Dhyan Darshan #9
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Questions in this Discourse
A friend has asked:
What is the relationship between meditation and health?
What is the relationship between meditation and health?
Very much. Because a very large part of illness comes from the mind. Deep down, ninety percent of disease comes from the mind itself. Meditation makes the mind healthy; thus the most basic cause of illness drops away.
This process of meditation also has a direct effect on the body. Ten minutes of intense breathing increases your life energy, your vital energy. All of life is a play of breath. The whole existence of life depends on breath. Where there is breath, there is life.
The way we breathe is not sufficient. In our lungs, understand, there are roughly six thousand pores. The breath we take does not reach more than two thousand of them. The remaining four thousand pores—two-thirds of the lungs—remain constantly filled with carbon dioxide. That carbon dioxide packed into those four thousand pores becomes the cause of hundreds of bodily diseases. Think of that carbon dioxide as the root within you from which everything can go wrong.
Ten minutes of bhastrika, of rapid, vigorous breathing, slowly begins to touch those six thousand pores. Your whole lungs become filled with the purest prana. The result will be there—profound effects on the body.
The second stage of the meditation is catharsis, a purging.
You may not know it, but even people who have nothing to do with meditation consider catharsis essential for separating out illnesses. Today in America there are about ten large laboratories that have succeeded in curing hundreds of diseases through catharsis alone. At Esalen, in California, there is a major institute where they take a person through fifteen days of catharsis. If he needs to fight, to shriek, to shout, they provide the means for all that—arranged so it does not become violent toward anyone. If he needs to hit, they give him pillows to hit and strike. If he needs to scream, he screams in solitude; he can jump, he can leap. In fifteen days even the greatest illnesses show results; the biggest diseases fall away.
So the second stage of catharsis brings very wondrous results for health.
In the fourth stage, after “Who am I?” when we become utterly silent, then slowly the anahat—the unstruck sound—begins to arise within. Two things are necessary to understand here.
We have heard the word Om much, we have written it everywhere—but we do not really know it. Even those who chant Om all day do not know it.
Om is the sound that is heard when everything stops, when all functions of the mind become quiet. Not made, but heard. Not produced by you, but received by you. It is the soundless sound. When everything stops—only existence remains; you remain with no mind, no thoughts, no longing, no desire, only being—then the music that is heard has been recognized in our land as Om. The Jews, the Christians, the Muslims have recognized it as Amen—it is a form of Om. Whenever anyone has gone into that fourth stage, some sound close to A-U-M has been caught. Whether we call it Om or Amen—these are our translations, our way of saying it in language.
That sound has truly wondrous effects on health.
Right now at Oxford University there is a remarkable laboratory working, called Dilabar. They have performed a small but precious experiment that may bring great results for humanity in the future.
Two beds of seasonal flowers were sown—no sprouts yet. Both had the same light, the same seeds, the same manure, the same water, every condition identical. Over one bed, pop music was played every day, an hour a day, until the seeds sprouted and the plants grew—the pop music that runs all over the world today, the music of the new generation. Over the other bed, classical music—Beethoven and Mozart—was played an hour daily. The gardener knew nothing of what was being done; he cared for both beds equally. The bed exposed to pop music sprouted late, the seeds broke late, the plants remained small; fewer flowers came, and those that came were sickly, diseased, not fully blossomed. The bed with classical music sprouted earlier, the seeds broke sooner, the plants grew larger, they were laden with blossoms, and the flowers that came were healthy.
Now at the Dilabar Laboratory this experiment has been repeated many thousands of times, and their findings are: every single sound has a health value. The kinds of sounds you listen to will be decisive for your health. It will not be long before sound therapy is born. It will not be long before we begin trying to heal patients through sound.
But the great sound is heard in meditation. That great sound is Om. In the fourth stage it slowly begins to manifest. You are not to produce it; it begins to arise from within you. And when it manifests, you too begin to cry out.
Understand this difference. You may go on saying “Om, Om”—nothing will happen. Only when Om bursts forth from within—when it explodes—will there be results. And if you keep saying it, there is great possibility you will be satisfied with that false Om you are uttering, and the explosion will never happen. The day Om explodes, every fiber of your being, every hair on your body begins to cry out; from every side it starts erupting.
This ultimate sound was resounding even when nothing was—when the moon and stars were still smoke and the whole sky was a void. And when the great dissolution comes and all becomes silent, it will still go on resounding. When we too enter that complete silence, into that great dissolution—meditation is a great dissolution; in it the “I” is lost—when everything inside us becomes a void, then that sound begins to be heard. With that great sound, supreme health becomes available.
But we have no awareness of any of this. We go on listening to anything. If the world’s new generation keeps listening to the kind of music it listens to today, then the future of humanity cannot be more than thirty or forty years. If poetry continues as it is being written today, and painting as it is being painted today, the whole earth will become a madhouse. Because everything has consequences.
If you look at a painting by Picasso, you cannot look for long; in a little while your head begins to spin. Because the painting is not harmonious; there is no music in it. The painting is anarchic. If a man paints like Picasso, the neck is separate, the hand separate, the leg separate—everything broken, fractured; nowhere any music, cadence, rhythm. The reason is that Picasso is a product of his time. Today the whole society, the whole world, is non-rhythmic; all rhythm is broken. In that broken rhythm everyone is mad—the painter, the poet, the musician. Whatever they are doing is a by-product of our society; they are doing only what the society has given them.
Meditation is the door to supreme health.
This process of meditation also has a direct effect on the body. Ten minutes of intense breathing increases your life energy, your vital energy. All of life is a play of breath. The whole existence of life depends on breath. Where there is breath, there is life.
The way we breathe is not sufficient. In our lungs, understand, there are roughly six thousand pores. The breath we take does not reach more than two thousand of them. The remaining four thousand pores—two-thirds of the lungs—remain constantly filled with carbon dioxide. That carbon dioxide packed into those four thousand pores becomes the cause of hundreds of bodily diseases. Think of that carbon dioxide as the root within you from which everything can go wrong.
Ten minutes of bhastrika, of rapid, vigorous breathing, slowly begins to touch those six thousand pores. Your whole lungs become filled with the purest prana. The result will be there—profound effects on the body.
The second stage of the meditation is catharsis, a purging.
You may not know it, but even people who have nothing to do with meditation consider catharsis essential for separating out illnesses. Today in America there are about ten large laboratories that have succeeded in curing hundreds of diseases through catharsis alone. At Esalen, in California, there is a major institute where they take a person through fifteen days of catharsis. If he needs to fight, to shriek, to shout, they provide the means for all that—arranged so it does not become violent toward anyone. If he needs to hit, they give him pillows to hit and strike. If he needs to scream, he screams in solitude; he can jump, he can leap. In fifteen days even the greatest illnesses show results; the biggest diseases fall away.
So the second stage of catharsis brings very wondrous results for health.
In the fourth stage, after “Who am I?” when we become utterly silent, then slowly the anahat—the unstruck sound—begins to arise within. Two things are necessary to understand here.
We have heard the word Om much, we have written it everywhere—but we do not really know it. Even those who chant Om all day do not know it.
Om is the sound that is heard when everything stops, when all functions of the mind become quiet. Not made, but heard. Not produced by you, but received by you. It is the soundless sound. When everything stops—only existence remains; you remain with no mind, no thoughts, no longing, no desire, only being—then the music that is heard has been recognized in our land as Om. The Jews, the Christians, the Muslims have recognized it as Amen—it is a form of Om. Whenever anyone has gone into that fourth stage, some sound close to A-U-M has been caught. Whether we call it Om or Amen—these are our translations, our way of saying it in language.
That sound has truly wondrous effects on health.
Right now at Oxford University there is a remarkable laboratory working, called Dilabar. They have performed a small but precious experiment that may bring great results for humanity in the future.
Two beds of seasonal flowers were sown—no sprouts yet. Both had the same light, the same seeds, the same manure, the same water, every condition identical. Over one bed, pop music was played every day, an hour a day, until the seeds sprouted and the plants grew—the pop music that runs all over the world today, the music of the new generation. Over the other bed, classical music—Beethoven and Mozart—was played an hour daily. The gardener knew nothing of what was being done; he cared for both beds equally. The bed exposed to pop music sprouted late, the seeds broke late, the plants remained small; fewer flowers came, and those that came were sickly, diseased, not fully blossomed. The bed with classical music sprouted earlier, the seeds broke sooner, the plants grew larger, they were laden with blossoms, and the flowers that came were healthy.
Now at the Dilabar Laboratory this experiment has been repeated many thousands of times, and their findings are: every single sound has a health value. The kinds of sounds you listen to will be decisive for your health. It will not be long before sound therapy is born. It will not be long before we begin trying to heal patients through sound.
But the great sound is heard in meditation. That great sound is Om. In the fourth stage it slowly begins to manifest. You are not to produce it; it begins to arise from within you. And when it manifests, you too begin to cry out.
Understand this difference. You may go on saying “Om, Om”—nothing will happen. Only when Om bursts forth from within—when it explodes—will there be results. And if you keep saying it, there is great possibility you will be satisfied with that false Om you are uttering, and the explosion will never happen. The day Om explodes, every fiber of your being, every hair on your body begins to cry out; from every side it starts erupting.
This ultimate sound was resounding even when nothing was—when the moon and stars were still smoke and the whole sky was a void. And when the great dissolution comes and all becomes silent, it will still go on resounding. When we too enter that complete silence, into that great dissolution—meditation is a great dissolution; in it the “I” is lost—when everything inside us becomes a void, then that sound begins to be heard. With that great sound, supreme health becomes available.
But we have no awareness of any of this. We go on listening to anything. If the world’s new generation keeps listening to the kind of music it listens to today, then the future of humanity cannot be more than thirty or forty years. If poetry continues as it is being written today, and painting as it is being painted today, the whole earth will become a madhouse. Because everything has consequences.
If you look at a painting by Picasso, you cannot look for long; in a little while your head begins to spin. Because the painting is not harmonious; there is no music in it. The painting is anarchic. If a man paints like Picasso, the neck is separate, the hand separate, the leg separate—everything broken, fractured; nowhere any music, cadence, rhythm. The reason is that Picasso is a product of his time. Today the whole society, the whole world, is non-rhythmic; all rhythm is broken. In that broken rhythm everyone is mad—the painter, the poet, the musician. Whatever they are doing is a by-product of our society; they are doing only what the society has given them.
Meditation is the door to supreme health.
Another friend has asked: Can the intense breathing be continued across all three stages?
It depends on you. In the first stage it is to be maintained—this is a must. For those ten minutes do not drop it. After that it depends on you. If it feels comfortable, you can continue it in the remaining two stages, or in one of them. In the fourth stage it is not to be continued—this is a must-not. In the first stage you must continue it; in the fourth stage you must not. In the other two stages it is a matter of your personal convenience. If you feel you can keep deep breathing along with dancing, jumping, shouting—keep it. If you can keep it while asking “Who am I?”—keep it. But in the second stage the emphasis will be on jumping, dancing, crying and shouting; the breath will be secondary, not primary. In the third stage the inquiry “Who am I?” will be primary; the breath will be secondary. And if you cannot keep it, there is no harm; the first stage is sufficient.
The question is not to keep the breath deep for a long time; the question is to keep it intensely deep for ten minutes—not extensively. Even for thirty minutes, if you keep it slowly and mildly deep, there will be no result; and even for ten minutes, if you keep it with your whole force, there will be a result. So the question is of intensity, not extension—of depth, not spread. Pay attention to depth.
The question is not to keep the breath deep for a long time; the question is to keep it intensely deep for ten minutes—not extensively. Even for thirty minutes, if you keep it slowly and mildly deep, there will be no result; and even for ten minutes, if you keep it with your whole force, there will be a result. So the question is of intensity, not extension—of depth, not spread. Pay attention to depth.
A friend has asked: Here you keep time for us, so we know when ten minutes are up; at home, how will we know?
It doesn’t matter. Whether it turns out to be eight minutes or twelve instead of ten, there is no difference. Continue by estimation. In five or ten days your estimate will become steady. Our difficulty has arisen because we have made false substitutes; therefore the inner clock is not able to function. Otherwise, there is a biological watch within, and it does work. Why do you start feeling sleepy at eleven or twelve at night? If you get up at six in the morning, or at four, why does sleep break then? If you eat at twelve or one, why does hunger come exactly at one? What is the reason?
There is a biological time; inside, a natural process is going on. Just as seasons change—there is no clock and no calendar anywhere—yet they change on time. Evening comes, morning comes; the sun rises and sets on time. In the same way there is an inner rhythm for everything; in that rhythm everything finds its place by itself.
Practice meditation for five or ten days and your inner clock will catch it; the process will take exactly ten minutes. But we have lost trust in ourselves. The more instruments we have made, the more we have lost trust in ourselves. There is no trust in oneself.
If, before sleeping at night, you decide that you must get up at five in the morning, then exactly at five your sleep will open. You did not get up while asleep to look at the clock; when you look after waking, it is exactly five. And many times it will happen that you decide on five o’clock and if the clock is wrong, when you set it right you will find it is five; if it is wrong, set it to five.
As your experiment with meditation deepens, your inner biological time-sense will begin to awaken. It has become disordered because we have not been using it. Everything has its time; it is grasped from within. Do not worry too much about it. Whether it becomes twelve minutes instead of ten, or eight—the mistake won’t be more than that, and no harm will come from it.
There is a biological time; inside, a natural process is going on. Just as seasons change—there is no clock and no calendar anywhere—yet they change on time. Evening comes, morning comes; the sun rises and sets on time. In the same way there is an inner rhythm for everything; in that rhythm everything finds its place by itself.
Practice meditation for five or ten days and your inner clock will catch it; the process will take exactly ten minutes. But we have lost trust in ourselves. The more instruments we have made, the more we have lost trust in ourselves. There is no trust in oneself.
If, before sleeping at night, you decide that you must get up at five in the morning, then exactly at five your sleep will open. You did not get up while asleep to look at the clock; when you look after waking, it is exactly five. And many times it will happen that you decide on five o’clock and if the clock is wrong, when you set it right you will find it is five; if it is wrong, set it to five.
As your experiment with meditation deepens, your inner biological time-sense will begin to awaken. It has become disordered because we have not been using it. Everything has its time; it is grasped from within. Do not worry too much about it. Whether it becomes twelve minutes instead of ten, or eight—the mistake won’t be more than that, and no harm will come from it.
Another friend has asked: for those who are heart patients, or with similar illnesses—what do you suggest for them?
For them I would suggest that they experiment. In all likelihood the experiment will change their illness, erase it, end it. Leave a little to the divine. In fact, ever since we left our illness to the doctor, there has been no need felt for God. Such doctors are in as much darkness as the patient. There is not much difference between the darkness of the two. But his ignorance is expert ignorance. His not-knowing is the specialist’s not-knowing. Therefore he can show, on all sides, that he knows. Although inside he too is afraid. He too doesn’t know—much of it he doesn’t know: expert ignorance, a specialist. He is sure of himself only on the surface...
At least he can instill confidence in the patient. His ritual, his stethoscope, his blood-pressure instrument, his way of walking, his clothes, his glasses, his degrees—they can convince you that, all right, now you are in the hands of an expert; and if you must die, at least you will die in an expert’s hands. But within he is as afraid as you are—perhaps more afraid than you. That is why no doctor treats himself. No doctor can prescribe medicine for himself; he has to run to another doctor. He has no trust in himself. When illness comes upon him, he becomes as weak as you are—more than you. Because he knows very well that what he is doing is all groping in the dark.
I am not saying don’t go to a doctor—by all means go. But keep a little space for God as well. And many times it happens that the health given by the doctor is of less value than the illness given by God. But that is another matter. Leave it—leave a little to Him too. If you have the courage to let go, the results can be immediate.
Now let us sit for the experiment. If there are more questions, then tonight... Today is the last day, so we must put in our total energy. And the divine will also give you His total power; His grace will shower fully. So everyone please stand up, make space, spread out, come behind me, spread out all around. Friends who wish only to watch, come directly in front of me, stand right in front. Friends who are watching should not stand anywhere else—stand exactly in front. Spread out quickly, don’t delay.
Don’t crowd in the middle—if you stand so tightly packed you won’t be able to manage. In a moment everyone will dance and jump; you will have difficulty. Move a little outward, make your own space. And no one, while dancing and jumping, should leave their place—remain where you are. Don’t stand so densely together; otherwise the work will not happen. Spread outward; there is lots of space outside. The more open you are, the more joyfully the happening can happen. Friends who are watching should not stand anywhere at my sides—go to the back, stand directly in front. Stand there and watch quietly.
All right! Spread out quickly. Don’t chat in the middle. Don’t make such a fuss about spreading out. All right! No one should stand quietly in the middle just to watch. Do not stand with your eyes open in the middle. Those who wish to stand with eyes open, go to the back and watch silently from there. Do not stand in the middle. Only those who are participating should remain in the middle; everyone else please move away.
Good! Now close your eyes. Fold your hands. Pray to the Lord. Acknowledge His grace. Make a resolve before Him. Fold your hands, bow your head, surrender yourself at His feet. Resolve: With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. You must put it all in. The Lord’s grace surely comes to the one who stakes himself wholly.
Now release the hands; begin the first stage. Breath... For forty minutes the eyes must remain closed. Keep the eyes absolutely closed for forty minutes. If you open them, it will be wasted. Keep the eyes closed and breathe fast. In ten minutes you must make every hair tremble. Fast... make sure no one is left standing still. Take it as a competition with your neighbors—let no one lag behind anyone. Strongly... strike... we have to awaken the kundalini... strike... strike... strike... let electricity run through every pore... let there be nothing but breath. Forget everything—let only the breath remain. This whole world is a game of breath; drown yourself in the breath. Fast... fast... If the body sways, let it sway... if it dances, let it dance... fast breathing... fast breathing... the energy within will begin to rise... the energy is rising—let it rise... strike... strike... strike...
Seven minutes remain... strike... make every hair tremble... shake the whole body... breath... breath... breath... Do it with joy... fill yourself with joy and strike with the breath... fill with joy and strike with the breath... Sway... don’t worry... if the body trembles, let it tremble... make it tremble more and strike with the breath... fast breathing... fast breathing... remember your resolve... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... whatever happens to the body, let it happen... breathe fast... drop all inhibitions... fast breathing...
Don’t just stand—standing will be useless. Fast... fast... fast... a storm must be raised... every particle within must be shaken... fast breathing... fast breathing... sway... sway... breathe fast... breathe fast...
Six minutes... fast... there will be no technique in the second stage... awaken the energy now; we will use it in the second... awaken the energy... strike... awaken... awaken...
Drop your worries—don’t worry about clothes and such... don’t worry about saving all that... fast... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast...
Five minutes remain; half the time—let no one lag behind... friends who are standing back, come into the intensity... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... strike... strike... raise a storm inside... nothing but breath... inside and out, nothing but breath... fast... fast... fast... fast... breath... breath... breath...
Yes, if the body sways, let it sway... if hands and feet move, let them move... if the head trembles, let it tremble... when energy awakens in the body, this will happen... awaken it... if a sound arises, let it arise... fast... four minutes remain... move... move ahead... let no one lag behind anyone... put in your total energy. So many people—there should be a total storm. Let there be only breath. Fast... strike... the kundalini awakens... strike... strike... strike... strike filled with joy... strike filled with joy... strike filled with joy...
Three minutes remain... move... let no one lag behind... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... the energy has awakened—exert... awaken it fully, don’t leave even a trace asleep... fast... fast... when I count—one, two, three—become utterly mad.
One!... Two!... Three!... Put in your total energy... for one minute plunge totally... fast... fast... we are moving to the second stage; before that, the climax, the peak, strong... nothing but breath remains... only breath... strong... a few seconds remain, use your total strength; then we will move to the second stage... the energy must be fully awakened by striking; only then will we enter the second stage... do it, and make sure no one is left standing still... and don’t stand with eyes open in the middle... fast... fast... last chance in the first stage... fast... fast...
Enter the second stage. Whatever happens in the body, do it strongly. For ten minutes, throw everything out through the body—shout, cry, dance, laugh. Move... move ahead... let no one lag behind anyone... take it as a competition—compete with your neighbors, move with speed... shout, dance, cry, laugh—with joy... whatever is happening, do it strongly... strongly... strongly... put in your total energy...
Seven minutes remain—put in your total energy... all of it... shout... raise a storm... dance, shout... six minutes remain... move... move... with full force... throw out everything that is in the mind... throw it, cry, shout, laugh, dance... whatever the body wants to do, let it do—don’t stop it... stronger... stronger... stronger... fill with joy... dance, jump, shout...
Five minutes remain... don’t fall behind... move... stronger... whatever you are doing, do it strongly... strongly... strongly... four minutes remain... bring the storm... so many people—there should be a total storm... shout, dance, fill with joy...
Three minutes remain—put in your total energy, then we will move to the third stage. Move... move... take it as a competition with those near you—let no one lag behind anyone... dance, jump... the energy has awakened—let it work... pour everything out... whatever wants to come out, let it come...
One! Put in your total energy. Two! Put in your total energy. Three! Become utterly mad... for one minute drop all mind... shout, dance, jump—at your own place; do not leave your place... shout, jump, dance... one minute remains—use your full strength, then we will move to the third stage... bring the storm... stronger... stronger... stronger... a few seconds remain—total strength... total strength... stronger... stronger... stronger... fill with joy... do it strongly...
Now enter the third stage. Ask—Who am I? Who am I? Keep dancing, keep swaying, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Dance, sway, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Keep swaying, keep dancing, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?...
Ask with joy. The energy has awakened—ask: Who am I? Who am I? Ask, ask, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Put in your total strength—ask: Who am I? We have to tire the mind out. Ask: Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?...
Eight minutes remain—apply total strength and tire it out. Who am I?... Keep swaying, keep dancing, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Ask, ask, ask—don’t waste time; don’t fall behind even a little—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... Dance, jump—this is the final active stage... Who am I?... Put in your total strength...
Six minutes remain—put in your total strength. Who am I?... Shout, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Five minutes, five minutes remain... apply energy... remember your resolve, apply energy... Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... Shout, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... The energy has awakened—ask, ask... four minutes remain—use all your strength; then we will rest... The more you tire, the deeper you will be able to go into rest... tire it out—Who am I?... Jump, leap, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Ask, ask...
Three minutes remain... now become utterly mad... drop all worries... Who am I?... Dance, jump—Who am I? Who am I?... Two minutes remain... move... considering your total strength, put it all in. One!... Two!... Three!... Put in your total strength... for one minute pour everything in—Who am I?... Dance, jump, ask—Who am I?... Become utterly mad... move... move... shout, dance... it’s a matter of one minute—then we will rest. Tire it out; shout loudly; dance strongly... Who am I? Move... move... just a few seconds more... gather your total strength and apply it...
Enough—now stop... drop everything... drop everything... drop everything... drop everything... Enter the fourth stage... enter the fourth stage. Drop everything; you are erased, lost, dissolved in supreme bliss. Let go—let everything go... let go, let go—drop everything... As a drop dissolves in the ocean, so dissolve. As a drop dissolves in the ocean, so dissolve.
Only light—light everywhere, infinite light all around. Only light—light everywhere, infinite light all around. Everywhere, only light. Nowhere any darkness. Every corner of the heart is filled with light. Only bliss—bliss. Every hair is filled with the thrill of bliss. Be blissful; let the heart be filled with bliss.
There is a shower of bliss, a shower of bliss. Within, in every hair, every corner, into every heartbeat, let bliss enter. Drink in bliss, bliss, bliss. Bliss alone is showering—drink it in, drink it in—become one with bliss. Infinite bliss—everywhere nothing but bliss; there is no trace of sorrow anywhere. Only light—only bliss; only bliss—only light.
The divine is present everywhere. Experience His presence. Outside He is, inside He is. He alone is birth, He alone is death, He alone is life. The divine is present everywhere. Outside He is, inside He is. Remember, remember, recognize—He is our very nature; the divine is our true nature. He alone is everywhere—within and without.
Experience His touch. Experience His love. Experience His light. Experience His bliss. All around, only the divine—the divine. Inside He is, outside He is. He alone is—like a drop we have dissolved in His ocean. He alone is, He alone is—accept Him in bliss. Give Him a doorway in the heart. Embrace Him. He alone is—He alone is everywhere. Within, without—He alone.
Only light, only bliss, only the divine. He alone is everywhere. He alone is everywhere. Within and without. The divine alone is truth; He alone is life. Drown, drown—be lost, be lost, be absorbed, become one. Let every pore say, let every heartbeat say: the divine is everything, the divine is everything. As a drop disappears into the ocean, so be lost and become one.
Flowers of bliss will bloom within. Fireworks of light will begin to burst within. Some entirely new music will begin to play within. The resonance of Om will begin to resound within. The sound of Om will begin to resound within. On the veena of the heart the sound of Om will resonate—the resonance will resound. Flowers of bliss will bloom within. They will go on blooming—endless flowers. Fireworks of light will begin to burst—endless fireworks. Only light—light. The resonance of Om will begin to resound within, will begin to resound within. Flowers will bloom—endless flowers of His bliss will keep blooming. Suns of light will rise; only light will remain. The resonance of Om will begin to resound. Every breath, every heartbeat becomes filled with Om.
Now fold both hands. Bow your head at His feet. Offer thanks to Him. Fold both hands. Bow your head at His feet. His feet are all around—He alone is. Offer thanks. Place your head at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! Place it—place it—place yourself at His feet. As one places a flower of worship at His feet, so leave yourself at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! Let go, let go—leave yourself at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless!
Release both hands. Raise your head. Take two or four deep breaths, then sit down in your places. Open your eyes. If your eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, don’t hurry—stand for a couple of moments, take deep breaths, then sit. If you cannot get up, don’t hurry—take two or four deep breaths, then rise. Sit for a couple of moments; I will say two things to you, then we will take leave.
If the eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths. If the eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths, then get up and sit in your place. If you cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths, then rise. If you cannot sit, take two or four deep breaths, then sit. Return from meditation. Return from meditation. Return from meditation. Take two or four deep breaths, rise, and sit in your place.
This evening’s experiment will be the last. Friends who have had results are fortunate. Those who have not—only a few—their misfortune is in their own hands. If you will not do, it will not happen. If you keep watching others, it will not happen. If you do not gather courage, it will not happen. At least one step has to be taken toward the divine. And that step is always a step of courage—of heart—because it is into the unknown, about which we know nothing, and for which we know no path. Those whom we ordinarily call intelligent—such people remain deprived. The calculative, the ones who keep doing arithmetic, remain standing. To leap into the unknown requires a certain simplicity, a kind of childlikeness, a kind of youthfulness, a kind of freshness, a kind of courage and resolve. It has nothing to do with age; it has to do with the heart.
Tonight will be the final experiment. Those who have been left behind, or who feel they are not quite reaching—put in your total energy. Even now it is not too late. In truth, it is always very late. For how many lifetimes have we been seeking Him—with no clue. We give it different names: one seeks Him calling it bliss, another calling it peace, another calling it position, another calling it wealth. But we are all seeking the same. Because without Him, no contentment is possible. And without Him, no satiation, no fulfillment is possible. So for the night I say only this: tonight, put in your total energy. And when tonight the experiment is complete, then close your doors at home, close your room, and continue the experiment.
At least he can instill confidence in the patient. His ritual, his stethoscope, his blood-pressure instrument, his way of walking, his clothes, his glasses, his degrees—they can convince you that, all right, now you are in the hands of an expert; and if you must die, at least you will die in an expert’s hands. But within he is as afraid as you are—perhaps more afraid than you. That is why no doctor treats himself. No doctor can prescribe medicine for himself; he has to run to another doctor. He has no trust in himself. When illness comes upon him, he becomes as weak as you are—more than you. Because he knows very well that what he is doing is all groping in the dark.
I am not saying don’t go to a doctor—by all means go. But keep a little space for God as well. And many times it happens that the health given by the doctor is of less value than the illness given by God. But that is another matter. Leave it—leave a little to Him too. If you have the courage to let go, the results can be immediate.
Now let us sit for the experiment. If there are more questions, then tonight... Today is the last day, so we must put in our total energy. And the divine will also give you His total power; His grace will shower fully. So everyone please stand up, make space, spread out, come behind me, spread out all around. Friends who wish only to watch, come directly in front of me, stand right in front. Friends who are watching should not stand anywhere else—stand exactly in front. Spread out quickly, don’t delay.
Don’t crowd in the middle—if you stand so tightly packed you won’t be able to manage. In a moment everyone will dance and jump; you will have difficulty. Move a little outward, make your own space. And no one, while dancing and jumping, should leave their place—remain where you are. Don’t stand so densely together; otherwise the work will not happen. Spread outward; there is lots of space outside. The more open you are, the more joyfully the happening can happen. Friends who are watching should not stand anywhere at my sides—go to the back, stand directly in front. Stand there and watch quietly.
All right! Spread out quickly. Don’t chat in the middle. Don’t make such a fuss about spreading out. All right! No one should stand quietly in the middle just to watch. Do not stand with your eyes open in the middle. Those who wish to stand with eyes open, go to the back and watch silently from there. Do not stand in the middle. Only those who are participating should remain in the middle; everyone else please move away.
Good! Now close your eyes. Fold your hands. Pray to the Lord. Acknowledge His grace. Make a resolve before Him. Fold your hands, bow your head, surrender yourself at His feet. Resolve: With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. With the Lord as my witness, I resolve to put my total energy into meditation. You must put it all in. The Lord’s grace surely comes to the one who stakes himself wholly.
Now release the hands; begin the first stage. Breath... For forty minutes the eyes must remain closed. Keep the eyes absolutely closed for forty minutes. If you open them, it will be wasted. Keep the eyes closed and breathe fast. In ten minutes you must make every hair tremble. Fast... make sure no one is left standing still. Take it as a competition with your neighbors—let no one lag behind anyone. Strongly... strike... we have to awaken the kundalini... strike... strike... strike... let electricity run through every pore... let there be nothing but breath. Forget everything—let only the breath remain. This whole world is a game of breath; drown yourself in the breath. Fast... fast... If the body sways, let it sway... if it dances, let it dance... fast breathing... fast breathing... the energy within will begin to rise... the energy is rising—let it rise... strike... strike... strike...
Seven minutes remain... strike... make every hair tremble... shake the whole body... breath... breath... breath... Do it with joy... fill yourself with joy and strike with the breath... fill with joy and strike with the breath... Sway... don’t worry... if the body trembles, let it tremble... make it tremble more and strike with the breath... fast breathing... fast breathing... remember your resolve... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... whatever happens to the body, let it happen... breathe fast... drop all inhibitions... fast breathing...
Don’t just stand—standing will be useless. Fast... fast... fast... a storm must be raised... every particle within must be shaken... fast breathing... fast breathing... sway... sway... breathe fast... breathe fast...
Six minutes... fast... there will be no technique in the second stage... awaken the energy now; we will use it in the second... awaken the energy... strike... awaken... awaken...
Drop your worries—don’t worry about clothes and such... don’t worry about saving all that... fast... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast...
Five minutes remain; half the time—let no one lag behind... friends who are standing back, come into the intensity... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... fast breathing... strike... strike... raise a storm inside... nothing but breath... inside and out, nothing but breath... fast... fast... fast... fast... breath... breath... breath...
Yes, if the body sways, let it sway... if hands and feet move, let them move... if the head trembles, let it tremble... when energy awakens in the body, this will happen... awaken it... if a sound arises, let it arise... fast... four minutes remain... move... move ahead... let no one lag behind anyone... put in your total energy. So many people—there should be a total storm. Let there be only breath. Fast... strike... the kundalini awakens... strike... strike... strike... strike filled with joy... strike filled with joy... strike filled with joy...
Three minutes remain... move... let no one lag behind... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... stronger... the energy has awakened—exert... awaken it fully, don’t leave even a trace asleep... fast... fast... when I count—one, two, three—become utterly mad.
One!... Two!... Three!... Put in your total energy... for one minute plunge totally... fast... fast... we are moving to the second stage; before that, the climax, the peak, strong... nothing but breath remains... only breath... strong... a few seconds remain, use your total strength; then we will move to the second stage... the energy must be fully awakened by striking; only then will we enter the second stage... do it, and make sure no one is left standing still... and don’t stand with eyes open in the middle... fast... fast... last chance in the first stage... fast... fast...
Enter the second stage. Whatever happens in the body, do it strongly. For ten minutes, throw everything out through the body—shout, cry, dance, laugh. Move... move ahead... let no one lag behind anyone... take it as a competition—compete with your neighbors, move with speed... shout, dance, cry, laugh—with joy... whatever is happening, do it strongly... strongly... strongly... put in your total energy...
Seven minutes remain—put in your total energy... all of it... shout... raise a storm... dance, shout... six minutes remain... move... move... with full force... throw out everything that is in the mind... throw it, cry, shout, laugh, dance... whatever the body wants to do, let it do—don’t stop it... stronger... stronger... stronger... fill with joy... dance, jump, shout...
Five minutes remain... don’t fall behind... move... stronger... whatever you are doing, do it strongly... strongly... strongly... four minutes remain... bring the storm... so many people—there should be a total storm... shout, dance, fill with joy...
Three minutes remain—put in your total energy, then we will move to the third stage. Move... move... take it as a competition with those near you—let no one lag behind anyone... dance, jump... the energy has awakened—let it work... pour everything out... whatever wants to come out, let it come...
One! Put in your total energy. Two! Put in your total energy. Three! Become utterly mad... for one minute drop all mind... shout, dance, jump—at your own place; do not leave your place... shout, jump, dance... one minute remains—use your full strength, then we will move to the third stage... bring the storm... stronger... stronger... stronger... a few seconds remain—total strength... total strength... stronger... stronger... stronger... fill with joy... do it strongly...
Now enter the third stage. Ask—Who am I? Who am I? Keep dancing, keep swaying, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Dance, sway, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Keep swaying, keep dancing, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?...
Ask with joy. The energy has awakened—ask: Who am I? Who am I? Ask, ask, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Put in your total strength—ask: Who am I? We have to tire the mind out. Ask: Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?...
Eight minutes remain—apply total strength and tire it out. Who am I?... Keep swaying, keep dancing, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Ask, ask, ask—don’t waste time; don’t fall behind even a little—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... Dance, jump—this is the final active stage... Who am I?... Put in your total strength...
Six minutes remain—put in your total strength. Who am I?... Shout, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Five minutes, five minutes remain... apply energy... remember your resolve, apply energy... Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... Shout, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?... The energy has awakened—ask, ask... four minutes remain—use all your strength; then we will rest... The more you tire, the deeper you will be able to go into rest... tire it out—Who am I?... Jump, leap, dance, ask—Who am I? Who am I?... Ask, ask...
Three minutes remain... now become utterly mad... drop all worries... Who am I?... Dance, jump—Who am I? Who am I?... Two minutes remain... move... considering your total strength, put it all in. One!... Two!... Three!... Put in your total strength... for one minute pour everything in—Who am I?... Dance, jump, ask—Who am I?... Become utterly mad... move... move... shout, dance... it’s a matter of one minute—then we will rest. Tire it out; shout loudly; dance strongly... Who am I? Move... move... just a few seconds more... gather your total strength and apply it...
Enough—now stop... drop everything... drop everything... drop everything... drop everything... Enter the fourth stage... enter the fourth stage. Drop everything; you are erased, lost, dissolved in supreme bliss. Let go—let everything go... let go, let go—drop everything... As a drop dissolves in the ocean, so dissolve. As a drop dissolves in the ocean, so dissolve.
Only light—light everywhere, infinite light all around. Only light—light everywhere, infinite light all around. Everywhere, only light. Nowhere any darkness. Every corner of the heart is filled with light. Only bliss—bliss. Every hair is filled with the thrill of bliss. Be blissful; let the heart be filled with bliss.
There is a shower of bliss, a shower of bliss. Within, in every hair, every corner, into every heartbeat, let bliss enter. Drink in bliss, bliss, bliss. Bliss alone is showering—drink it in, drink it in—become one with bliss. Infinite bliss—everywhere nothing but bliss; there is no trace of sorrow anywhere. Only light—only bliss; only bliss—only light.
The divine is present everywhere. Experience His presence. Outside He is, inside He is. He alone is birth, He alone is death, He alone is life. The divine is present everywhere. Outside He is, inside He is. Remember, remember, recognize—He is our very nature; the divine is our true nature. He alone is everywhere—within and without.
Experience His touch. Experience His love. Experience His light. Experience His bliss. All around, only the divine—the divine. Inside He is, outside He is. He alone is—like a drop we have dissolved in His ocean. He alone is, He alone is—accept Him in bliss. Give Him a doorway in the heart. Embrace Him. He alone is—He alone is everywhere. Within, without—He alone.
Only light, only bliss, only the divine. He alone is everywhere. He alone is everywhere. Within and without. The divine alone is truth; He alone is life. Drown, drown—be lost, be lost, be absorbed, become one. Let every pore say, let every heartbeat say: the divine is everything, the divine is everything. As a drop disappears into the ocean, so be lost and become one.
Flowers of bliss will bloom within. Fireworks of light will begin to burst within. Some entirely new music will begin to play within. The resonance of Om will begin to resound within. The sound of Om will begin to resound within. On the veena of the heart the sound of Om will resonate—the resonance will resound. Flowers of bliss will bloom within. They will go on blooming—endless flowers. Fireworks of light will begin to burst—endless fireworks. Only light—light. The resonance of Om will begin to resound within, will begin to resound within. Flowers will bloom—endless flowers of His bliss will keep blooming. Suns of light will rise; only light will remain. The resonance of Om will begin to resound. Every breath, every heartbeat becomes filled with Om.
Now fold both hands. Bow your head at His feet. Offer thanks to Him. Fold both hands. Bow your head at His feet. His feet are all around—He alone is. Offer thanks. Place your head at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! Place it—place it—place yourself at His feet. As one places a flower of worship at His feet, so leave yourself at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! Let go, let go—leave yourself at His feet. The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless! The Lord’s grace is boundless!
Release both hands. Raise your head. Take two or four deep breaths, then sit down in your places. Open your eyes. If your eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, don’t hurry—stand for a couple of moments, take deep breaths, then sit. If you cannot get up, don’t hurry—take two or four deep breaths, then rise. Sit for a couple of moments; I will say two things to you, then we will take leave.
If the eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths. If the eyes do not open, place both hands over them. If you cannot sit, cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths, then get up and sit in your place. If you cannot rise, take two or four deep breaths, then rise. If you cannot sit, take two or four deep breaths, then sit. Return from meditation. Return from meditation. Return from meditation. Take two or four deep breaths, rise, and sit in your place.
This evening’s experiment will be the last. Friends who have had results are fortunate. Those who have not—only a few—their misfortune is in their own hands. If you will not do, it will not happen. If you keep watching others, it will not happen. If you do not gather courage, it will not happen. At least one step has to be taken toward the divine. And that step is always a step of courage—of heart—because it is into the unknown, about which we know nothing, and for which we know no path. Those whom we ordinarily call intelligent—such people remain deprived. The calculative, the ones who keep doing arithmetic, remain standing. To leap into the unknown requires a certain simplicity, a kind of childlikeness, a kind of youthfulness, a kind of freshness, a kind of courage and resolve. It has nothing to do with age; it has to do with the heart.
Tonight will be the final experiment. Those who have been left behind, or who feel they are not quite reaching—put in your total energy. Even now it is not too late. In truth, it is always very late. For how many lifetimes have we been seeking Him—with no clue. We give it different names: one seeks Him calling it bliss, another calling it peace, another calling it position, another calling it wealth. But we are all seeking the same. Because without Him, no contentment is possible. And without Him, no satiation, no fulfillment is possible. So for the night I say only this: tonight, put in your total energy. And when tonight the experiment is complete, then close your doors at home, close your room, and continue the experiment.
A friend has asked: In the night meditation we focus on you—so what should we do at home?
Close your eyes; I will begin to appear. If I have been seen here, I will begin to be seen there as well. Still, if you feel you need some support, keep a picture. Even that will be needed only for a few days; then it will no longer be necessary.
Our morning sitting is complete.
Our morning sitting is complete.
Osho's Commentary
There are two or three questions.