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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
walked along the road, again he met the mysterious traveller whom he recognized as the Plague. Immediately he said, “My friend, you lied to me when we talked before." The Plague asked, “What do you mean?” Then the merchant said, “You told me you would kill only 500 people, but now 5,000 have died of the plague in Baghdad.” "It is true," the Plague replied, “but I did not lie to you.” “What do you mean?" asked the merchant, “You told me you would kill only 500 people and yet 5,000 have died. How can you sayyou did not lie?" The Plague said, “I only killed 500 people. The rest have died from their fear of the sickness and of dying. I only took 500 lives, the others killed themselves with their own fears."
When fear takes root in our mind, then the plant can grow and blossom and bear its fruit of suffering. So now we say nabum and we uproot all our fears before they can bloom. Again and again you have to deny that this is you until your mind is convinced. Saying this once, your mind won't be free. You must be a little hard with yourself while you still keep a gentle feeling. It is like a sauna bath—first you take the heat, then you go into cold water, and then back. When you are both hot and cold with your mind, you drop all your past fears.
Now when you say kohum you see exactly what you are, without anybody's opinion or projection or conditioning. It may take time, but you will go deeper and deeper until you see yourself exactly. Then you say nahum to anything which drags you down, holds you or gives you any negative feeling. Saying nahum you throw it out.
Working with these powerful mantras, we go deeper and we relax. Then we find our meditation is gentle and peaceful; we are eliminating all negative feelings and
