osho

Osho Says:  "I have seen people doing just the wrong thing. From the very early morning they get out of bed complaining, gloomy, sad, depressed, miserable. Then one thing leads to another -- and for nothing they get angry... it is very bad because it will change your climate for the whole day, it will set a pattern for the whole day. 

Zen people are more sane. In their insanity they are saner than you. They start with laughter... and then the whole day you will feel laughter bubbling, welling up. There are so many ridiculous things happening all over! God must be dying of His laughter -- down the centuries, for eternity, seeing this ridiculousness of the world. 

The people that He has created, and all the absurdities -- it is really a comedy. He must be laughing. If you become silent after your laughter, one day you will hear God also laughing, you will hear the whole existence laughing -- trees and stones and stars with you. 

And the Zen monk goes to sleep in the night again with laughter. The day is over, the drama is closed again -- with laughter he says "Goodbye, and if I survive again, tomorrow morning I will greet you again with laughter." 

Try it! Start and finish your day with laughter, and you will see, by and by, in between these two more and more laughter starts happening. And the more laughing you become, the more religious."

OSHO

solitude

“Without solitude God cannot be found. Those who are striving to attain to the Supreme Being by meditation in silence and freedom from ties will find the Himalayas a most congenial abode. Braced by the grandeur and magnificence of nature, enve­loped in its stillness, it becomes easy to contemplate Infinity, one spontaneously dives into the depths of the Self.

Those, on the other hand, who are devotionally inclined will prefer to stay by the seashore. Inspired by the music of the rolling waves, ecstatic emotion surges up high until, engulfed in the boundless love of the Lord of Love, one is carried away straight to one's Goal.

For those who have no special line but are eager to be wayfarers on the path to Enlightenment, any beautiful, secluded spot will be suitable. Householders should set apart a corner in their homes kept sacred as a shrine for divine contemplation.

But for one who has forsaken everything for the love of God, who everywhere sees Him alone, all places are equally good.

Endeavour to control your rambling thoughts and rise above the changing circumstances of life; then the problem of having to select a suitable site for your sādhana will cease to exist.”

 ~ Anandamayi Ma

surrender

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔, ”𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓.” 

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚, ”𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓”, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓? 𝑰 – 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒕-𝒈𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆; 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝐓𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫! 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄, 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄, 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 – 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭.  𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒  𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫.

𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮

Once you start feeling the mothering, the fathering that surrounds you, in the air, in the sun, in the moon, in the stars, you drop caring for yourself. There is no need to be worried. 

You start flowing with existence. You drop pushing the river. And then, Sagar, you will be able to understand what Zen is. 

💓𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒐

self

**Q: Why do I never remember that I am the Self?**

**A:** People speak of memory and oblivion of the fullness of the Self. Oblivion and memory are only thought-forms. They will alternate so long as there are thoughts. But reality lies beyond these.

Memory or oblivion must be dependent on something. That something must be foreign to the Self as well, otherwise there would not be oblivion. That upon which memory and oblivion depend is the idea of the individual self. When one looks for it, this individual ‘I’ is not found because it is not real. Hence this ‘I’ is synonymous with illusion or ignorance (maya, avidya or ajnana]. To know that there never was ignorance is the goal of all the spiritual teachings. Ignorance must be of one who is aware. Awareness is jnana. Jnana is eternal and natural, ajnana is unnatural and unreal.

*Ramana Maharshi – Be As You Are – by David Godman*

Energy

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 – 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞; 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.

We learn from chaos only if we go inwards, if we enter into the chaos consciously, deliberately, knowingly.

Close your eyes and let your mind function as a screen of a movie or a television, and whatever passes on the mind you simply remain watchful, doing nothing, not even judging.

The simplest method of meditation is just a way of witnessing. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

You are seeing a tree: You are there, the tree is there, but can’t you find one thing more? – that you are seeing the tree, that there is a witness in you which is seeing you seeing the tree.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲.  𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.

𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬…. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠… 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 – 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡? – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬; 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬.

There is no need to say, “I am sad.” The fact is that you are a witness that a cloud of sadness is passing over you. There is anger – you can simply be a witness. There is no need to say, “I am angry.” You are never angry – there is no way for you to be angry – you are always a witness. The anger comes and goes; you are just a mirror. Things come, get reflected, move – and the mirror remains empty and clean, unscratched by the reflections.

Witnessing is finding your inside mirror.

And once you have found it, miracles start happening. When you are simply witnessing the thoughts, thoughts disappear. Then there is suddenly a tremendous silence you have never known. 

When you are watching the moods – anger, sadness, happiness – they suddenly disappear and an even greater silence is experienced. And when there is nothing to watch – then the revolution. 

Then the witnessing energy turns upon itself because there is nothing to prevent it; there is no object to your witnessing, it simply comes around back to yourself – to the source. And this is the point where one becomes enlightened.

Then there is no misery, no frustration, no meaninglessness; then life is no longer an accident. It becomes part of this cosmic whole – an essential part. And a tremendous bliss arises that this whole existence needs you.

Time and place are not there in being — space and time both disappear there. You will be grounded only when you come to a certain state within: where you cannot say who you are, where you cannot say where you are, where you cannot say when you are. Everything has stopped; time does not move.

The clock may be moving: tick-tock, tick-tock; it may be moving. You can listen, but time does not move — only the futile gesture of the clock. Something deep within you has stopped. That is the point I call ‘the point of no-when’. And there is no space.

You can look at space, but you are not in space; you can look at time, but you are not in time. Then you are grounded. This is what I call ‘being’; this is what Jesus calls ‘the kingdom of God’: this is what Buddha calls ‘nirvana’.

But it would be better to say, “You are already grounded. You just need awareness.”

💓𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒐

purpose

Your purpose is to be at peace,

to love all beings, and to know who you are.

This is the purpose of life.

Slowly you will know this and get through.

Q. What is peace?

See things with an open heart and you will see what peace, love and beauty are and at that moment you will forget everything.

Have you heard of Saint Kabir? He says, "If you keep quiet for an instant, for half an instant, for even half of a half of an instant, then the whole world will run after you." That is the attraction that you will become if you keep Quiet. You will be the most beautiful person in the whole universe will run after you to have peace of mind. You will become That and it is not difficult.

~ Papaji

joy

Saraha says: BE AVAILABLE TO JOY, WHEREVER IT COMES FROM. Never deny it. Don't condemn it. When it is of the body, so what? Then God is knocking at your body. When you are eating and you feel a certain joy, you enjoy your food, it is God; you are swallowing Him.

WHEN YOU HOLD THE HAND OF A WOMAN OR A MAN or a friend, or anybody, with tremendous love AND THERE IS A THRILL IN YOUR BODY ENERGY, there is a dance, a deep dance in your body energy; when you are stirred -- LIKE ELECTRICITY SOMETHING VIBRATES, something renovates, rejuvenates you, something which makes you more alive than you have ever been before -- it is joy. IT IS GOD COMING THROUGH THE BODY. When listening to music you feel tremendously happy, it is joy through the mind. 

Looking at a flower without touching it and without bringing your mind into it, A MOMENT COMES WHEN THERE IS BLISS -- subtle, silent, profound, benediction. But all are different manifestations of JOY.

—Ôshó—

The Tantra Vision

Vol 2, Ch #9: No-Mind is the door

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(_via Bodhisattva Shree Amithaba Subhuti_❤️)