I am not talking about you being a spectator, I am talking about involvement. I am talking about involving yourself into life in such a way that you dissolve into it.
Sex in the body is fine. Money in the wallet is fine. It is only a problem when they enter your mind.
Mind is not in any one place. Every cell in this body has its own intelligence. The brain is sitting in your head, but mind is all over the place.
Do you understand? Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.
Yogis are not against pleasure. It is just that they are unwilling to settle for little pleasures. They are greedy.
Nothing has ever been out of place in this existence. Things have been out of place in human societies.
The only thing that stands between you and your well-being is a simple fact: you have allowed your thoughts and emotions to take instruction from the outside rather than the inside.
Death is a fiction created by people who live their lives in total unawareness. There is only life, life and life alone, moving from one dimension to another, another dimension to another.
To program the calories you must consume and the number of hours you must sleep is a foolish way to handle life.
Money is definitely needed, but how much money do we really need? If we would change our idea of a successful life to a joyful life, we would find our need for money would dramatically decrease.
Why do we refer to the mind as a circus? A circus is not a mess; a circus is a very coordinated activity deliberately made to look like a mess. On one level it is a mess, but on another, it is a highly coordinated activity.
To rise above the modifications of your mind, when you cease your mind, when you cease to be a part of your mind, that is yoga.
But when it comes to the inner situation, there is only one ingredient: you. At least you must happen the way you want.
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