Shoveling the mind chapter 6
The mind is artificial; it is pseudo. And I am trying to get you to drop the pseudo and move on to reality. If you again run behind the pseudo, what is the point?
You must simply make the transition from the artificial to the natural; from logic to spontaneity; from the outside to your innermost core.
- Shoveling the mind -
Maturity comes through freedom. Life should be used as an opportunity to grow. A person can grow only when there is freedom.
By the time a small child learns to speak, he has already learnt the way the world works. He has already been conditioned. Slowly, slowly, he begins to forget himself. He becomes so caught up in the drama of the outside world that he forgets his own reality. People go through their whole lives without remembering what they once were; they go through their whole lives living without the truth.
If they are lucky, they will find a Master who will show them how to uncover the falsity. And they will be thinking that they have to go through one big process to rediscover their reality. But what they don't understand is that it is just like peeling a potato. You are just peeling the outer layer off. The inner layer will always remain intact; it is only the outer layer that will carry all the dirt, all the conditioning.
Understand?
All that you must do now is simply peel this outer layer off. You must uncover what has been covered by society. You must rediscover what was originally there. And this is what the whole process of being with the Master is about. He will go on working on you; he will go on digging through the dirt until wu have been uncovered. Once all the dirt has been polished off, bliss surfaces. You recollect who you are.
One thing I can tell you: instead of wasting your time looking for misery, simply look for bliss. Be aware of the bliss which is present all around you. Like I said, you can either look for flowers or look for thorns. Both will be there. But the choice is yours.
Have you seen even a single child who is after money and other materialistic pleasures? Children are so simple. Such simple things satisfy them. But we go on trying to push them towards the so-called goals that we know. To tell you honestly, the whole process of educating children is nothing but pushing all these ideas inside them. And by the time he comes back from university, he is fully programmed. Deprogramming is the work of the Master.
For the Master to work on you, you must be open and receptive. You must be willing. You must have total willingness for the Master to enter your being and transform you. If this is not there, and you are trying to create a wall, how will he be able to enter? Actually, even if the wall is there, be clear, I will break the wall and see that you are transformed! But that only becomes a waste of time. Then I have to go on working on you and you will go through many different emotions. But if you are receptive, I can simply enter your being without any barrier. Then the transformation will simply happen. Then it will be even easier than peeling a potato!
I do not put any ideas in your head because it will be totally against what I am doing. I am trying to break your head and throw all the ideas out! I will give you insight and awaken your inbuilt intelligence.
I will simply take all these ideas and throw them out!
I will see that the ego is lost. This is the greatest transformation.
A student asked a Zen Master, 'What is Zen?' 'It is right before your eyes,' the Master replied. 'Then why can I not see it?' the student asked. 'Because of your 'I'. 'If I don't have this idea of 'I', will I realize Zen?' asked the student. 'If there is no 'I', who wants to realize Zen?!' the Master asked.
- Shoveling the Mind -
Break the wal