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Now, Number 57: “When sitting on a bed or on a seat, let yourself become weightless and beyond mind.” What does “beyond mind” mean? (Samadhi.) Not thinking anything. But you try, I bet – one second, only. Beyond mind, meaning in samadhi, beyond thinking, beyond calculating. Because when there is a mind, there is thinking, there is running around, there is calculating, and all kinds of garbage going on. […]
A philosopher made an appointment to dispute with a Master called Nasruddin, a Sufi Master. And after he made an appointment, he came at the appointed time to dispute with that Master and then found out that the Master is gone, He was not at home. So he was very, very angry. He was very angry and frustrated. So before he left the house of the Sufi Master, he wrote on the gate, on the Master’s gate, he said, “Stupid donkey.” So as soon as the Master came back home and saw this, immediately He rushed to the philosopher’s house and apologized. He said, “Oh, I had forgotten that I had an appointment with you that day at that hour. I apologize for not having been at home. But of course, I remembered immediately, as soon as I saw you sign your name on my gate.” This is good. It’s good. So don’t sign your name like that everywhere. […]
And there is another story similar, there was a man who studied with a master and the master taught him that every time anybody scolded him or humiliated him in some way, then he must pay that person in money. So he did that for many years, until one day his master said, “OK, now you don’t have to pay anymore. It’s OK, no more.” So he left the master and went to another city. And there he saw another master, sitting in front of the gate of a city. And humiliated everybody who passed him by. Everybody who passed the master by, he just scolded them, cursed them, and humiliated them, all kinds of things. And when it came to the student’s turn, as he passed by, that master also scolded him and humiliated him in all ways. And the student began to laugh very loud. So that master was surprised and said, “Why are you laughing? Everybody was upset. You are the only one who laughs when I scold you, for no reason.” So the student said, “All these years I had to pay for people when they scold me and today you scolded me for free, I’m so happy! That’s why I’m laughing.” So the master now knows his match. So he invited that student to come into his city and gave everything to him as his successor. […]
