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Master has disappeared as an ego; he is pure joy. And the disciple sits by the
side of the Master slowly slowly partaking of his joy, of his being, eating and
drinking out of that eternal, inexhaustible source: AIS DHAMMO
SANANTANO. And one day...and one cannot predict when that day will come;
it is unpredictable. One day suddenly it has happened: a process has started in
you which reveals the truth of your being to you. You come face to face with
yourself. God is not somewhere else: he is now, here.

The Masters illuminate and confirm realization. They illuminate in a thousand

and one ways. They go on pointing towards the truth: fingers pointing to the
moon. But there are many fools who start clinging to the fingers. By clinging to
the fingers you will not see the moon, remember. There are even greater fools
who start biting the fingers. That is not going to give you any nourishment.
Forget the finger and look at where it is pointing.

The Masters illuminate. They shower great light -- they are light -- they shower
great light on your being. They are like a searchlight: they focus their being on
your being. You have lived in darkness for centuries, for millions of lives.
Suddenly a Master's searchlight starts revealing a few forgotten territories in
you. They are within you; the Master is not bringing them -- he is simply
bringing his light, he is focusing himself on you. And the Master call focus only
when the disciple is open, when the disciple is surrendered, when the disciple is
ready to learn, not to argue, when the disciple has come not to accumulate
knowledge but to know truth, when the disciple is not only curious but is a
seeker and is ready to risk all. Even if life has to be risked and sacrificed the
disciple is ready. In fact, when you risk your sleepy life, you sacrifice your
sleepy life, you attain to a totally different quality of life: the life of light, of
love, the life which is beyond death, beyond time, beyond change.

They illuminate and confirm realization. First the Master illuminates the way, the
truth that is within you. And secondly: when you realize it, when you recognize
it.... It is very difficult for you to believe that you have attained it. The most
unbelievable thing is when realization of truth happens to you, because you have
been told that it is very difficult, almost impossible, and that it takes millions of
lives to arrive at it. And you have been told it is somewhere else -- maybe in
heaven -- and when you recognize it within yourself, how can you believe it?

The Master confirms it. He says, "Yes, this is it!" His confirmation is as much
needed as his illumination. He begins by illuminating and ends by confirming.
The Masters are evidence of truth, not its proof.

Meditate over the subtle difference between evidence and proof. The Master is
an evidence; he is a witness. He has seen, he has known, he has become. You can
feel it; the evidence can be felt. You can come closer and closer; you can allow
the fragrance of the Master to penetrate to the innermost core of your being. The
Master is only evidence; he is not proof. If you want any proof...there is no
proof.

God can neither be proved nor disproved; it is not an argument. God is not a
hypothesis, it is not a theory: it is experience. The Master is living evidence. But
to see it you will need a different approach than you are accustomed to.

You know how to approach a teacher, how to approach a professor, how to

approach a priest. They don't require much because they simply impart
information which can be done even by a tape recorder or by a computer or by a
gramophone record or by a book.

I WAS A STUDENT IN A UNIVERSITY. I never attended the classes of my

professors.

Naturally, they were offended. And one day the head of the department called
me and he said, "Why have you joined the university? We never see you, you
never attend any classes. And remember: when the examination time comes,
don't ask for an attendance record -- because seventy-five percent attendance is a
must to enter into the examination."

I took hold of the hand of that old man and I said, "You come with me -- I will
show you where I am and why I have entered the university."

He was a little afraid of where I was taking him and why. And it was a well-
known fact that I was a little eccentric! He said, "But where are you taking me?"

I said, "I will show you that you have to give me one hundred percent
attendance. You come with me."

I took him to the library and I told the librarian, "You tell this old man -- has
there ever been a single day when I have not been in the library?"

The librarian said, "Even on holidays he has been here. If the library is not open