2) "Are You Really the Leader of the Village?"

There are leaders in all the villages that you go to. When you visit the leader and ask him if he is the leader, he will say, "Yes, I am the leader." If you ask him again several times even after he answers affirmatively, he is in the defensive position after being struck. If you tell him, "It seems that there is no real village leader in this world," then he will ask, "Why is there no leader? How can you be so offensive in front of people?" Then, you should reply, "Well, please listen to me. A real village leader should do this and that. But did you ever do that?" He probably never heard such words before. Suppose that you follow him around and show that you love the village more than his own children do; then if he is a true leader, will he chase you out from the village or get to like you? [Get to like us.]

If you were to run around day and night like a madman, asking people if there is anything that needs to be done in the village, would this be against the law? It will be permitted without any objections. It will not breach any law. Do you think that it will breach any law of this world which is built on injustice? It will not. The site of the heaven where one can naturally possess the right of liberation will be found under such circumstances. This is logically sound.

For this reason, you should love people like crazy. You should be crazy about it regardless of day or night. At the dawn, or at any other time, loving the village more than your own family members, you should weep and toil thinking that the village is the place where your dreams will unfold. You should be grateful for your toilsome labor, and grateful for being cursed at and chased out. This is one of the ways to bring harmony so that your love can become three-dimensional. After a year and three years pass while you are living with such a standard of heart, the village will kneel down and submit before you. This is the law of the universe. (44-205)