He will not impose any structure on you on the contrary, he will help you to get rid of all imposed structures. A real, authentic master does not want to create pseudo replicas, carbon copies, he helps you to discover your original face. So even the false gurus are serving in an indirect way to the real seekers.Ī master is one who will not tell you to follow him, but he will certainly tell you to be silently with him. If you are absolutely clear about the false, suddenly you become clear about what is real, what is authentic. And to know the false as false is the beginning of knowing the true as the true, the real as the real.
He is wrong about Buddha, he is wrong about Lao Tzu, he is wrong about Jesus.īut to find a living master one has to search, and in fact, all those false gurus help you in a way because experiencing them you become aware of that which is false. He is right about ninety-nine percent of gurus, but he is wrong about one percent, and that one percent is really what matters. “Thank you, thank you! What can I ever do to repay you?”Īnd the guru said, “Got any American cigarettes on you?” The guru said, “Go back and do it all over again, my son.” Now I come to you to ask, where do I go from here?” I have traveled to the four corners of the earth to experience every agony and every passion. The American seeker said, “Ah, great guru, I have devoted my entire life to the quest for truth, honesty, love and justice. And finally he found a great, ancient old man sitting silently on top of the Everest. To find the true one you will have to pass through many untrue ones.Īn American seeker reached Everest after a long, arduous journey around the world in search of a master. If you become too cautious you will never be able to find the true one. Krishnamurti is right about ninety-nine percent of so-called gurus, but one has to take the risk. Buddha must have been very beautiful, but love can happen only between two living hearts. You can fall in love only with a living master. Those dewdrops have disappeared into the ocean. You cannot fall in love with Jesus now, you cannot fall in love with Buddha now they are no longer here. A love affair is possible only when you find a living master.
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