'What can I do for you, my son?' asked the guru. The guru consented to help him, especially when he learned of all the sacrifices the man had made towards this end. There he came upon his guru, who was indeed venerable, in fact well over one hundred years old. It took him almost a year to find him, but he eventually did.
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And then one day he chanced upon a shepherd who told him where the guru lived and how to reach the place. He spent eight years wandering from village to village throughout the Himalayas in an effort to find him. So he sold all his worldly possessions and began his search for the all-knowing guru. Only that guru, he came to believe, would tell him what life meant and what his role in it ought to be. By and by he learned of a venerable and incredibly wise guru who lived in a mysterious and most inaccessible region of the Himalayas. He sought help from psychiatrists but nothing came of it, for there were none who could tell him the meaning of life - which is what he wanted to know. Some years ago a successful American had a serious identity crisis. We don't look to that which is already here, we want rationalisations. Concepts have become very important, explanations have become very important - and the real has been completely forgotten. Whatsoever you are is your life, and if you start seeking meaning somewhere else, you will miss it. It is not in the future as a goal to be arrived at, it is herenow, this very moment - in your breathing, circulating in your blood, beating in your heart. Life is not somewhere waiting for you, it is happening in you. If you are seeking the meaning of life in some dogma, in some philosophy, in some theology, that Is the sure way to miss life and meaning both. There is no way to attain to life except by living it, except by being alive, by flowing, streaming with it. HE SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU CRYING FOR? MY WHOLE LIFE WAS ONLY THAT I MIGHT LEARN HOW TO DIE.' LIFE is in living. WHEN RABBI BIRNHAM LAY DYING, HIS WIFE BURST INTO TEARS.
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The Art of Dying Talks on Hassidism Talks given from 11/10/76 am to 20/10/76 am English Discourse series 10 Chapters Year published: 1978 The Art of Dying Chapter #1 Chapter title: The Art of Dying 11 October 1976 am in Buddha Hall Archive code: ShortTitle: Audio: Video: No Length: