEITHER FOR THE EAST NOR FOR THE WEST. I AM FOR A TOTAL WORLD,
A WORLD THAT IS WHOLE.

YOU CAN MISS A THOUSAND TIMES.
I WILL CREATE SITUATIONS, A THOUSAND AND ONE TIMES.

YOU WERE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS NEVER LOST.

MY WHOLE MESSAGE IS TO SEE THE TRUTH,
TO SEE THE HELL THAT THE EGO CREATS IN THE NAME OF PERFECTION-
AND LET IT DROP.
"HELP ME,"
THE MAN DEMANDED OF THE RABBI.
"I HAVE A WIFE AND TWELVE CHILDREN AND I CANNOT SUPPORT THEM.
EVERY YEAR MY WIFE GIVES ME A NEW CHILD.
WHAT SHOULD I DO ?"
""DO?"
SCREAMED THE RABBI.
""HAVEN'T YOU DONE ENOUGH ?""

A MASTER IS NOT ONE WHO HAS ACHIEVED ANYTHING.
A MASTER IS ONE WHO HAS FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO ACHIEVE.

BE ECSTATIC, JOYFUL, CELEBRATING, SINGING, DANCING.
LET GOD BE ALLOWED TO BE PLAYFUL THROUGH YOU.
LET PLAYFULNESS BE YOUR ONLY PRAYER.
LET JOY BE YOUR ONLY WORSHIP.

LOVE IS THE SECRET KEY; IT OPENS THE DOOR OF THE DIVINE.
LAUGH, LOVE, BE ALIVE, DANCE, SING,
BECOME A HOLLOW BAMBOO AND LET HIS SONG FLOW THROUGH YOU.

SUFISM NEEDS NO POPES, NO PRIESTS, IT NEEDS NO DOGMAS.
IT IS NOT OF THE HEAD: IT BELONGS TO THE HEART.

TRUST LIFE, TRUST GOD, AND WHATSOEVER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU, ENJOY IT.
ENJOY IT SO DEEPLY AND WITH SUCH GRADTITUDE THAT EVERY ORDINARY THING BECOMES
HALLOWED, BECOMES HOLY, EACH SMALL THING IN LIFE BECOMES SACRED.
TRANSFORM EVERYTHING INTO A SACRED THING-
THE PROFANE DISAPPEARS WHEN YOU BRING IN
YOUR ENERGY OF LOVE, GRACE, GRADTITUDE.

IF YOU WANT A SYNTHESIS YOU HAVE TO DROP ALL THE IMPRISONMENTS,
YOU HAVE TO DROP OUT OF YOUR CAGES.
THEY ARE VERY SUBTLE CAGES AND YOU HAVE DECORATED THEM FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU CAN BE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN ATTITUDE, AND THE SAME WORLD BECOMES NIRVANA, THE SAME WORLT BECOMES ABSOLUTE BLISS,
JUST BY CHANGING THE ATTITUDE.

GOD HAS LOVED YOU SO MUCH,
THAT HE HAS CREATED THIS WORLD FOR YOU TO PLAY WITH,
TO DANCE WITH.
IT IS A CELEBRATION.

NOTHING IS NEEDED; WE ARE IN A PLAY;
GOD IS THE OTHER PARTNER-
AND THIS WHOLE LOVE AFFAIR HAS CONTINUED FOREVER AND EVER.
WE HAVE JUST FORGOTEN THE OBVIOUS.
REMEMBER.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH SADNESS, ANGER, HOPELESSNESS, ANXIETY, MISERY,
IS THAT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THEM.
YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM.
YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE.
THEY ARE THE VERY SITUATION IN WHICH LIFE HAS TO INTERGRATE AND GROW.

HATE IS NOT THE ENEMY OF LOVE.
IT IS THE VERY SALT THAT MAKES LOVE BEAUTIFUL.

NOTHING THING IS WRONG IN BEING ANGRY,
BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH ANGER THAT YOU COME TO A SILENT STILLNESS.

JUST START FROM THIS VERY MOMENT TO LIVE AND ENJOY AND DELIGHT.
DROP DESIRING.
WHAT EVER YOU ARE ENJOY IT.
DELIGHT IN YOUR BEING.

LIFE'S DOOR, LOVE'S DOOR, GOD'S DOOR-
THEY ALL OPEN WHEN YOU ARE PLAYFUL.
THEY ALL BECOME CLOSED WHEN YOU BECOME SERIOUS.

CONSCIOUSNESS IS LIKE A LAKE :
WITH WAVES IT BECOMES THE MIND,
WITH OUT WAVES IT BECOMES THE SOUL.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE PRESENT WITHOUT THINKING,
YOU ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME SPIRITUAL.
A NEW DIMENTION OPENS-THAT DIMENTION IS AWARNESS.

ONE WHO"REACHES" IS ONE WHO IS NOT TRYING TO ACHIEVE,
WHIS SIMPLY BLISSFUL WHATSOEVER HE IS.

TO BECOME FILLED WITH YOUR OWN PRESENCE WITH THE LIGHT OF YOUR OWN BEING,
IS TO BECOME RELIGIOUS.

REMEMBER, IT IS YOUR VIBRATION THAT NEEDS TRANSFORMATION.
THE WORLD IS ALREADY, ALWAYS, VIBRATING IN ECSTASY;
THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH THE WORLD;
IT IS IN YOU.

YOUR ABSENSE IS THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE;
YOUR PRESENCE IS THE ABSENCE OF THE DIVINE.
SO REALLY THE QUESTION IS NOT HOW TO REACH GOD,
THE QUESTION IS NOT HOW TO OBTAIN GOD:
THE QUESTION IS HOW TO BE ABSENT.

IF WHEN CARRYING WATER YOU SIMPLY CARRY WATER,
IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANY PROBLEM OUT OF IT
AND YOU SIMPLY CARRY WATER, IF YOUR MIND IS UNCLOUDED AND THE SKY VACANT,
IF YOU ARE JUST CARRING WATER, THEN YOU ARE A BUDDHA.