Till now, you have only understood the questions. That’s all you understand. You don’t actually have answers to those questions. You have just really understood the questions, and you are very proud of yourself. " I understand the question.” Yes, but that’s the question. Do you have the answer? Have you felt that peace in your life? Not with your intellect, but in your heart? Have you understood that this life is not about definitions Love has to be felt; it cannot be a definition in words. Drink until your thirst is quenched. Eat until your hunger is satisfied. Sleep until you are rested. Search until you have found peace and then, understand. Your life should be about experiencing what is good, what is beautiful, because this is what exists inside of you. Yes, you are dirt, ordinary dirt, until the rain of breath falls onto it. When the rain of breath falls on this dirt, it indeed is not dirt; it is a garden. And when the rain of life, of breath stops falling on this dirt, it will become a desert again. Maybe you have heard about the frog that lives in the desert under dried-out lakes. It’s fascinating…..How can this frog survive so long? Scientists say he changes his metabolism, he does this, he does that. I say, Hey Frog, how do you know it’s going to rain again? or because that is what your strategy is based on. I will be able to do this; I will be able to do that; I’ll be able to change my metabolism; I’ll be able to cover my eyes; I’ll be able to slow down my heart.’ No, the strategy was, ‘I will have to wait, but the rain will come.’ And the rain comes.” This is understanding. And for however many years of evolution it took to come to the conclusion that this could be safely done, thefrog sticks it out, because rain will come. Do you know that the rain needs to come in your life, too? this rain will allow your garden to bloom, will allow you to understand, to know? It will allow you not just to have imagined the perfume of God, but to have distinctly smelled it. Distinctly. To know. That’s what knowing is about: Understanding the opportunity of being alive.
