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First, you say, “I came to Pune because you are a master…” Don’t believe rumors.

And you say, “…I have been seeking for one for a long time.” Why are you so against a master? Why are you seeking for so long a time? Why should you be interested so much in a master? For what? You should seek yourself. If you seek yourself, you will find the master. The ancient saying is: When the disciple is ready, the master appears. How can you seek a master? You will not even be able to recognize one. You may come across…you may not be able to see.

Seek your own being. Go deeper into your own being; go deeper into your own silence. And then suddenly, when you need a master, he will appear – he always appears. Now, you are on a wrong track. And if you are looking too much for a master, you will go on missing.

At least while you are here for a few days, drop that search. Just be here and you may find. Meditate, dance, sing, and be here. Forget that search. Don’t go on looking from the corner of your eye for the master. Your very look, your very effort, your seeking, will prevent you. The very desire comes in between. The relationship with a master is possible only when there is no desire. In a non-desiring mind it happens.

And you ask, “Will I only have to believe…?”

No not at all. I am the last person to tell you to believe in me. Just be here with me, that’s enough. If you are here with me, I am going to happen to you. It is a promise – but don’t seek and search.

Enough for today.