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Ramona and I brought her
family to the airport in Delhi last night and came
home at six o'clock in the morning. Their flight
departed at seven o'clock in the morning and they
are still travelling now. David and his friend also
left the Ashram today to spend their last days in
India in Rishikesh. It is a steady coming and going
here.
Somebody
asked me a question which I hear very often: which
tradition do I follow? And I always give the answer
that I do not follow any tradition or religion and
that I do not want to make followers. I know that
many Gurus and Swamis are successfully making
disciples and that thousands of people are being
called their followers. But I will say that most of
them are following like sheep are following in a
herd. They have not thought about the decision of
following that Master and maybe they do not even
know what exactly he or she is teaching. No, they
are followers because thousands of others are doing
the same. There is no or vey little own thinking.
Sheep also do not know where they are going and why
they are going there but they go because all others
are going. These people do not want to take
responsibility for their own actions. This applies
to all aspects of life. When all those other people
are doing that it must be right. But still, there is
always some doubt, there is always the question if
they are doing right or wrong. Sheep will always be
in doubts. And this is what I do not want to create.
I want to make people think and take responsibility
for what they are doing. I do not want any blind
followers who don' know what I am talking about.
Maybe those people who like to be followers do not
feel well with me because it is not my nature to
have followers. My aim is to give love to people and
bring them into this love to themselves that they
can decide on their own what the right way is for
them. Then they can go their way without any doubt.
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