Dear,
The one, who has a strong sense of bondage, only he needs to be freed; who else? The one who is abiding in freedom requires no freedom. Freedom is his very breath, so there is no question of striving after freedom.
So, when we say freedom, obviously there is somebody to whom freedom is applicable. Freedom word is applicable only to the bonded mind. Now what is discipline with respect to a bonded mind?
The bonded mind behaves in a particular way, the particular way is such that it keeps the bondage perpetual, it’s a self-furthering, self-sustaining vicious cycle which masks the bondage, which names the bondage as freedom itself and in the continuation of which there is no apparent break, it can continue on its own till infinity.
There would be nothing that would come to break the cycle, because the one who is in the cycle is the bonded mind itself; suffering, frustrated; nevertheless hopeful and dissatisfied.
What breaks this cycle is called Discipline.
Discipline is that which can break the self-sustaining cycle of bondage. The freeman who abides in his freedom anyway has a beautiful, natural order in his mind, thoughts and actions. He needs no discipline.
In other words, a particular divine discipline is already there. So, we can’t even call it discipline, it would be redundant. We would not use the word discipline with respect to the realized mind, the tranquil mind. We will have to come back and use the word Discipline only with respect to the bonded mind.
The bonded mind requires something a little beyond itself, that which is beyond itself is not very distant from it, it is close by, and because it is close by, it can come from another fragment of the same mind. Or, it can come from something or somebody, mind perceives as an external object. But, what is certain is, that the cycle is not going to break itself, that the cycle of bondage has no interest in its own dissolution. Left to itself, it would continue and continue, time would keep passing and passing, and that is the reason why; time, age and experience are such useless words when it comes to realization, because time can keep passing, and passing. Nothing has happened that has disrupt the cycle.
Discipline is that which can potentially disrupt the cycle. Nothing else is discipline. So, discipline is a break from the normal pattern. Remember please, every pattern has a great interest in its own continuation, pattern will not just disappear, it lives in something, it lives in cause and effect, to disappear it requires a cause. Discipline is that cause. You will require it, as long as you do not require it. Till you come to a point where the word freedom itself becomes meaningless to you, you will require discipline.
It would be a great place to be in where even the most arbitrary, most random action has an inner discipline contained in it, so much so, that even one doesn’t have to bother; what is he doing, what is he thinking and what the quality of are?
That would be a great place to be in, but till the time one is not there, till the time one holds the idea that I am not there, discipline is needed. Yes, there is a funny part to it that I am not there, is only an idea, but we all hold that idea. I am not there, I have to reach somewhere, that idea expresses itself in the form of our urge to achieve, know, learn, get, acquire, become!
Till you want to become, you need that discipline. Till you have an urge to achieve, you need a particular discipline because the mind is bonded.
So, yes, discipline has, definitely, an important place in the process of realization. So, be disciplined till you realize that discipline is redundant. Have all the respect for discipline till you realize that all this doesn’t matter. But, be honest; don’t give up discipline before you have actually come to that realization. That can be one of the cunningnesses of the pattern, well, you are already there, why do you need discipline? Discipline is for the man in neighborhood, the boy next door needs discipline, you don’t need discipline.
We said, discipline is that which breaks the pattern, you already have a pattern to your life, are we very clear that no pattern will arise awaken and break itself? No pattern is suicidal, are we aware of that? It will not just say, on its own, I am done; if you don’t read, you won’t read, you have not read since five years, you won’t read for next five years, your entire life. A thousand lives are insufficient, the pattern will continue, it has continued, always.
Walking down the same road a thousand times, can you reach a new place? What is the point of then following the pattern, or experience, or time? If you are just on the same road again and again, obviously you cannot come out of it. The well has the frog and the frog may keep jumping, hopping one thousand times, all its movements will still be within the well. The well can’t be broken; the walls have not been breached. Your movements may give some kind of consolation, I am doing something, what you are doing is what you like doing, within the well of your thought. That’s one of the most difficult things for the mind to grasp and even more difficult to actionate, that’s why real change is so difficult to come about. Superficial change is very easy, go change your dress, change your make-up, change your words, the words you use to express the same old rotten stuff, but real change is so hard to come about.
Real change is a kind of suicide, mind does not want that, the pattern does not want that. That is why discipline is so scary, any kind of discipline, and the mind will come up with a thousand reasons against discipline. Do I need discipline? I am mature, adult, reasonable, fit to take care of myself. And remember, whenever there would be a question of discipline, there would always be the other. Even when you are saying that I am disciplining myself, there is still an other, in the form of another fragment of mind. And whenever there is an other, this pattern would be threatened, because the other is disciplining me, and I don’t like it. Who is the other to discipline me, what authority does he have, and how does he know that he is doing the right thing? Beautiful argument!
Discipline is something very, very conscious. Discipline is not a dead principle, discipline is not an ideal; discipline is something very radical and dynamic. Discipline is not about waking up at 4:00 in the morning and taking a bath, it’s not a dead routine.
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