People have to be freed from fear. People have to be given absolute freedom to be the way they want to be.
What Hassidism and Kabala say about the purpose of the creation is absolutely nonsense! Who says it doesn't matter. There is no purpose. God is not purposeful at all; he is playful. There cannot be any purpose in the ultimate sense, because if in the ultimate sense there is a purpose, that means god is lacking something. If there is a purpose that means he is trying to achieve something. If there is a purpose then the question will arise, 'What is the purpose of that purpose? For what?'
For example, you eat. There is a purpose because you want to live. You want to live, and if somebody asks, 'What is the purpose of that?' maybe you can say you want to love, but then what is the purpose of love? Ultimately you have to come to a point where you say 'Now there is no purpose.' What is the purpose of love? Then it becomes purposeless; it is playful. Love is a play. And that's what Jesus means when he says 'god is love'. Love is purposeless. It is an end unto itself.
So whosoever says it -- Hassidism or Cabala or anybody -- it doesn't matter. Man projects purpose in life because man cannot live without purpose. He goes on projecting ideas into god's mind also. They are all anthropomorphic. It shows the mind of the cabalist, of the Hassid, but it doesn't show the mind of god. The Bible says that god created man in his own image. The truth is just the reverse: man creates god in his own image.
For one month live purposelessly. You have lived with purpose up to now and what is the achievement? So why not give this crazy idea a chance?
Give it a try! And something is going to happen... but you have to give it a try. If you are determined that you won't allow yourself any happiness, that you cannot permit yourself any happiness, then only will it not happen. If you are ready to allow it, it is there just by the comer. It will overflood you! So for these days forget all your questions. Say yes to things that are here. Become a child again! Dance and sing, be loving. Just enjoy, otherwise that mind will hold you, which is burdened by knowledge.
When you see a rose flower, do you agree with it or disagree with it? When you see the moon in the night, you simply see it! Either you see it or you don't see it but there is no question of agreement or disagreement.
What Hassidism and Kabala say about the purpose of the creation is absolutely nonsense! Who says it doesn't matter. There is no purpose. God is not purposeful at all; he is playful. There cannot be any purpose in the ultimate sense, because if in the ultimate sense there is a purpose, that means god is lacking something. If there is a purpose that means he is trying to achieve something. If there is a purpose then the question will arise, 'What is the purpose of that purpose? For what?'
For example, you eat. There is a purpose because you want to live. You want to live, and if somebody asks, 'What is the purpose of that?' maybe you can say you want to love, but then what is the purpose of love? Ultimately you have to come to a point where you say 'Now there is no purpose.' What is the purpose of love? Then it becomes purposeless; it is playful. Love is a play. And that's what Jesus means when he says 'god is love'. Love is purposeless. It is an end unto itself.
So whosoever says it -- Hassidism or Cabala or anybody -- it doesn't matter. Man projects purpose in life because man cannot live without purpose. He goes on projecting ideas into god's mind also. They are all anthropomorphic. It shows the mind of the cabalist, of the Hassid, but it doesn't show the mind of god. The Bible says that god created man in his own image. The truth is just the reverse: man creates god in his own image.
For one month live purposelessly. You have lived with purpose up to now and what is the achievement? So why not give this crazy idea a chance?
Give it a try! And something is going to happen... but you have to give it a try. If you are determined that you won't allow yourself any happiness, that you cannot permit yourself any happiness, then only will it not happen. If you are ready to allow it, it is there just by the comer. It will overflood you! So for these days forget all your questions. Say yes to things that are here. Become a child again! Dance and sing, be loving. Just enjoy, otherwise that mind will hold you, which is burdened by knowledge.
When you see a rose flower, do you agree with it or disagree with it? When you see the moon in the night, you simply see it! Either you see it or you don't see it but there is no question of agreement or disagreement.
hans-wolfgang - am Dienstag, 5. September 2006, 23:27
