As long as you wish. As far as I
am concerned, this very moment it can happen. It is not a question of time, it
is a question of intense understanding.
It is true: whatever the question, my answer is the same, because there are not
many questions, they are just phrased in different ways.
But the question also is one: you don't know who you are. You are absolutely in
darkness - unaware of your glory, your divinity, your beauty, your truth. All
the questions differ only in phrasing. Naturally, I have to phrase my answers
also according to your question.
Somebody has counted through my books and found that I have answered ten
thousand questions. My answer is one. I have not answered ten thousand
questions, and I have not given you ten thousand answers. Your question is one,
but you have asked it in ten thousand ways. My answer is one; just not to spoil
the game I have answered you in ten thousand ways, hoping that perhaps,
sometime, in a certain moment of silence, in a certain way, you may catch hold
of the one answer.
How long you are going to miss, that depends on you. I cannot force it on you,
you have to receive it. I cannot give it to you, you have to take it.