YAA-HOO!TheMysticRoseTalksgivenfrom19/03/88pmto21/04/88pmEnglishDiscourseseries30ChaptersYearpublished:1989YAA-HOO!TheMysticRoseChapter#1Chaptertitle:Iamabeginningandanend19March1988pminGautamtheBuddhaAuditoriumArchivecode:8803195ShortTitle:YAAHOO01Audio:YesVideo:YesLength:72minsQuestion1BELOVEDOSHO,MYWHOLEBEINGBOWSTOYOURFEET,BUTITISVERYDIFFICULTFORMETOTAKEMYEYESFROMYOURBEAUTIFUL,RADIANTBEING,WHENYOUGREETUSCOMINGANDGOINGINTHEMORNING.AMIMISSINGBYPEEKING?ISTHISATTACHMENTTOYOURPHYSICALPRESENCEANDFORMSOMETHINGTHATHASTOBETRANSCENDED?YogaPrem--alias"BigPrem"--youaresimplybig;suchisyourinnocenceandsuchisyourlove...andsuchisyourignorance!Youdon'thavetotranscendyourloveformypresence,youhavetotranscendtheideathatyouarethere.Tomakeitsimpleforyou,italmostalwayshappensthatwheneveritissaid,"Transcendlove,transcendcompassion,"thelistenerunderstandsthathehastodropthem.Transcendencedoesnotmeandroppingthem.Transcendencemeansdroppingyourself--soonlypurelove,withoutaloverandwithoutabeloved,remains.Thepurityinwhichloverandthebelovedhavedisappearediswhatiscalledtranscendence;thetrustinwhichthediscipleandthemasterhavedissolved.Thequestionisofdissolvingtheduality.Lookingatyourmindanditswayoffunctioning,youhavetotallymisunderstood--butnotknowingly,notbecauseofanyprejudice;itissimplyhowthemindfunctions,howitprotectsitself.Yousay,"Mywholebeingbowstoyourfeet."Whenyourwholebeingbowstomyfeetyoushouldnotbethere.Ifyouarestillthere,thenitisnotwhole.Iamnothere,youarenotthere,andthereisboundtoappearabeautifulfloweroftremendousgratitude.Youdon'thavetotranscendit,becausebytranscendingityouaregoingtobecomemoreegoistic,moreofan"I."Youhavetodissolveyourself,andinyourdissolutiontranscendencewillfloweronitsownaccord.Youcannotdoafewthings.Forexampleyoucannotgotosleep--sleepcomestoyou.Askthosepeoplewhocannotsleep,whofinditdifficulttosleep,whodoeverykindofstupidthingtosleep:takeahotshower,dosomemonkeyexercisescalledyoga,thenlyingdownonthebeddotranscendentalmeditation,andinbetweengoonwatchingtelevision.Butnothinghelps.Whenyouaretiredofallthesetranscendentalmeditationsandyogicexercisesandtelevisionnonsense,whenyouareutterlytiredoftheefforttobringsleep,suddenlyitcomes.Itdoesnotevenknockonthedoor.Itdoesnotevenaskyou,"CanIcomein,sir?"Withoutwhispering,withoutmakinganynoiseitcomes.Youcannotfinditscoming;onlyinthemorningyouknow,whenyouwakeup--"Mygod,Ihavebeenasleep!"Noeffortcanbringsleep,becauseeveryeffortkeepsyouawake.Effortisintrinsicallypartofawarenessandsleepneedsyoutoforgeteverything,drownyourselfinforgetfulness,relax.Don'tevenbotheraboutsleep--wheneveritcomesitcomes;ifitdoesnotcomeyoudon'tcareabit--anditcomes.Youaresaying,"Butitisverydifficultformetotakemyeyesfromyourbeautiful,radiantbeingwhenyougreetuscomingandgoinginthemorning.AmImissingbypeeking?"Notatall,BigPrem.Peepingisagoodexercise!Onefeelssadforthosewhodon'tknowhowtopeep.Andyouarenotpeepingintosomebody'sbathroom.Youneednotbeworried--peepjoyously.Butpeoplebecomeworried...justlastnight,towakeupNiskriya,IgavehimaNazisalute.Thentoohewasnotfullyawake;justalittlebithecameintohissenses.Everybodyenjoyed,butGarimo'smotherGitabecameworried.ShethoughtthatthisNiskriyaseemstobeaNaziagent.ThispoorNiskriya,hehasnothingtodowithanything,NaziorGermanorgreatNordicAryanblood.Heisasimplefellow.Heissosimplethateverygirlfriendleaveshimjustinoneday.Butheisnotworried,becausehekeeps...