This said, the two vultures flew off towards the battle –
and in the next moment were blown to pieces by falling bombs.
If they had only known how things
can change over thousands of years.
But does even man himself realize this?
127. Love.
I received your letter.
Don’t be afraid of sexual desire
because fear is the beginning of defeat.
Accept it,
it is and it has to be.
Of course, you must know it and recognize it,
be aware of it,
bring it out of the unconscious into the conscious mind.
You cannot do this if you condemn it because condemnation
leads to repression and it is repression that pushes desires
and emotions into the unconscious.
Really, it is because of repression
that the mind is divided into conscious and unconscious,
and this division is at the root of all conflict.
It is this division that prevents man from being total –
and without integration there is no way to peace,
bliss and freedom. So meditate on sexual desire.
Whenever the desire arises,
watch it mindfully.
Do not resist it,
do not escape from it.
Encountering it leads you to unique experiences.
And whatever you have learned
or heard about celibacy –
throw it once and for all into the dustbin,
for there is no way other than this
of reaching to brahmacharya.
My regards to all there.
128. Love.
Be like steel – clay will no longer do.
To be a sannyasin is to be a soldier of God.
Serve your parents – even more than before.
Give them the joy of a sannyasin son.
But don’t relent,
keep your resolution firm;
it will bring glory to your family.
The son who compromises with a thing like sannyas
shames his family.
I have complete trust in you,
that’s why I have been a witness to your sannyas.
Laugh and go through everything.
Listen to everything and laugh.
This is your sadhana.
Let the storms come and go.