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Meditation is not concentration
Meditation techniques can be incorrect. For example: any meditation technique that immerses you in deep concentration is incorrect. You will become more and more closed off, instead of becoming open. If you narrow your consciousness, concentrate on something, if you reject existence and become purposeful, this will cause more and more tension in you. Hence the word "attention," which means "at-tension." Concentration, the very sound of the word, evokes a feeling of tension in you.
Let me list a few key points. First: meditation is not concentration, but relaxation – a person relaxes internally. The more you relax, the more you feel open, vulnerable, less rigid. You become more flexible, and suddenly existence begins to penetrate you. You are no longer like a rock; you develop openings.
To relax means to enter a state in which you do nothing, because if you do something, the tension will not cease. The state of non-doing is when you simply relax and enjoy the feeling that arises from it. Relax internally, close your eyes, and listen to everything that is happening around you. There is no need to see anything as an obstacle. The moment you perceive something as an obstacle, you deny God.
Here, God has come to you in the form of a bird – do not deny it. He knocked on your door in the guise of a bird. Here he has come in the form of a barking dog, or a crying child, or a laughing madman. Do not deny, do not reject – accept, because if you deny, you tense up. Any denial creates tension – accept. If you want to relax, accept. Accept everything that happens around you; let everything become an organic whole. Whether you know it or not, everything is interconnected. Birds, trees, the sky, the sun, the earth, you, me – everything is connected to each other, everything forms an organic unity.
If the sun disappears, the trees will disappear; if the trees disappear, the birds will disappear; if the birds and trees disappear, you will not be able to be here, and you will disappear too. This is ecology. Everything is closely interconnected.
Do not deny anything, because when you deny, you deny something in yourself. If you deny these chirping birds, then something is denied in you as well.
When you relax, you accept; accepting existence is the only way to relax. If minor things bother you, then it is your attitude that bothers you. Sit in silence; listen to everything that is happening around you and relax. Accept, relax – and suddenly you will feel a great energy rising within you. When I say, "Observe," do not try to observe; otherwise, you will again be tense and begin to concentrate. Just relax, stay relaxed, and look... what else can you do? You are here, there is nothing to do, no struggle, no conflict. You simply observe. Remember: just observe.
Osho
Meditation techniques can be incorrect. For example: any meditation technique that immerses you in deep concentration is incorrect. You will become more and more closed off, instead of becoming open. If you narrow your consciousness, concentrate on something, if you reject existence and become purposeful, this will cause more and more tension in you. Hence the word "attention," which means "at-tension." Concentration, the very sound of the word, evokes a feeling of tension in you.
Let me list a few key points. First: meditation is not concentration, but relaxation – a person relaxes internally. The more you relax, the more you feel open, vulnerable, less rigid. You become more flexible, and suddenly existence begins to penetrate you. You are no longer like a rock; you develop openings.
To relax means to enter a state in which you do nothing, because if you do something, the tension will not cease. The state of non-doing is when you simply relax and enjoy the feeling that arises from it. Relax internally, close your eyes, and listen to everything that is happening around you. There is no need to see anything as an obstacle. The moment you perceive something as an obstacle, you deny God.
Here, God has come to you in the form of a bird – do not deny it. He knocked on your door in the guise of a bird. Here he has come in the form of a barking dog, or a crying child, or a laughing madman. Do not deny, do not reject – accept, because if you deny, you tense up. Any denial creates tension – accept. If you want to relax, accept. Accept everything that happens around you; let everything become an organic whole. Whether you know it or not, everything is interconnected. Birds, trees, the sky, the sun, the earth, you, me – everything is connected to each other, everything forms an organic unity.
If the sun disappears, the trees will disappear; if the trees disappear, the birds will disappear; if the birds and trees disappear, you will not be able to be here, and you will disappear too. This is ecology. Everything is closely interconnected.
Do not deny anything, because when you deny, you deny something in yourself. If you deny these chirping birds, then something is denied in you as well.
When you relax, you accept; accepting existence is the only way to relax. If minor things bother you, then it is your attitude that bothers you. Sit in silence; listen to everything that is happening around you and relax. Accept, relax – and suddenly you will feel a great energy rising within you. When I say, "Observe," do not try to observe; otherwise, you will again be tense and begin to concentrate. Just relax, stay relaxed, and look... what else can you do? You are here, there is nothing to do, no struggle, no conflict. You simply observe. Remember: just observe.
Osho