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The Alpha and the Omega - Kabir Kadre.Com

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obsession with words, because wars go on around<br />

it; millions are killed just because of words.<br />

Someone is a Jew, "Kill him # just <strong>the</strong> word "Jew".<br />

Change <strong>the</strong> label, he becomes a Christian, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is no need to kill. But he is not ready to<br />

change <strong>the</strong> label. He will say, "I will like to be killed<br />

but I cannot change my label. I am a Jew." He is<br />

also adamant; o<strong>the</strong>rs are also adamant. But just<br />

words.<br />

Jean-Paul Sartre has written his autobiography <strong>and</strong><br />

he has given it <strong>the</strong> title, "Words". It is beautiful<br />

because as far as mind is concerned <strong>the</strong> whole<br />

autobiography of any mind consists of words <strong>and</strong><br />

nothing else. And Patanjali says that one has to be<br />

aware of this, because on <strong>the</strong> path of meditation,<br />

words have to be left behind. Nations, religions,<br />

scriptures, languages, <strong>the</strong>y have to be left behind<br />

<strong>and</strong> man has to become innocent, freed of words.<br />

When you are free of words <strong>the</strong>re will be no<br />

imagination, <strong>and</strong> when <strong>the</strong>re is no imagination you<br />

can face truth. O<strong>the</strong>rwise, you will go on creating.<br />

If you come to meet God, you must meet him<br />

without any words. If you have some words, he may<br />

not fit <strong>and</strong> suit your idea. Because if a Hindu thinks<br />

he has one thous<strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> if God comes only<br />

with two h<strong>and</strong>s, a Hindu, he will reject: "You are<br />

not a God at all. Only with two h<strong>and</strong>s? God has a<br />

thous<strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s. Show me your o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>s. Only<br />

<strong>the</strong>n I can believe you."<br />

It happened: One of <strong>the</strong> most beautiful persons of<br />

this past century was Sai Baba of Shirdi. He had a<br />

friend <strong>and</strong> a follower. Sai Baba was a<br />

Mohammedan. Or no one knows whe<strong>the</strong>r he was a<br />

Mohammedan or a Hindu, but he lived in a<br />

mosque, so it was believed he was a Mohammedan.<br />

And a Hindu follower was <strong>the</strong>re, who loved,<br />

respected, has much faith in Sai Baba. Every day he<br />

will come for his darshan, <strong>and</strong> without seeing him<br />

he will not go. Sometimes it will happen that for<br />

<strong>the</strong> whole day he will have to wait, but without<br />

seeing he will not go, <strong>and</strong> he will not take food<br />

unless he has seen Sai Baba.<br />

Once it happened <strong>the</strong> whole day passed, <strong>the</strong>re was<br />

much ga<strong>the</strong>ring <strong>and</strong> much crowd # he couldn!t<br />

enter. When everybody has gone, just in <strong>the</strong> night<br />

he touched <strong>the</strong> feet.<br />

Sai Baba said to him, "Why you unnecessarily wait?<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is no need to see me here, I can come <strong>the</strong>re.<br />

And drop this from tomorrow. Now I will do.<br />

Before you take your food you will see me every<br />

day."<br />

<strong>The</strong> disciple was very happy. So next day he was<br />

waiting <strong>and</strong> waiting; nothing happened. Many<br />

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