Presents
The Miracle of Meditation The Secret of Transformation
It is a very
strange situation that humanity
has created for itself.
In which nobody is at ease,
nobody can relax –
because the moment you relax
you face yourself.
Relaxation becomes almost a mirror,
and you don’t want to see your face
because you are so much impressed
by the condemnatory
opinions of others.
Even the smallest pleasures
have not been allowed to you
by your church, by your priests,
by your religion, by your culture.
Only misery is acceptable,
not pleasure.
In this situation
when from every source,
from every direction
comes only condemnation,
that you are a sinner.
Every religion has been shouting
or centuries that you are born in sin,
that suffering is your destiny –
from so many sources
without exception –
that it is very natural
for any individual to be impressed
by this vast conspiracy.
Everybody is caught in it.
And if you try to understand it
you will be very much surprised.
Just as others have condemned you,
you are condemning others.
It is a very mutual conspiracy.
Just as your parents
have never accepted you
as being of any worth,
you are doing the same with
your children
without ever becoming aware
that everybody is what he is,
he cannot be otherwise.
He can pretend to be otherwise,
he can be a hypocrite,
but in truth
he will always remain himself.