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MASTER IS A DOORWAY

Master is a doorway. And the doorway needs to be more charming than the
world so that you will come to the doorway. Someone is in the street and
there is rain, thunder, hot sun; they need shelter. They look around, they
find a doorway. They come to the doorway. The doorway is more inviting,
more charming, more celebrative, more joyful than anything else in the
world.

Nothing could give that much peace, joy, pleasure in the world. Once you
come to the doorway, you enter the door and see the world from there. See
the world from the eyes of the Master. This is a sign that you have come to
the Master. Otherwise you may still be standing in the street and looking
at the door.

But once you have entered the door, then you will see the whole world from
the eyes of the Master. This means what? In every situation that you face,
you will think, "If this situation comes in front of the Master, how would
he handle it?" or "How would she handle it?" "If this complication comes in
front of the Master, how would he take it?" "If someone blames the Master
like this, how would he handle it?" See the world from the eyes of the
Master all the time.

The world looks much more beautiful; not a nasty place. But a place filled
with love, filled with joy, cooperation, compassion, and all virtues. The
world is much more fun. Looking through the doorway, there is no fear. You
will look at the world without any fear. You will be in all relationships
with everybody without any fear. Because there is shelter.

From inside home, you will look at the thunder, you will look at the storm,
you will look at the rain, you will look at the bright sun. Inside you have
air conditioning. Very cool, pleasant. Outside it's hot. You don't mind
because there is nothing that can really distract you, disturb you, or take
the fullness away from you. Such a sense of security, such a sense of
fullness and joy comes. That is the purpose of having a Master.

All relationships in the world go topsy-turvy. You make relationships and
you break relationships. All relationships can get broken or made up and
again broken. And there is craving and aversion. This is the world. This is
samsara.

But the Master is not a relationship. The Master is the Presence. What is
necessary is to feel the Presence of the Master, not to make a
relationship. Don't make the Master a part of your world. Then the same,
"Oh, he looked at me." "He didn't look at me." "Oh, he said this." "He
didn't say that." "Oh, somebody is close. I am not close." All this garbage
comes into it. You feel the Presence of the Master, that is eternal. That
has been there with you before, now, and will be there in the future, too.

Master is the Presence. World is relativity. And relativity has
limitations. Presence is unlimited. Presence is vast, infinite, and all
comprehensive, all inclusive. And the presence of the Master in one's life
will bring fulfillment to all relations. Every relationship will become
complete with the presence of the Infinity if the Master is in your life.

|| Jai Guru Dev ||