Meditation: A New Dimension

Yogacharya Kriyananda: "But is it a stage of Existence? I think it is Existence."

Bhagwan: "It IS Existence, not a stage of Existence. Things exist; Existence never exists. Existence IS. These two words are tautological, repetitive. Existence is is-ness, so there is no question whether it exists or does not exist."

notes: "An interview with Acharyashri Rajneesh by Ma Yogabhakti (New York), Yogacharya Mahendra Thaker (Bombay) and Swami Kriyananda Saraswati, Bilaspur, (M.P.). On 6-5-1970, at Bombay." (1st ed) **

"Text of an interview with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh by Ma Yoga Bhakti (now Ma Ananda Pratima), New York; Yogacharya Mahendra Thaker, Bombay; and Swami Kriyananda Saraswati (now Sw Yoga Chinmaya); held in Bombay (India) on May 5, 1970." (2nd ed) **

Later published as Ch. 2 in The Silent Explosion and in Ch. 2 in The Great Challenge (much edited).