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people crazy. Seeing it, seeing the point of it, one drops it. Or it would be better to say: the moment you see the
futility of it, it drops of its own accord.
And the third thing is hatred. Hatred arises because of these first two, passion and desire. Whosoever comes
in the way of your passion or in the way of your desire, whosoever becomes a hindrance, whosoever becomes a
competitor, becomes your enemy. Whosoever tries to grab something that you wanted creates hatred in you. If
the first two disappear, the third disappears on its own.
The first two are like fire and the third is just smoke. If you are still feeling hatred for something, for somebody,
then remember somewhere there is fire still. Wherever there is smoke there is fire. Hatred and anger simply show
that you are still living through lust and desire, consciously or unconsciously. But your smoke shows that the fire
has not been put out. Go back deep into your being and put out the fire. And it can be put out not by repressing
but by understanding.
Understanding is the most fundamental message of Gautama the Buddha. If it happens, you can SAIL
SWIFTLY.
THERE ARE FIVE AT THE DOOR TO TURN AWAY, AND FIVE MORE, AND THERE ARE FIVE TO
WELCOME IN.
AND WHEN FIVE HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED ON THE SHORE, THE SEEKER IS CALLED OGHATIN-
NOTI ”HE WHO HAS CROSSED OVER.”
These fives have to be understood. THERE ARE FIVE AT THE DOOR....
The first five: Buddha says the first is selfishness, the second is doubt, the third is pseudo spirituality, the
fourth is passion and the fifth is hatred. They are always standing at the door. You have to be very conscious;
otherwise they will jump upon you.
Even the people who think they are doing selfless service their service is selfish. They are hoping to gain some
reward in the other world, in paradise; hence they are serving. Their service is not just out of love, their service
is a bargain. It is a search for some great reward heaven, paradise and the heavenly joys. Beware of selfishness.
Second is doubt. Even people who believe are full of doubt; in fact, if you are not full of doubt there is no need
to believe. Belief simply means you have covered up a doubt. You have a wound, you cover it up with a beautiful
flower, but the wound remains.
Third is pseudo spirituality. When people want to be spiritual it is easier to be pseudo-spiritual because it costs
nothing. You can be a Christian, you can be a Hindu, you can be a Mohammedan; it is so easy, it is so formal.
You go and do certain rituals in a temple and you are a Hindu, or you go to the church every Sunday and you are
a Christian and it is so easy!
But real spirituality is going through fire. Real spirituality is rebellion against all that is rotten, against all
that is past, against all that is being forced on you by others, against all conditionings. Real spirituality is the
greatest rebellion there is. It is risky, it is adventurous, it is dangerous.
So beware of pseudo spirituality which is always there, available, easily available at the door.
And passion.... You can drop passion here, you can repress it here, but then you are asking for it somewhere
else. In heaven, all the religions have provided for your passion beautiful women are available there. Of course,
because these stories have been written by men they talk only about beautiful women. Now I think some liberated
woman is going to write a few scriptures; then they will manage some beautiful men, very beautiful men who
always remain young, never become old, are always nice....
Your so-called mahatmas and saints, all have been hoping that beautiful women are waiting; it is only a question
of a few days. Just torture yourself a little more and you will get an even better one. Just go into the scriptures
of your religions and look and you will be able it is so clearly there to see the projections.
In the Hindu heaven the girls never grow older than sixteen, because in India that is thought to be the best age.
So thousands of years have passed, but in heaven the same beautiful women are still hanging around at sixteen.
They don’t perspire; in heaven you don’t need deodorants, you need not use perfumes, etcetera! Their bodies are
made of gold. I think if right now you write the scriptures again you will not make the bodies of gold because
they will be too heavy. Carrying a golden woman will give you a heart attack! A plastic one will be far better
with washable, exchangeable parts! And just a few buttons... so you push one button and the woman smiles and
you push another button and the woman goes into an orgasm and you push another button... and it will just be
far more scientific now. In the old days those old fools could not think of anything better gold bodies! And if it
is solid gold it is going to be really difficult.
But you can see the desire.... So Buddha says: Beware! You can repress here, but you will be desiring somewhere
else. Passion is not going to leave you so easily.