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“够了！我明确地告诉过你，别人会把责任推到你身上，事情的确如此。并不是你能够允许他们这么做，而是你不能阻止他们这么做。去影响别人对你有什么意义呢？那与你的内在安宁是不相容的。如果你坚持去制造这样的影响，你的本我就会被撼动，而且没有任何意义。”
雷霆之言！药石之言！“够了！”老人家说：“我明确地告诉过你，别人会把责任推到你身上，而事情就是这样发生的。这么多人聚在你周围是为了什么？”
老人家说：“并不是你能允许他们这么做......”
那需要一个人完全地觉醒——才能允许别人这么做——因为他已经回到了自己的中心。现在已经没有可能再将他分散了，他到家了，那么就没有问题。
“但是，列子，”老人说，“你还没有到家，你还在挣扎，你离的还很远。你还没有真正整合，身体层面上小我消失了，头脑层面上小我消失了，但自我层面它还没有消失。在最精微的层面，小我还在隐藏着。”
来看那个现象，老人家站在那里......脸靠在拐杖上，挤出一脸老褶。站了一会儿，一言不发地离开了。
他在干什么？他在深处观察他的朋友，列子。洞察他的内在深处：“你真的已经整合了吗？那么就没有问题，那么你可以有弟子，可以让人群围在你周围，可以允许他们将责任放到你身上，因为你不存在，没有什么能使你负重。你不存在，怎么能负重？你怎么能对一个空无施加重量呢？那样是没问题的。”师父洞察深处发现，在第三个层面上，小我还在跃跃欲试。
这是可以听到的。如果你安静地听，很容易听到别人的小我，一个到家的人立刻就会发现。
“并非你能允许他们这么做......”
“不，这还不可能。”
“......而是你不能阻止他们这么做。”
你的存在是负向的，还不是正向的。你享受这样，你还需要有人让你觉得自己重要。你还需要他们，而如果你需要他们，你就无法帮助他们。事实正相反，他们会使你四分五裂，会伤害你。
有一天你们问：“弟子需要师父，师父需要弟子吗？”现在你能了解了。师父之所以是师父，是因为他不需要任何人，他的需要完全消失了。如果他还需要别人，那他离家还很远，还没有到家。如果他需要弟子，那他就不是一个师父。只有当他不需要弟子时他才是一个师父，也只有这样他才能帮助......不是他想要帮助，他的存在就是帮助。
“并不是你能允许他们这么做，而是你不能阻止他们这么做。影响别人有什么意义呢？那与你的内在安宁是不兼容的。”
“你还没有抵达自己的安宁，你还在摇摆，被左右着。你的中心还不稳固，这些人会使你误入歧途的；他们会让你支离破碎，所以这一切有什么意义呢？你没有去首都，但首都来到了这里；一众人等已经到来了，迟早君主会来。这些人会散布消息的，所以有什么意义？”
“如果你坚持去制造这样的影响，那会撼动你的本我，这样毫无意义。”
“没有人从中有收获，你会迷失，没人有收获。”
这是一个伟大的寓言故事。让它深深地沉进你的心里，思考它，每当你想要影响他人，首先要有这样的能力。而这个能力只有当你没有任何影响他人的欲望时才会出现——只有这样你才能够帮助。如果你想影响他人，那只是表明你还在被小我摆布着。够了！这些游戏你玩的够久了，玩了很多世了，现在是时候结束它了。因为这些游戏你无法触碰到实相，实相不是一个游戏，当你结束所有的游戏，所有的胡闹，实相会在你的内在爆发。
但所有的游戏都有一个共同之处，那就是小我。身体游戏、头脑游戏、自我游戏，所有的都有一个共同点——小我。那就是为什么我要向你说明不要压抑小我，而是要分散它，使它消散于无形。
把它找出来。每当你感觉到小我浮现，只需进入自己的内在，看着它。看它的移动，看它是怎样从一个空间进入另一个空间的，看它是怎样从你这里攫取越来越多的能量的，看它是怎样将你带向遥远的旅途的，看它是怎样使你与自己相背离的。只是看。我并没有说要“战斗”，我并没有说要“停止”——不，只是看。你会首先觉知到身体里的小我——那是最明显的。
然后，渐渐地，你会开始听到第二个层面的窃窃私语——头脑里的小我：那个是微妙的。如果你有能力听到它，那么有一天你就会听到第三层面的，那个更精微。你想成为一个MAHATMA，伟大的圣人，伟大的瑜伽士，MAHAYOGI，你想成为这个那个。你想成为人类的造福者，你想成为一个佛——那么再一次，你在一个非常精微的层面上玩着相同的游戏。禅宗对此有一个正确的词，他们称之为“成佛病”，指的就是小我在第三层面上的自我伸张。
身体、头脑、自我......人必须一直不停地看，逐个层面，层层递进，洞若观火，看透小我——看它的运作。
只是看着它就足够了。当你清楚地看到它，当你看到内在所有的角角落落，有一天，你会突然发现，它蒸发了，不存在了。
当它不存在，神便存在，道便显现。当你不存在，你就真正地存在。在一个层面上死去，是为了在另一个层面上重生。在游戏的层面上死去是为了在存在的层面上重生，那就是椰酥十字架与复活的真实含义。将小我送上十字架，你就会复活。
'ENOUGH! I TOLD YOU CONFIDENTLY THAT OTHERS WOULD LAY RESPONSIBILITIES ON YOU, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY HAVE. IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO, YOU ARE INCAPABLE OL PREVENTING THEM. WHAT USE IS IT TO YOU TO HAVE THIS EFFECT ON PEOPLE WHICH IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR OWN BASIC PEACE? IF YOU INSIST ON MAKING AN EFFECT, IT WILL UNSTEADY YOUR BASIC SELF, AND TO NO PURPOSE.'
A great sentence, a great sutra 'Enough!' said the old man. 'I told you confidently that others would lay responsibilities on you and it has happened. So many people are gathering around you. Why?'
And the old man said
'IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO...'
For that one needs to become perfectly enlightened -- to allow others to do so -- because one has come to his own centre. Now there is no possibility of getting distracted. One has arrived; then there is no problem.
'But, Lieh Tzu' said the old man 'you have not yet arrived. You are still struggling, you are still far away. You have not yet become really integrated. From the body the ego has disappeared, from the mind the ego has disappeared, but from the self it has not disappeared yet. On the most subtle layer, the ego is still hiding.'
To see that phenomenon, the old man stood there...
... HE LEANED ON HIS UPRIGHT STAFF AND WRINKLED HIS CHEEK AGAINST IT. AFTER STANDING THERE FOR A WHILE, HE LEFT WITHOUT SPEAKING.
What was he doing? He looked deeply into his friend, Lieh Tzu. He looked deeply into him: 'Have you really become integrated? Then there is no problem. Then you can have disciples, then you can have a crowd around you, then you can allow them to lay their responsibilities on you because you don't exist, so nothing burdens you. You are not, so how can you be burdened? How can you burden a nothingness? Then there is no problem.' The Master looked deeply and found that at the third layer the ego was still vibrating.
It can be heard. If you listen silently, it is very simple to hear the ego of the other, and a man who has come home can immediately see.
'IT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO...'
'No, it has not yet become possible.'
'... YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF PREVENTING THEM.'
Your state is negative, not yet positive. You are enjoying it. You still need people to make you feel important. You still need them; and if you need them, you cannot help them. In fact, on the contrary, they will distract you, they will harm you.
The other day you had asked 'A disciple needs a Master, does a Master need a disciple too?' Now you will understand. The Master is a Master only when he needs nobody, when his need has completely disappeared. If he still needs somebody, then he is still far from his home; he has not yet arrived. If he needs disciples, then he is not a Master. He is a Master only when he needs no disciples, and only then can he be of help... not that he will help, but he can be of help.
'IT IS NOT THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF ALLOWING THEM TO DO SO, YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF PREVENTING THEM. WHAT USE IS IT TO YOU TO HAVE THIS EFFECT ON PEOPLE WHICH IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR OWN BASIC PEACE?'
'Your own peace is not yet there. You are still wavering, swaying. Your centre is still not fixed, and these people will make you go more astray; they will be a distraction, so what is the point of it all? You didn't go to the capital, but the capital has come here; the people have come, and sooner or later the king will be coming. These people will spread the news. So what is the point?'
'IF YOU INSIST ON MAKING AN EFFECT, IT WILL UNSTEADY YOUR BASIC SELF; AND TO NO PURPOSE.'
'And nobody gains out of it. You lose, and nobody gains out of it.'
It is a great parable. Let it sink deep into your heart. Think about it, and whenever you want to influence people, become capable first. And the capability comes only when you don't have any desire to influence people -- only then will you be of help. If you want to influence people, that simply shows that you are on an ego-trip. Enough! These games you have played long enough; for many lives you have been playing.Now it is time to stop these games. Because of these games you cannot contact reality. Reality is not a game. When you stop all games and all plays, then reality explodes into your being.
But all the games have one thing in common and that is the ego; body-games, mind-games, self-games, but all have one thing in common -- the ego. That's why I explain to you not to repress the ego, but to disperse it, and that dispersal comes.
Find out. Whenever you are feeling some ego arising, just go inside yourself and look at it. See its movement, how it moves from one space to another space, how it takes more and more energy from you, how it takes you on far-away journeys, how it always takes you away from yourself. Just watch. I am not saying 'Fight', I am not saying 'Stop' -- no; just watch. First you will become aware of the ego in the body -- that is the most gross. Then, by and by, you will start hearing the whisperings of the second layer -- the ego in the mind: that is subtle. And if you become capable of listening to that, one day you will understand about even a third layer which is very subtle. You want to become a MAHATMA, you want to become a great saint, you want to become a great yogi, MAHAYOGI, you want to become this and that. You want to become a great benefactor to humanity, you want to become a Buddha -- then, again you are playing the same game on a very subtle level. The Zen people have the right word for it, they call it 'the Buddha-disease' when the ego asserts itself on the third level.
The body, the mind, the self... one has to go on looking, layer upon layer, into the ego -- its functioning.
Just looking into it is enough. When you have looked well, when you have looked at all the nooks and corners of your being, one day, you will suddenly find that it has evaporated, it is not there.
And when it is not there, God is, Tao is. When you are not, you really are. To die on one plane is to be born on another plane. To die on the plane of games is to be born on the plane of existence. That is the meaning of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. Crucify yourself as far as ego is concerned, so that you can be resurrected.
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