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No one hears the heart.
And the mind is so talkative, so constantly chattering – babble, babble – that even if the heart sometimes says something, it never reaches you. It cannot reach you. The noise in your head is so loud that it is impossible, absolutely impossible for the heart.
Gradually, the heart stops saying anything. Not heard again and again, ignored again and again, it falls silent.
In society, the head rules everything. Otherwise, we would live in a completely different world, a more loving world, with less hatred, less war, nuclear weapons would be impossible. The heart would never approve of any of the methods of destruction being developed; the heart would never be in the service of death. It is life that pulsates for life; it beats for life.
The path is very simple.
The path is to get out of the mind as many times a day as possible. Whenever you have time, just get out of your mind.
Some things can help you. If you cannot be in silence, just sit; if you feel that you have so much energy to do something, and you are not doing it, then all that energy becomes a game of the mind; it is easier to start with some kind of creation. If you are interested in music, play music and drown in it. If you like to dance, dance, and let the dancer disappear.
Anything – if you know pottery, make beautiful pots, put your energy into it completely. Because when you put your energy completely into something, the mind does not get any energy and becomes silent on its own.
And at first, it is only that you have to do some work to keep yourself busy, so that the energy goes into what you are doing, and the mind remains silent.
Soon you will be able to sit in silence, doing nothing, and the mind becomes absolutely silent.
In those moments, you will know the eternity of life, you will know the beauty of this fleeting existence that surrounds you, and the immense treasure of your own being.
Thinking belongs to the mind. Understanding lies beyond it.
So, the first thing to note is that to reach understanding, you do not need to become a great thinker.
On the contrary, you need to become a non-thinker. In a state of non-thinking, the flower of understanding blooms.
Your thoughts can understand one thing: that you are not interested in them. In the moment when you can reach this point, you will achieve a great victory.
Just observe.
Don't say anything to the thoughts.
Don't judge. Don't condemn.
Don't order them to move.
Let them do whatever they do, let them do any gymnastics; you just observe, enjoy. It is like a beautiful movie.
And you will be surprised: just by observing, the moment comes when there are no more thoughts, there is nothing to observe.
Osho
And the mind is so talkative, so constantly chattering – babble, babble – that even if the heart sometimes says something, it never reaches you. It cannot reach you. The noise in your head is so loud that it is impossible, absolutely impossible for the heart.
Gradually, the heart stops saying anything. Not heard again and again, ignored again and again, it falls silent.
In society, the head rules everything. Otherwise, we would live in a completely different world, a more loving world, with less hatred, less war, nuclear weapons would be impossible. The heart would never approve of any of the methods of destruction being developed; the heart would never be in the service of death. It is life that pulsates for life; it beats for life.
The path is very simple.
The path is to get out of the mind as many times a day as possible. Whenever you have time, just get out of your mind.
Some things can help you. If you cannot be in silence, just sit; if you feel that you have so much energy to do something, and you are not doing it, then all that energy becomes a game of the mind; it is easier to start with some kind of creation. If you are interested in music, play music and drown in it. If you like to dance, dance, and let the dancer disappear.
Anything – if you know pottery, make beautiful pots, put your energy into it completely. Because when you put your energy completely into something, the mind does not get any energy and becomes silent on its own.
And at first, it is only that you have to do some work to keep yourself busy, so that the energy goes into what you are doing, and the mind remains silent.
Soon you will be able to sit in silence, doing nothing, and the mind becomes absolutely silent.
In those moments, you will know the eternity of life, you will know the beauty of this fleeting existence that surrounds you, and the immense treasure of your own being.
Thinking belongs to the mind. Understanding lies beyond it.
So, the first thing to note is that to reach understanding, you do not need to become a great thinker.
On the contrary, you need to become a non-thinker. In a state of non-thinking, the flower of understanding blooms.
Your thoughts can understand one thing: that you are not interested in them. In the moment when you can reach this point, you will achieve a great victory.
Just observe.
Don't say anything to the thoughts.
Don't judge. Don't condemn.
Don't order them to move.
Let them do whatever they do, let them do any gymnastics; you just observe, enjoy. It is like a beautiful movie.
And you will be surprised: just by observing, the moment comes when there are no more thoughts, there is nothing to observe.
Osho