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being surrounded by lies； what i had assumed to be nonexistent …… thats what i found。
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now what does this mean？ how to convey that that which was already present was found again； that that which was already attained was found； that that which was never attained was lost？
so when i say all methods of spiritual discipline are false； it does not mean that you dont have to do them。
i am merely saying that you are so deeply steeped in falsehoods that there is no other alternative but to use equally false methods in order to neutralize them。
you have moved so much on the side of falsehood that even while ing back； this much ground …… the distance you have traveled going into lies …… will have to be covered。
for example； i walk ten steps into this room。
if i wish to get out of this room i will have to walk back at least ten steps …… in this very room。
now if someone were to persuade me to walk ten steps more in order to get out of it； i would find it very confusing； for in the first place i got inside the room because i walked ten steps。
now if i were to take ten steps more； i would have walked twenty steps inside the room。
actually； what someone needs to show me is the way to get out of the room without proceeding further inside the room。
regardless； i will surely have to walk ten steps； although now my attitude will be different； my course will not be the same； i will not be facing the same direction …… my back will be towards what i was facing before； and vice versa。
we are living in lies。
in following a spiritual discipline； only the direction you face will change。
we will have to live in lies； that is unavoidable。
your back will be towards what you were facing before； and your face will be where your back was。
the fact remains； we will have to retrace the same route to the same extent we have walked ourselves forward into lies。
the day we return on the same path； the whole thing will look very amusing。
it is like giving an antidote to someone who has taken a wrong medicine。
the antidote was not needed； it was only used because the man took the wrong medicine。
since the poison； the wrong medicine； has already entered his body； it is necessary to give the man another poison to counteract the former one。
remember； however； the antidote is a poison too。
only a poison can act against another poison。
the second potion is a poison too； except that it is meant to work in the opposite direction。
you would be horrified if a physician were to tell you your body is poisoned and that he is giving you more poison。
you might cry out； 〃as it is； i am dying of poison。
now you are adding more to it！〃 the doctor explains； 〃this is an antidote。
it is indeed a poison； but antithetical to the former one。
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so when i say this world is a lie； then a sadhana； a spiritual discipline； cannot be true。
how can a true sadhana be applied to counter a false world？ you cannot use a real sword in order to kill an imaginary ghost …… you will hurt yourself if you do。
make sure you have a false sword to kill an imaginary ghost。
you will obviously create a problem for yourself if you go to kill a nonexistent ghost with a real gun。
the real gun can cause you harm。
so if you need to drive out a ghost it would be good to wear a talisman； it is neither a sword nor a gun。
it is a false cure； it is an antidote too。
it is perfect； an exact antithetical lie meant to counter another lie。
all spiritual disciplines are nothing but ways of getting out of the samsara； the mundane world。
and since i call this mundane world an illusion …… illusion in the sense that it is not what we understand it to be
so the question is： what can we do to remove this illusion？ we need to retrace our steps to the same extent we have gone deeply into the illusion。
why do i feel like reminding you of this？ …… because a seeker constantly faces a danger。
and the danger is： he may use a talisman in order to keep the ghost away； however； in doing so； although he succeeds in saving himself from the ghost； he holds on to the charm tightly。
he finds the talisman the savior of his life。
now he is as afraid of losing the charm as he was of the ghost。
naturally。
how can he afford to lose something that saved his life？ so he is freed from the ghost but gets hooked to the talisman。
thats why he needs to be reminded that just as the ghost was unreal so is the talisman。
now that the ghost is gone； he had better throw the charm away as well。
again and again； i would like to remind every seeker that； whatever sadhana he may be following； basically it is an antidote for his getting himself into a falsehood。
and an antidote for a lie will inevitably have to be a lie。
only a poison can counter another poison …… for it works in the opposite direction。
it is essential to bring this point home to a seeker； otherwise he may succeed in dropping the samsara； but grab on to sannyas； to renunciation。
he may drop the marketplace but seize upon the temple。
he may give up money but latch onto meditation。
it is dangerous to cling to anything； because whatsoever one hangs on to bees a bondage …… regardless of whether it is money or meditation。
the day meditation is not needed； the day it bees meaningless； that is when the sadhana bees real。
obviously； one who has reached the roof should find the ladder useless。
if he still insists the ladder is useful to him and clings to it； then understand he has not yet reached the roof； he must still be standing somewhere on the ladder。
it is conceivable one may reach the top rung of the ladder and yet hold tight to it。
should this be the case； then remember the man is still as far away from the roof as he was when he was standing on the first rung of the ladder。
he has not reached the roof yet。
in both cases he is far away from the roof。
you may climb almost the entire ladder； but if you stop at the last rung； it doesnt mean you have reached the roof …… you are still on the ladder。
and that makes the difference。
initially you were on the first rung； now you are on the hundredth rung； but you are on