I Am the Gate - the Emptiness

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Osho
Date:
Fri, 19 Apr 1971 00:00:00 GMT
Book Title:
Osho - The Gateless Gate
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22
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Beloved Bhakti,

Love. Your letter.

You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate.

Oh! I know that.

But you need not do either.

You need not pass through the gate with me or not with me.

Because, I AM THE GATE.

Bhakti, I am NO-ONE - so how can you be with me or not with me?

And, ONE who is NO-ONE only can be the gate.

The Gate means the emptiness.

Because the Gate is nothing but the space to pass through.

Pass through me - not with me - and know.

I appear to be some-one only from without.

But deeper you penetrate me the less you will find me.

And, in the end: NO-ONE.

19-4-71

(To, Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, U.S.A.)

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