Becoming one chapter 11
The moment you become my disciple, it means you are dropping all ideas of separation. In the beginning, you will drop the idea of separation from me; vou will experience oneness. And soon, this oneness will grow and you will start feeling it with the whole of Existence. Then everything will be one; there will be no separation. There will only be one cosmic whole.
- Becoming one -
akua, a Japanese Zen Master went to China to study Zen. He lived in the mountains where he would continuously meditate. If people discovered his hideout and pestered him to speak, he would say a few words and move on to a less accessible place.
When he came back to Japan, the emperor sent for Kakua. He requested him to teach Zen to him and his subjects. Kakua stood in silence for some time. Then he took out his flute and blew one short note. After playing that single note of Zen he made a courteous bow and disappeared.
A small Zen story:
- RISING IN LOVE WITH THE MASTER -
You see, there are two things: communication and communion. You must understand the difference. Communication happens all the time; it is from the ego, the mind. But communion happens between two beings. It is a deep merging that comes from within.
Communication is the sharing of ideas; it is between two minds. But communion is a sharing of energy. It happens in complete silence. It is a merging where you lose your identity.
When you sit around me, after some time you will be shocked to see the watch. So many hours would have gone by! This is because when you are with me, there is a beautiful communion that is going on. This is the merging of the Master and disciple.
One more thing: you will never be my disciple. I am only a link. You can only be a disciple of the Divine; a disciple of Existence. You become a disciple through the Master. I am only the door, but the other side of the door is where you need to go.
The Master is only a visible form for the invisible. This is because the ego will not be able to relate with something which is not seen. Actually, the Master is both visible and invisible. When you initially come to me, you will know only the visible. But as time passes, the invisible becomes clear to you. You begin to feel the absence in the presence.
The closer you come to the Master, the deeper you go, the less you will be able to find him. As you move deeper, finally the invisible is revealed.