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You become so sensitive that even the smallest blade of grass acquires infinite meaning for you. Your sensitivity reveals to you that this small stem of grass is as important for existence as a giant star; without this stem, existence would be less than it is. And this tiny stem is unique, irreplaceable, and possesses its own individuality. And this sensitivity will bring you a new kind of friendship – friendship with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. As love grows, as friendship grows, life becomes richer...(Osho)
And this miracle is possible through meditation. Meditation is simply an unusual surgical method that cuts you off from everything alien and leaves only what is your true essence. It burns away everything superfluous and leaves you naked, alone under the sun, in the wind. You become like the first person who came to earth, who knows nothing, who must discover everything, who must be a seeker, who must embark on a journey.
The second principle is the journey. Life should be a search – not a desire, but an exploration; not a claim to be something, to be this – the president of a country or the prime minister – but a search for the answer to the question: "Who am I?" It is very strange that people who do not know who they are try to become someone. They don't even know who they are in the present! They are not familiar with their essence, but they have a goal to become someone. Becoming is a disease of the soul. Essence is what you are. And to discover your essence means to begin to live. Then every moment is a new discovery, every moment brings new joy. A new mystery opens its doors, a new love begins to appear in you, a new compassion that you have not felt before, a new feeling of beauty, of divinity.
• The first thing you need to reclaim is innocence. Throw away your knowledge, forget your writings, forget your religions, your theology, your philosophy. Be born again, become innocent – and this is in your hands. Cleanse your mind of all alien ideas, of everything borrowed, of everything that has come from traditions, customs, of everything that has been given to you by others – parents, teachers, university professors. Just get rid of it. Become simple again, become a child again.
In the life of Saint Francis, there is a very beautiful story. Francis is dying. And he always traveled on a donkey from one place to another, sharing his experience with people. All his disciples gathered to hear his last words. A person's last words are always much more significant than everything he said before, because they contain the entire experience of his life. But what the disciples heard – they could not believe their ears... Saint Francis did not address them; he addressed his donkey. He said: "Brother, I am in insurmountable debt to you. You carried me from place to place, never getting angry. Never complaining. Before I leave this world, I want to ask for your forgiveness; I have done little good for you." These were the last words of St. Francis. It takes great sensitivity to say to a donkey, "Brother donkey," and ask for forgiveness.
As you become more and more sensitive, life becomes more expansive. It is no longer a small pond; it becomes like an ocean. It is less and less limited by you, your wife, and your children – it is no longer limited by anything. All of existence becomes your family, and until all of existence becomes your family, you will not know what life is – because no person is something separate; we are all connected. We are a vast continent, connected by millions of paths. Our life is shortened exactly as much as our hearts are not filled with love for the whole.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. This is our world – these stars are ours; we are not strangers here. We belong to existence from birth. We are part of it, we are its heart. Secondly, meditation will bring you great silence – because all the garbage of knowledge will be removed. Thoughts that are part of knowledge have also gone... a vast silence, and you are amazed: this silence is the only existing music.
Any music is an attempt to somehow realize silence. The sages of the ancient East attached great importance to all the great arts – music, poetry, dance, painting, sculpture – because all of this was born from meditation. They are an attempt to somehow bring the unknowable into the world of the knowable for those who are not ready for the journey – simply a 'gift' for those who are not ready to embark on a journey. Perhaps a song will evoke a desire to go in search of the source, perhaps a sculpture...
Osho
And this miracle is possible through meditation. Meditation is simply an unusual surgical method that cuts you off from everything alien and leaves only what is your true essence. It burns away everything superfluous and leaves you naked, alone under the sun, in the wind. You become like the first person who came to earth, who knows nothing, who must discover everything, who must be a seeker, who must embark on a journey.
The second principle is the journey. Life should be a search – not a desire, but an exploration; not a claim to be something, to be this – the president of a country or the prime minister – but a search for the answer to the question: "Who am I?" It is very strange that people who do not know who they are try to become someone. They don't even know who they are in the present! They are not familiar with their essence, but they have a goal to become someone. Becoming is a disease of the soul. Essence is what you are. And to discover your essence means to begin to live. Then every moment is a new discovery, every moment brings new joy. A new mystery opens its doors, a new love begins to appear in you, a new compassion that you have not felt before, a new feeling of beauty, of divinity.
• The first thing you need to reclaim is innocence. Throw away your knowledge, forget your writings, forget your religions, your theology, your philosophy. Be born again, become innocent – and this is in your hands. Cleanse your mind of all alien ideas, of everything borrowed, of everything that has come from traditions, customs, of everything that has been given to you by others – parents, teachers, university professors. Just get rid of it. Become simple again, become a child again.
In the life of Saint Francis, there is a very beautiful story. Francis is dying. And he always traveled on a donkey from one place to another, sharing his experience with people. All his disciples gathered to hear his last words. A person's last words are always much more significant than everything he said before, because they contain the entire experience of his life. But what the disciples heard – they could not believe their ears... Saint Francis did not address them; he addressed his donkey. He said: "Brother, I am in insurmountable debt to you. You carried me from place to place, never getting angry. Never complaining. Before I leave this world, I want to ask for your forgiveness; I have done little good for you." These were the last words of St. Francis. It takes great sensitivity to say to a donkey, "Brother donkey," and ask for forgiveness.
As you become more and more sensitive, life becomes more expansive. It is no longer a small pond; it becomes like an ocean. It is less and less limited by you, your wife, and your children – it is no longer limited by anything. All of existence becomes your family, and until all of existence becomes your family, you will not know what life is – because no person is something separate; we are all connected. We are a vast continent, connected by millions of paths. Our life is shortened exactly as much as our hearts are not filled with love for the whole.
Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. This is our world – these stars are ours; we are not strangers here. We belong to existence from birth. We are part of it, we are its heart. Secondly, meditation will bring you great silence – because all the garbage of knowledge will be removed. Thoughts that are part of knowledge have also gone... a vast silence, and you are amazed: this silence is the only existing music.
Any music is an attempt to somehow realize silence. The sages of the ancient East attached great importance to all the great arts – music, poetry, dance, painting, sculpture – because all of this was born from meditation. They are an attempt to somehow bring the unknowable into the world of the knowable for those who are not ready for the journey – simply a 'gift' for those who are not ready to embark on a journey. Perhaps a song will evoke a desire to go in search of the source, perhaps a sculpture...
Osho