The whole of existence is dancing, except for man. the whole of existence proceeds in a very relaxed way, there is movement but it is utterly relaxed. Trees are growing and birds are chirping and rivers are flowing and stars are moving: everything is happening in a very relaxed way. No hurry, no haste, no worry, and no waste. Except for man. Man has fallen victim to his mind.
Man can rise above Gods and fall below animals. Man has a great spectrum of possibility. From the lowest to the highest, Man is a ladder.
Start from the body, and then go, slowly, slowly, deeper. And don't start anything else unless you have solved the first problem. If your body is tensed, don't start with your mind. Wait. Work on the body first. Remember, small things are of immense help.
You walk at a certain pace; that has become habitual automatic. Now try to walk slowly. Buddha used to say to his disciple, "walk very slowly and take each step very consciously. " If you take each step very consciously you are bound to walk slowly. IF you are running, hurrying, you will forget to this. Hence Buddha walks very slowly.
Just try walking very slowly, and you will be surprised - a new quality of awareness will start happening in your body. Eat slowly and you will find that there is great relaxation. Do every thing slowly... change the old patterns, leave behind the old habits.
First the body has to become utterly relaxed like that of a small child, only than can you start with he mind. Move scientifically; first to the simplest, than the complexed, finally the more complexed. And only than can you relaxed at the ultimate core.
Relaxation is one of the most completed phenomenon - very rich multi dimensional. All these things are part of it: let go, trust, surrender, love, acceptance, going with the flow, union with existence, egolessness, ecstasy. All these are part of it, and all these start happening if you learn the ways of relaxation.
Your so called religious beliefs have made you very tense, because they have created guilt in you. My effort is to help you get rid of all guilt and all fear. Let me tell you there is no hell and no heaven, so don't be afraid of hell and don't be greedy for heaven. All that exists is this moment. You can make this moment a hell or a heaven - that certainly is possible - but there is no heaven or hell somewhere. Hell is when you are all tensed, and heaven is when you are completely relaxed. Total relaxation is paradise.
