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CHAPTER 7. MAKE WORK A CELEBRATION
It will be a peaceful and happy world that will abound with Meeras. And a world full of Hanumanas will
be a restless and warring world, a sorry world. If it comes into being, wrestling rings will appear all
over and society will be ridden with conflict and strife. We can accommodate one or two Hanumanas;
more than that would be too much. But any number of Meeras will be welcome. Meera is in contact
with life at its deeper levels; Hanumana lives at the surface. Hanumana is nothing more than a
faithful servant, a volunteer; he is just serving his master. He is, of course, sincere, persevering and
hard-working. Meera is a class by herself; she is rare. Her bliss, her ecstasy comes from being, not
from doing. For her, just being is festive and joyous. Her song, her dance, is not a piece of work for
her, it is an expression of her bliss, her ecstasy. She is so blissful that she is bursting into song and
dance.
I would like this world to be more and more filled with song and dance, with music and festivity. And
so far as the external world, the world of extroversion and action is concerned, we should go into it
only to the extent needed for our inward journey. More than that is not necessary. We need bread,
but bread is not everything. We need bread to live, but there are people who go on stockpiling
bread and, in the meantime, forget all about eating and living. By the time they succeed in making a
mountain of bread their appetite is gone and they don’t know what to do with the huge stock.
When Alexander was leaving for India he went to see Diogenes, a great sage of the times. Diogenes
asked Alexander, ”Where are you going and for what?”
Alexander said, ”I am going to conquer Asia Minor first.”
Then Diogenes queried, ”And what will you do after conquering Asia Minor?”
”I will then go to conquer India,” said the would-be conqueror.
”And what then?” asked the sage.
And the answer was, ”I have to conquer the whole world.”
Diogenes was Lying on the sandy bank of a river; he was completely naked and enjoying the morning
sunshine. He asked again, ”What will you do after you have conquered the world?”
Alexander said, ”Then I will rest and relax.”
This reply of Alexander’s sent Diogenes into loud laughter, and he called his companion, his dog,
who was sitting some distance from him. When the dog came to him Diogenes said, addressing
the dog, ”Listen to what this mad king is saying. This man says that he will rest after he conquers
the world. And here we are resting right now without conquering a single place.” And he said to
Alexander, ”If rest is your ultimate objective, why not join me and my dog right now on this beautiful
river bank? There is enough space here for us all. I am already resting. Why ate you going to create
so much trouble and disturbance around the world just to rest at the end of it all? You can rest right
here and now.”
An embarrassed Alexander then said, ”What you say seems to be very sensible, but I cannot rest
right now. Let me first conquer the world.”
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