Learning
What are the characteristics of rubber?
When an Rubber is stretched, it returns to its original position. But when it’s over stretched beyond its limit point, it loses its elasticity and becomes plastic, and later cuts or breaks.
In life too some of these would help to grow.
Balance is health. To lose balance is to lose health. And balance is sanity – to lose balance is to become insane. The fear is always there. The danger is always there. The danger comes because of your mind.
When you start meditating, there is a danger that you may become too much attached to this introversion. Meditation is an introversion; it leads you to your center. If you lose your elasticity and you become incapable of coming back to the periphery, then it is a withdrawal — and a dangerous withdrawal. It is schizoid.
Be alert! That has happened to many people. The whole history is full of such people who became schizoid.
When you are meditating, always remember that the periphery is not to be lost permanently. You have to come to the periphery again and again so the route remains clear and the path remains there. Hence to meditate but not to renounce the world. Meditate in the morning and then go to the market; meditate in the morning and then go to your office. Meditate and then make love! Don’t create any dichotomy, don’t create any conflict. Don’t say, “Now how can I love? I am a meditator.” Then you are moving in a dangerous direction; sooner or later you will lose all contact with the periphery. Then you will become frozen at the center. And life consists of being alive – changing, moving. Life is dynamic, it is not dead.
Remember: life is a rhythm between day and night, summer and winter. It is a continuous rhythm. Never stop anywhere! Be moving! And the bigger the swing, the deeper your experience will be.
And this has to go on continuously. Pour your center on the periphery, and pour your periphery on the center. Pour your love in your meditation and pour your meditation in your love.
This is what a dynamic life. And a religious life is a dynamic life.
Learning from Rubber: Be Flexible
