Passion implies austerity – not the austerity of the monk or the disciplinarian but to be austere without any cause, without any demand. Austerity is like a sharp sword. Austerity can only be when there is complete simplicity – not in clothes, expression or food but the simplicity of a mind that has no problem, that is not seeking self-expression, that is not influenced, that is not craving more experience. For passion to be, there must be simplicity and austerity, and where there is austerity, there is beauty. It is that passion only that sweeps all things aside, not self-pity, not clinging to old habits and images, which is a waste of energy. Do we have this passion? From that, you can act, and it will never diminish. You don’t have to add any fuel to keep this passion because, at the root, you are simple. At the root, there is no problem. At the root, there is a sense of complete austerity. At the root, there is this extraordinary sense of gentleness and beauty. Out of that, or in that, there is the flame of passion, and with that you can act, live. Then do what you will because that is love.