Relationship is challenge and response
Public Talk 1
Knowledge and envy
Public Talk 1 Madras
December 07, 1974
Have you observed that you are thinking and acting according to knowledge? Can knowledge transform man? How do you look at envy? What takes place when you dissipate your energy in conflict, suppression, rationalisation and overcoming? Can the feeling of envy be observed without recognition? Is conflict part of affection and love?
Public Talk 3
Sorrow, passion and death
Public Talk 3 Madras
December 14, 1974
Sorrow, like fear, is a tremendous burden that distorts our thinking and makes us bitter, anxious and frightened. I can only understand the great sorrow of humanity if I have the passion from going deeply into it. Passion is free of fear and pleasure. Find out what it means to die and why humanity has never solved this problem. Is there anything permanent in your consciousness or is everything put together by thought? What happens if you don’t step out of the stream of humanity? What is immortality? Questions from the audience followed the talk
Public Talk 4
Meditation is inquiry into the sacred
Public Talk 4 Madras
December 15, 1974
Religions, whether in the West or East, are based on thought. What is meditation and why should one meditate at all? When you are practising a method, you have set a direction put together by thought. To find a way of living without control requires tremendous attention and great discipline. Silence, the quietness of the mind, is not to be bought or practised. Have you any space in your mind, or is it crowded? Questions from the audience followed the talk