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Osho, Satyam Shivam Sundram, HC. 420 pages
Osho’s words and silences
reawaken the poet in our souls as he responds to questions such as: Why
is it so difficult to be in a state of let-go? Are men responsible for
women feeling fed up? How can I love better? What is it to give and what
is it to receive? Why do enlightened masters criticize each other? Are
there real differences in races? Why am I scared to accept myself as I
am? There are also many classic talks on subjects such as the mystic
rose, how watching leads to no-mind, how hypnosis can help meditation,
running away from ourselves, jealousy, boredom, sex, loving ourselves,
relaxation, getting older, music, creativity, politics and war, dropping
our masks, fear of the new….
Reading this book is like being invited with great respect and humor, to
join a party Osho is throwing to celebrate the ultimate mystic reality.
As the party progresses we find that the more comfortable we are with
being ourselves, the easier it is to go beyond ourselves – to be able to
relax, meditate, laugh at ourselves and enjoy our lives each and every
moment.
BELOVED OSHO,
IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT I WILL EVER GROW UP?
Dhyan Nirvikar, I love the way you have asked the question. It is out of
a sincere humbleness. And just because it is arising out of a simple
humbleness it opens the doors for your growth.
You are asking, "Is there any possibility that I will ever grow up?"
There are all the possibilities; for the humble heart everything is
possible. For the egoist nothing is possible. For a person who can
accept that "I am nobody," all doors open suddenly. All the mysteries of
existence become available.
For the man who can say, "I do not know," a miracle becomes possible. In
his acceptance of not knowing he starts becoming wise, because he starts
becoming like a child, utterly innocent.
There is every possibility of your growing up. And particularly in this
buddhafield, if you are not functioning out of your ego, if you have
left your ego outside the Gateless Gate, then everything is possible for
you. Then the whole existence is available for you. The only thing that
blocks is the small ego.
One sometimes wonders why this small ego, phony, false, prevents people
from growing. Logically it seems very ridiculous, but existentially it
is something like a small speck of dust falls into your eyes and the
whole existence disappears. Your eyes are closed, you cannot open your
eyes. Those small pieces of dust have taken the whole existence away
from you. The rainbow in the clouds and the sun and the rain -- all have
disappeared.
Logically it should not be so: such small dust particles cannot prevent
you from seeing the whole sky, but really they do. It is not a question
of logic; it is question of actual, existential reality.
The small ego functions just like a small dust particle in your vision,
and it prevents you from looking at all the possibilities which are
available, which have always been available. Just remove that small
particle from your eyes. Nothing is changing. All was always available;
your eyes were just not able to see it.
With your humbleness, Nirvikar, great miracles are possible. Just remain
humble, innocent, receptive, available, waiting for the guest to knock
on your doors.
Two nuns were walking through
the woods one evening when they were jumped on by two men who dragged
them into the bushes and began to rape them. Sister Mary, bruised and
battered, looked up at the sky and began to pray softly, "Forgive him
Lord, for he knows not what he is doing."
Sister Teresa looked over and said, "That's a pity, mine does."
A gorgeous blonde walked into the dentist's office and was obviously
very nervous. "Oh doctor," she cried, "I'm so scared. You know, I think
I would rather have a baby than have a tooth filled."
"Okay," said the dentist warily, "but make up your mind before I adjust
the chair."
Just remain innocent and laughing and rejoicing and you need not be
worried about your growth. It will be happening on its own accord. You
don't have to do anything for it; you have just to create the right
atmosphere.
And we have already created that atmosphere here. You can be benefited
by this atmosphere if you don't remain an outsider, just a spectator or
a curious person.
If you are here, then melt and merge in this beautiful communion which
is incomparable in the sense that nowhere on the earth is anything
similar happening. Where people are laughing, rejoicing, dancing,
singing, melting into each other, the growth will come on its own accord.
Just learn to laugh, learn to dance, learn to sing, learn to be yourself,
utterly fulfilled and grateful to existence.
Paddy and Maureen had just had their eighteenth child, so Maureen went
to the doctor and asked if he could give her a hearing aid. "A hearing
aid?" asked the doctor. "How will that help you plan your family more
effectively?"
"Well," said Maureen, "I'm a little bit deaf, so every night when Paddy
says, `Would you like to go to sleep or what?' I always say, `What?'"
Okay, Maneesha?
cabd
Beloved Osho, why is it so difficult to be in a state of let-go?
Beloved Master, would you speak on the transformation of hypnosis into meditation?
Meditation surely leads to no-mind