Beloved Bhakti,
Love. Your letter.
You write me that without me you cannot pass through the gate and with me you will not pass through the gate.
Oh! I know that.
But you need not do either.
You need not pass through the gate with me or not with me.
Because, I AM THE GATE.
Bhakti, I am NO-ONE - so how can you be with me or not with me?
And, ONE who is NO-ONE only can be the gate.
The Gate means the emptiness.
Because the Gate is nothing but the space to pass through.
Pass through me - not with me - and know.
I appear to be some-one only from without.
But deeper you penetrate me the less you will find me.
And, in the end: NO-ONE.
19-4-71
(To, Ma Yoga Bhakti, New York, U.S.A.)