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The first step in mindfulness is to become very attentive to your body. Gradually, a person becomes vigilant in every gesture, in every movement. As you become more aware, a miracle begins to happen: many things that you used to do simply disappear. Your body becomes more relaxed, more attuned, a deep peace reigns in your body, a subtle
music pulsates in your body.
Then, begin to be aware of thoughts – the same needs to be done with thoughts. They are more subtle than the body and, of course, much more dangerous. And when you become aware of thoughts, you will be surprised by what is happening inside you. If you write down everything that is happening in you at any moment, a great surprise awaits you. You won't believe it: "And this
continues inside me?" Just keep writing for ten minutes. Close the doors, lock the doors and windows so that no one can enter, and be absolutely honest – and light a fire to burn what you have written! – no one will know except you. And then be truly honest; continue to write down everything that is happening in your mind. Don't interpret it, don't change it, don't edit it. Just transfer it to paper, in its raw form, exactly as it is.
After ten minutes, read it – and you will see a crazy mind inside! We are not aware that all this madness continues, like an undercurrent. It affects everything that is significant in your life. It affects what you do; it affects everything. And the total sum of all this is your life!
Therefore, this madness needs to be changed. And the miracle of mindfulness is that you don't need to do anything other than become aware. The very act of observing it changes everything. Gradually, the madman disappears. Gradually, thoughts begin to follow a certain pattern: there is no longer chaos, they become more and more cosmic. And then a deeper peace reigns.
And when your body and mind are at peace, you will see that they are also in tune with each other, there is a bridge between them. Now they are not running in different directions, they are not riding on different horses. For the first time, there is harmony, and this harmony provides great help in working on the third step – that is, being aware of feelings, emotions, moods. This is the most subtle layer and the most difficult, but if you can be aware of thoughts, it is only one step further. You just need a little more intense awareness, and you will begin to reflect on your moods, emotions, feelings.
As soon as you become aware of all these three layers, they merge into one phenomenon. And when these three layers become one, they begin to act in complete harmony, vibrate together, you can feel the music of all three: they become an orchestra – and then the fourth happens. You cannot do this – it happens by itself, it is a gift of the whole. This is a reward for
those who have taken these three steps.
The fourth is ultimate awareness, which
makes a person enlightened. A person becomes aware of their own awareness – this is the fourth. This makes a person a Buddha, enlightened. And only in such enlightenment does a person realize what bliss is. Bliss is the goal, awareness is the path to it.
Osho
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The first step in mindfulness is to become very attentive to your body. Gradually, a person becomes vigilant in every gesture, in every movement. As you become more aware, a miracle begins to happen: many things that you used to do simply disappear. Your body becomes more relaxed, more attuned, a deep peace reigns in your body, a subtle
music pulsates in your body.
Then, begin to be aware of thoughts – the same needs to be done with thoughts. They are more subtle than the body and, of course, much more dangerous. And when you become aware of thoughts, you will be surprised by what is happening inside you. If you write down everything that is happening in you at any moment, a great surprise awaits you. You won't believe it: "And this
continues inside me?" Just keep writing for ten minutes. Close the doors, lock the doors and windows so that no one can enter, and be absolutely honest – and light a fire to burn what you have written! – no one will know except you. And then be truly honest; continue to write down everything that is happening in your mind. Don't interpret it, don't change it, don't edit it. Just transfer it to paper, in its raw form, exactly as it is.
After ten minutes, read it – and you will see a crazy mind inside! We are not aware that all this madness continues, like an undercurrent. It affects everything that is significant in your life. It affects what you do; it affects everything. And the total sum of all this is your life!
Therefore, this madness needs to be changed. And the miracle of mindfulness is that you don't need to do anything other than become aware. The very act of observing it changes everything. Gradually, the madman disappears. Gradually, thoughts begin to follow a certain pattern: there is no longer chaos, they become more and more cosmic. And then a deeper peace reigns.
And when your body and mind are at peace, you will see that they are also in tune with each other, there is a bridge between them. Now they are not running in different directions, they are not riding on different horses. For the first time, there is harmony, and this harmony provides great help in working on the third step – that is, being aware of feelings, emotions, moods. This is the most subtle layer and the most difficult, but if you can be aware of thoughts, it is only one step further. You just need a little more intense awareness, and you will begin to reflect on your moods, emotions, feelings.
As soon as you become aware of all these three layers, they merge into one phenomenon. And when these three layers become one, they begin to act in complete harmony, vibrate together, you can feel the music of all three: they become an orchestra – and then the fourth happens. You cannot do this – it happens by itself, it is a gift of the whole. This is a reward for
those who have taken these three steps.
The fourth is ultimate awareness, which
makes a person enlightened. A person becomes aware of their own awareness – this is the fourth. This makes a person a Buddha, enlightened. And only in such enlightenment does a person realize what bliss is. Bliss is the goal, awareness is the path to it.
Osho
music pulsates in your body.
Then, begin to be aware of thoughts – the same needs to be done with thoughts. They are more subtle than the body and, of course, much more dangerous. And when you become aware of thoughts, you will be surprised by what is happening inside you. If you write down everything that is happening in you at any moment, a great surprise awaits you. You won't believe it: "And this
continues inside me?" Just keep writing for ten minutes. Close the doors, lock the doors and windows so that no one can enter, and be absolutely honest – and light a fire to burn what you have written! – no one will know except you. And then be truly honest; continue to write down everything that is happening in your mind. Don't interpret it, don't change it, don't edit it. Just transfer it to paper, in its raw form, exactly as it is.
After ten minutes, read it – and you will see a crazy mind inside! We are not aware that all this madness continues, like an undercurrent. It affects everything that is significant in your life. It affects what you do; it affects everything. And the total sum of all this is your life!
Therefore, this madness needs to be changed. And the miracle of mindfulness is that you don't need to do anything other than become aware. The very act of observing it changes everything. Gradually, the madman disappears. Gradually, thoughts begin to follow a certain pattern: there is no longer chaos, they become more and more cosmic. And then a deeper peace reigns.
And when your body and mind are at peace, you will see that they are also in tune with each other, there is a bridge between them. Now they are not running in different directions, they are not riding on different horses. For the first time, there is harmony, and this harmony provides great help in working on the third step – that is, being aware of feelings, emotions, moods. This is the most subtle layer and the most difficult, but if you can be aware of thoughts, it is only one step further. You just need a little more intense awareness, and you will begin to reflect on your moods, emotions, feelings.
As soon as you become aware of all these three layers, they merge into one phenomenon. And when these three layers become one, they begin to act in complete harmony, vibrate together, you can feel the music of all three: they become an orchestra – and then the fourth happens. You cannot do this – it happens by itself, it is a gift of the whole. This is a reward for
those who have taken these three steps.
The fourth is ultimate awareness, which
makes a person enlightened. A person becomes aware of their own awareness – this is the fourth. This makes a person a Buddha, enlightened. And only in such enlightenment does a person realize what bliss is. Bliss is the goal, awareness is the path to it.
Osho
Added 1 minute ago
The first step in mindfulness is to become very attentive to your body. Gradually, a person becomes vigilant in every gesture, in every movement. As you become more aware, a miracle begins to happen: many things that you used to do simply disappear. Your body becomes more relaxed, more attuned, a deep peace reigns in your body, a subtle
music pulsates in your body.
Then, begin to be aware of thoughts – the same needs to be done with thoughts. They are more subtle than the body and, of course, much more dangerous. And when you become aware of thoughts, you will be surprised by what is happening inside you. If you write down everything that is happening in you at any moment, a great surprise awaits you. You won't believe it: "And this
continues inside me?" Just keep writing for ten minutes. Close the doors, lock the doors and windows so that no one can enter, and be absolutely honest – and light a fire to burn what you have written! – no one will know except you. And then be truly honest; continue to write down everything that is happening in your mind. Don't interpret it, don't change it, don't edit it. Just transfer it to paper, in its raw form, exactly as it is.
After ten minutes, read it – and you will see a crazy mind inside! We are not aware that all this madness continues, like an undercurrent. It affects everything that is significant in your life. It affects what you do; it affects everything. And the total sum of all this is your life!
Therefore, this madness needs to be changed. And the miracle of mindfulness is that you don't need to do anything other than become aware. The very act of observing it changes everything. Gradually, the madman disappears. Gradually, thoughts begin to follow a certain pattern: there is no longer chaos, they become more and more cosmic. And then a deeper peace reigns.
And when your body and mind are at peace, you will see that they are also in tune with each other, there is a bridge between them. Now they are not running in different directions, they are not riding on different horses. For the first time, there is harmony, and this harmony provides great help in working on the third step – that is, being aware of feelings, emotions, moods. This is the most subtle layer and the most difficult, but if you can be aware of thoughts, it is only one step further. You just need a little more intense awareness, and you will begin to reflect on your moods, emotions, feelings.
As soon as you become aware of all these three layers, they merge into one phenomenon. And when these three layers become one, they begin to act in complete harmony, vibrate together, you can feel the music of all three: they become an orchestra – and then the fourth happens. You cannot do this – it happens by itself, it is a gift of the whole. This is a reward for
those who have taken these three steps.
The fourth is ultimate awareness, which
makes a person enlightened. A person becomes aware of their own awareness – this is the fourth. This makes a person a Buddha, enlightened. And only in such enlightenment does a person realize what bliss is. Bliss is the goal, awareness is the path to it.
Osho