Ojai, May 20th, 1984

The word 'motive', the root meaning of that word is 'to move'. To move, not in a particular direction, not self-centred egotistic desire. This becomes difficult - motive implies, as we said, motive is born out of memory. Right? Because I want something which I am missing. Right? That's one form of motive. I want to achieve fame: appear in the beastly papers, well-known, power, position, everybody say 'What a marvellous bird you are'. There is a motive, which is a projection of our own memory and desire, therefore that memory is limited and therefore static.