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III · Seeking

If You Hide Behind Time

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If you have aproblem with time it means that you have not taken out the time to look deeply into life. You have kept yourself busy and occupied. When you cease to be preoccupied with time avista can suddenly open up where there is absolutely no limitation. That's when many will shout, "Oh no, no! It's too much! Iwant to get back to work, 1want to get back to my routine." These people are terrified of timelessness! There is amystery that is ever-present but is hidden by time. If you hide behind lime you won't be able to find this mystery. But if you cease to hide behind time this mystery will become self-evident. The discovery of this mystery will free you from your fear of time and will release you from the sense of being imprisoned by life. 1 0 5 Abandon the Future L i f e w i t h o u t a F u t u r e Abandon the Future U n l e s s . . . 1 0 7 Life without aFuture It is interesting to explore what it means to have no future. One description of Enlightenment is life without afuture. When there is deep contentment and profound understanding the simple fact of being alive can be an extremely thrilling experience. Just walking down the road or having acup of tea with afriend can be thrilling. Only when you have no doubt that it's all here right now will you recognize that you're on the edge of something very big that has no limit. When you liberate yourself from the future you will always be on the edge of something very big that has n o l i m i t . 1 0 8

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