When you come in with an empty mind, with no prejudice, you can absorb what I am saying in its totality. If you come in with your knowledge, you will be constantly comparing every word of mine with what you know about it, with what you have heard about it from someone else earlier, and you will simply miss what I am trying to tell. You can absorb me only if there is some space in you. If you are already full, you cannot take me in. A small story: A learned professor from the West went to meet a Zen master in the East, in Japan. The professor had done a lot of research in many areas of study. He went to meet the master to get some spiritual knowledge, to understand spirituality in a better fashion. He arrived at the master’s place and found the master brewing tea. The master saw him and gestured to sit, and continued to brew tea. The professor sat down and after a while, started talking of his background, of all his studies, his discoveries, his travels around the world, his experiences with different people, his conclusions on various subjects and what not. The master finished brewing the tea and placed two cups between them. He began pouring tea into the professor’s cup. He poured and poured and slowly the cup started overflowing. The tea spilt over the saucer and flowed onto the table. The professor was watching what was happening. He could not contain himself any more. He screamed out, ‘Master, what are you doing? Stop pouring! The cup is overflowing!’ The master stopped and calmly said, ‘So are you.’ The professor was shocked but understood what the master was trying to tell him. The professor was so full like the teacup! Anything that the master might tell him would only overflow outside, not into him. The professor understood from that one word of the master, what he meant, what he was trying to tell him. So understand: if you really want to gain something, just be like an empty cup here. Be totally open and receptive. Be like a child, innocent and curious; like a sponge, ready to absorb; that is enough. #Nithyananda #KAILASA #11genders #Hinduism #genderequalityl #womenempowerment #women #womensrights #humanrights #hindutemple #empowerwomen #divinemoth