And be playful. Remember that word "playful"
always with me, it is very basic. In India, we call creation God's Leela God's
play. God has not created the world; it is his play."
Natraj is dance as a total meditation. There are three
stages, lasting a total of 65 minutes.
First Stage: 40 minutes
With eyes closed dance as if possessed. Let your unconscious
take over completely. Do not control your movements or be a witness to what is
happening. Just be totally in the dance.
Meditation is needed only because you have not chosen to be
happy. If you have chosen to be happy there is no need for any meditation. Meditation
is medicinal. If you are ill, then the medicine is needed. Buddhas don't need
meditation. Once you have started choosing happiness, once you have
Second Stage: 20 minutes
Keeping your eyes closed, lie down immediately. Be silent
and still.
Third Stage: 5 minutes
Dance in celebration and enjoy.
Forget the dancer, the center of the ego. Become the dance.
That is the meditation Dance so deeply that you forget completely that 'you'
are dancing and begin to feel that you are the dance. The division must
disappear. Then it becomes a meditation. If the division is there, then it is
an exercise: good, healthy, but it cannot be said to be spiritual. It is just a
simple dance. Dance is good in itself. As far as it goes, it is good. After it,
you will feel fresh, young. But it is not meditation yet. The dancer must go,
until only the dance remains.
So what to do? Be totally in the dance, because division can
exist only if you are not total in it. If you are standing aside and looking at
your own dance, the division will remain you are the dancer and you are
dancing. Then dancing is just an act, something you are doing. It is not your
being. So get involved totally; be merged in it Don't stand aside, don't be an
observer, Participate!
Let the dance flow in its own way. Don't force it. Rather,
follow it: allow it to happen. It is not a doing but a happening. Remain in the
mood of festivity. You are not doing something very serious. You're just
playing, playing with your life energy, playing with your bioenergy, allowing
it to move in its own way. Just like the wind blows and the river flows you are
flowing and flowing. Feel it.
And be playful. Remember this word 'playful' always. With
me, it is very basic. In this country we call creation God's leela, God's play.
God has not created the world. It is his play.
