[NOTE: This is an unedited tape transcript of an unpublished darshan diary, which has been copy-typed on to the computer. It is for reference purposes only)
Bliss is the most godly quality in existence And misery the most ungodly. But the irony is that people remember god only When they are in misery. And that is the most difficult moment To have any connection with god. You are as distant from god as possible. In misery one becomes closed In misery one becomes without windows There is no opening and there is no possibility Of making a bridge with god.
In bliss one opens up Like a lotus opening its petals. Then there is a communion with the sun And the wind and the rain. The most precious moment Is when you are feeling blissful -- That is the time to remember god. But unfortunately that is the time When nobody remembers god. Who cares about god When you are feeling blissful? For what?
This has to be remembered: When you are feeling blissful, That is the time to pray That is the time to meditate. You are as close to god as you ever will be. Just a little effort... And a sudden meeting and a sudden light And a sudden opening of the heart.
Make it a point not to remember god when you are in misery. The natural tendency Is to remember god when you are in misery. Millions of people remember god But very few people have found him For the simple reason That they remember him at the wrong time.
Whenever you are feeling good, healthy Peaceful, happy, cheerful When you are feeling like dancing and singing that is the moment -- don't miss that moment! Make it a moment of prayer and remembrance And meditation And god will become a reality to you.
Swami East West. Just West is half and just East is too And both have lived separately so long. You become the meeting place!
Man will be total only when East and West meet. My sannyasins have to become a synthesis. They have to absorb All that is beautiful in the East And all that is beautiful in the West. There is much Which both the hemispheres have contributed But there is much which is ugly too And the ugly has to be dropped. And if they remain separate The ugly cannot be dropped. That is something to be understood.
The West is basically Scientific, materialistic, objective. Nothing is wrong in being scientific But to think that science is the end is wrong. Nothing is wrong in knowing the secrets of matter But to think that by knowing matter You have known all that is worth knowing Is absolutely wrong. But if the West remains the West Then that is going to continue, that old idea Of the materialistic, objective, scientific approach.
The East believes in and has experienced too Something more than matter, but it became So infatuated with that something more That it simply became indifferent to matter, Which is wrong.
That's why the East is suffering so much From poverty, starvation, disease: For the simple reason that the East Has given its total attention to the spiritual, Neglecting the material. It is religious, it is mystical, it is subjective But at the cost of being scientific. It goes beyond science But science is needed, it is a must.
There is a great difference Between a song and a pice of bread In fact there seems to be no connection. But if you are hungry, the song will disappear. The song is possible only When you are not hungry When your body is satisfied; Only then Do higher satisfactions become possible.
The East has to learn Western materialism and the scientific approach And the West has to learn Eastern mysticism and the subjective approach. Then only can the whole man be created.
In my vision, up to now the whole man Has not existed; he has yet to come. And my sannyasins have to become The herald of the new man, of the whole man.
Man can know god only If he is utterly vulnerable, soft and tender Almost feminine. Only then can you soak up the presence of god Only then can you allow it to sink deep Into your being.
God surrounds you, god is everywhere But we are so hard, impenetrable, rocklike And we go on asking, 'Where is god? What is the proof?' To the person who lives In a rocklike, enclosed existence, Encapsulated in hardness, god cannot be proved Because god is not an argument It is an experience. You have to be very soft, utterly soft. Then there is no need to ask for the proof. Each moment there are a thousand and one proofs. Wherever you turn you will find god Encountering you, facing you: In the sun, in the moon, in the flowers In the birds, in people, in animals. Once you are soft god is everywhere. If you are hard god is nowhere. All depends on your being soft.
Dhyan means meditation. Rosie has two meanings; one is German. That you have to avoid, that you have to drop completely; it means horse.
But that's how the German language is: so many wolves and so many horses, bears... and all kinds of things I have to come across every day! Remember the Latin meanings. The Latin meanings are very beautiful. There are two -- one: the flower rose, and the second: giver of love -- which are both beautiful.
Meditation will help your heart to become a rose. Ordinarily the heart is like a bud As if the rose is closed. When you start becoming a little more aware A little more silent, a little more peaceful That bud starts opening its petals. And when the rose opens, fragrance is released. When your heart releases its fragrance That is love.
The heart is a rose And the open heart is a giver of love. It gives for the sheer joy of giving. Wen love becomes a joy in itself, Not as a means to get something But as an end unto itself Then life is fulfilled. Then love is synonymous with god Then they don't mean different things.
Jesus says god is love, and he is right And he is the first person In the whole history of humanity Who has said it so clearly.
Sonja has four meanings All the meanings come from different languages and yet are interrelated The Greek meaning is wisdom, the Persian meaning is purity, the Hebrew meaning is a seer, the Hindi meaning is golden.
Wisdom arises out of purity. It arises out of innocence. And when wisdom arises you become a seer You start seeing things Which you have never seen before. For the first time you have eyes. Before it you were blind. And this is the most golden experience.
So start with the Persian meaning: Become innocent. And the Greek meaning Will come out of that innocence; wisdom. And it will open you closed eyes -- That is the Hebrew meaning: You will become a seer. The whole experience is the most precious one. That is the Hindi meaning. It is the ultimate experience The golden experience.
One of the greatest meditations is To be contented with everything as it is. Naturally, the mind starts stopping.. The mind can live only in discontent. In contentment it dies It cannot survive with contentment. Create the climate of contentment And mind surely dies, inevitably dies.
Essentially you are divine So anything that happens to you Is only a passing moment -- Don't be distracted by it.
If it is pleasure, watch it. If it is pain, watch it. Pleasure passes, pain passes. These are just like clouds Moving in the infinite sky of your being. The sky is not affected by the clouds. They may be dark clouds They may be beautiful white clouds It doesn't matter -- the sky remains unscratched.
To remember that 'I am god' Means to remember 'I am the sky.' And all the experiences that happen in life Are like small clouds: they come and go. They are not worth paying much attention to.
Take no notice. Let that be your meditation. Remember always You are the sky, the infinite sky No clouds can distort you. Slowly slowly the clouds will not come to you. They never come uninvited. You may not have invited the pain But you invite the pleasure, and the pain Is the other side of the same phenomenon: Invite one and the other comes. They cannot be divorced, they are always together.
When you stop inviting them These guests start disappearing. Soon a moment comes when you remain unclouded And that's what Buddha calls nirvana And Jesus calls the kingdom of god.
God is available only to the wise ones Never to the knowledgeable ones. The ignorant person may know god But the knowledgeable person cannot. That is impossible, that has never happened. The knowledgeable thinks that he already knows And he knows nothing, he is deceiving himself. He lives in a great deception.
The seeker of truth First has to destroy all deceptions And the fundamental deception is that 'I know.' The seeker of truth has to start From a state of not-knowing, of 'I don't know.' He is neither a believer nor a non-believer He is neither a theist nor an atheist He is neither Hindu nor Christian -- He cannot be! How can a seeker become identified With any ideology? He keeps himself free. He is ready to enquire But he remains unprejudiced. That's what I call a state of not-knowing. He always functions from a state of not-knowing And this state of not-knowing Slowly grows into wisdom.
Wisdom does not come From scriptures or from others. It grows within you. If you are capable Of keeping yourself undeceived by the mind Wisdom is bound to happen. It is your intrinsic nature We just never give it an opportunity. We go on stuffing in knowledge So there is no space for the wisdom to grow.
Throw all knowledge out Make yourself spacious enough For the wisdom to take place For the wisdom to happen. And it is wisdom That brings you ultimately to god.
Meditation Is only a negative method: it simply helps you To throw the knowledge out, that's all. It is like medicine: Medicine simply throws the disease out, It does not help you to be healthy. Health arises in you -- that is your nature. Medicine only keeps the disease out t cuts the roots of the disease, that's all, Then your nature starts functioning. When your nature starts functioning Then health is not difficult It is a natural outcome.
So is wisdom: it is health. Meditation is medicine. It keeps the disease of knowledge out of you It prevents the disease from getting in From getting roots in you From making roads in you. It uproots the weeds, and once the soil is clean Roses start sprouting of their own accord.
The ultimate music does not consist of sounds It consists of silence. It does not consist of words It is utterly wordless. It has nothing to do with any instrument.
The Zen people call it The sound of one hand clapping. That is impossible: one hand cannot create sound. You will need two things; Only then, by friction, can sound be created. But one hand can create silence And that is the meaning of the Zen expression. And silence is more musical than any sound.
In taoist circles in China it is said That when the musician becomes perfect He throws away his instruments. When the archer becomes perfect He throws away his bow and arrows -- They are only for the beginners For those who are trying to learn. But when one becomes a master Then nothing is needed. One's own being is enough unto itself. It is the music, the music of all music. It is the poetry, the poetry of all poetry. It is the art of all art.
Seek and search for it -- it is not far away. You just have to learn How to dive within yourself. And that's what meditation is all about.
Osho's Commentary
Bliss is the most godly quality in existence
And misery the most ungodly.
But the irony is that people remember god only
When they are in misery.
And that is the most difficult moment
To have any connection with god.
You are as distant from god as possible.
In misery one becomes closed
In misery one becomes without windows
There is no opening and there is no possibility
Of making a bridge with god.
In bliss one opens up
Like a lotus opening its petals.
Then there is a communion with the sun
And the wind and the rain.
The most precious moment
Is when you are feeling blissful --
That is the time to remember god.
But unfortunately that is the time
When nobody remembers god.
Who cares about god
When you are feeling blissful? For what?
This has to be remembered:
When you are feeling blissful,
That is the time to pray
That is the time to meditate.
You are as close to god as you ever will be.
Just a little effort...
And a sudden meeting and a sudden light
And a sudden opening of the heart.
Make it a point
not to remember god when you are in misery.
The natural tendency
Is to remember god when you are in misery.
Millions of people remember god
But very few people have found him
For the simple reason
That they remember him at the wrong time.
Whenever you are feeling good, healthy
Peaceful, happy, cheerful
When you are feeling like dancing and singing
that is the moment -- don't miss that moment!
Make it a moment of prayer and remembrance
And meditation
And god will become a reality to you.
Swami East West.
Just West is half and just East is too
And both have lived separately so long.
You become the meeting place!
Man will be total only when East and West meet.
My sannyasins have to become a synthesis.
They have to absorb
All that is beautiful in the East
And all that is beautiful in the West.
There is much
Which both the hemispheres have contributed
But there is much which is ugly too
And the ugly has to be dropped.
And if they remain separate
The ugly cannot be dropped.
That is something to be understood.
The West is basically
Scientific, materialistic, objective.
Nothing is wrong in being scientific
But to think that science is the end is wrong.
Nothing is wrong in knowing the secrets of matter
But to think that by knowing matter
You have known all that is worth knowing
Is absolutely wrong.
But if the West remains the West
Then that is going to continue, that old idea
Of the materialistic, objective, scientific approach.
The East believes in and has experienced too
Something more than matter, but it became
So infatuated with that something more
That it simply became indifferent to matter,
Which is wrong.
That's why the East is suffering so much
From poverty, starvation, disease:
For the simple reason that the East
Has given its total attention to the spiritual,
Neglecting the material.
It is religious, it is mystical, it is subjective
But at the cost of being scientific.
It goes beyond science
But science is needed, it is a must.
There is a great difference
Between a song and a pice of bread
In fact there seems to be no connection.
But if you are hungry, the song will disappear.
The song is possible only
When you are not hungry
When your body is satisfied;
Only then
Do higher satisfactions become possible.
The East has to learn
Western materialism and the scientific approach
And the West has to learn
Eastern mysticism and the subjective approach.
Then only can the whole man be created.
In my vision, up to now the whole man
Has not existed; he has yet to come.
And my sannyasins have to become
The herald of the new man, of the whole man.
Man can know god only
If he is utterly vulnerable, soft and tender
Almost feminine.
Only then can you soak up the presence of god
Only then can you allow it to sink deep
Into your being.
God surrounds you, god is everywhere
But we are so hard, impenetrable, rocklike
And we go on asking, 'Where is god?
What is the proof?'
To the person who lives
In a rocklike, enclosed existence,
Encapsulated in hardness, god cannot be proved
Because god is not an argument
It is an experience.
You have to be very soft, utterly soft.
Then there is no need to ask for the proof.
Each moment there are a thousand and one proofs.
Wherever you turn you will find god
Encountering you, facing you:
In the sun, in the moon, in the flowers
In the birds, in people, in animals.
Once you are soft god is everywhere.
If you are hard god is nowhere.
All depends on your being soft.
Dhyan means meditation.
Rosie has two meanings; one is German. That you have to avoid, that you have to drop completely; it means horse.
But that's how the German language is:
so many wolves
and so many horses, bears...
and all kinds of things
I have to come across every day!
Remember the Latin meanings.
The Latin meanings are very beautiful.
There are two -- one: the flower rose, and the second:
giver of love -- which are both beautiful.
Meditation will help your heart to become a rose.
Ordinarily the heart is like a bud
As if the rose is closed.
When you start becoming a little more aware
A little more silent, a little more peaceful
That bud starts opening its petals.
And when the rose opens, fragrance is released.
When your heart releases its fragrance
That is love.
The heart is a rose
And the open heart is a giver of love.
It gives for the sheer joy of giving.
Wen love becomes a joy in itself,
Not as a means to get something
But as an end unto itself
Then life is fulfilled.
Then love is synonymous with god
Then they don't mean different things.
Jesus says god is love, and he is right
And he is the first person
In the whole history of humanity
Who has said it so clearly.
Sonja has four meanings
All the meanings come from different languages
and yet are interrelated
The Greek meaning is wisdom,
the Persian meaning is purity,
the Hebrew meaning is a seer,
the Hindi meaning is golden.
Wisdom arises out of purity.
It arises out of innocence.
And when wisdom arises you become a seer
You start seeing things
Which you have never seen before.
For the first time you have eyes.
Before it you were blind.
And this is the most golden experience.
So start with the Persian meaning:
Become innocent.
And the Greek meaning
Will come out of that innocence; wisdom.
And it will open you closed eyes --
That is the Hebrew meaning: You will become a seer.
The whole experience is the most precious one.
That is the Hindi meaning.
It is the ultimate experience
The golden experience.
One of the greatest meditations is
To be contented with everything as it is.
Naturally, the mind starts stopping..
The mind can live only in discontent.
In contentment it dies
It cannot survive with contentment.
Create the climate of contentment
And mind surely dies, inevitably dies.
Essentially you are divine
So anything that happens to you
Is only a passing moment --
Don't be distracted by it.
If it is pleasure, watch it.
If it is pain, watch it.
Pleasure passes, pain passes.
These are just like clouds
Moving in the infinite sky of your being.
The sky is not affected by the clouds.
They may be dark clouds
They may be beautiful white clouds
It doesn't matter -- the sky remains unscratched.
To remember that 'I am god'
Means to remember 'I am the sky.'
And all the experiences that happen in life
Are like small clouds: they come and go.
They are not worth paying much attention to.
Take no notice. Let that be your meditation.
Remember always
You are the sky, the infinite sky
No clouds can distort you.
Slowly slowly the clouds will not come to you.
They never come uninvited.
You may not have invited the pain
But you invite the pleasure, and the pain
Is the other side of the same phenomenon:
Invite one and the other comes.
They cannot be divorced, they are always together.
When you stop inviting them
These guests start disappearing.
Soon a moment comes when you remain unclouded
And that's what Buddha calls nirvana
And Jesus calls the kingdom of god.
God is available only to the wise ones
Never to the knowledgeable ones.
The ignorant person may know god
But the knowledgeable person cannot.
That is impossible, that has never happened.
The knowledgeable thinks that he already knows
And he knows nothing, he is deceiving himself.
He lives in a great deception.
The seeker of truth
First has to destroy all deceptions
And the fundamental deception is that 'I know.'
The seeker of truth has to start
From a state of not-knowing, of 'I don't know.'
He is neither a believer nor a non-believer
He is neither a theist nor an atheist
He is neither Hindu nor Christian --
He cannot be!
How can a seeker become identified
With any ideology?
He keeps himself free. He is ready to enquire
But he remains unprejudiced.
That's what I call a state of not-knowing.
He always functions from a state of not-knowing
And this state of not-knowing
Slowly grows into wisdom.
Wisdom does not come
From scriptures or from others.
It grows within you.
If you are capable
Of keeping yourself undeceived by the mind
Wisdom is bound to happen.
It is your intrinsic nature
We just never give it an opportunity.
We go on stuffing in knowledge
So there is no space for the wisdom to grow.
Throw all knowledge out
Make yourself spacious enough
For the wisdom to take place
For the wisdom to happen.
And it is wisdom
That brings you ultimately to god.
Meditation
Is only a negative method: it simply helps you
To throw the knowledge out, that's all.
It is like medicine:
Medicine simply throws the disease out,
It does not help you to be healthy.
Health arises in you -- that is your nature.
Medicine only keeps the disease out
t cuts the roots of the disease, that's all,
Then your nature starts functioning.
When your nature starts functioning
Then health is not difficult
It is a natural outcome.
So is wisdom: it is health.
Meditation is medicine.
It keeps the disease of knowledge out of you
It prevents the disease from getting in
From getting roots in you
From making roads in you.
It uproots the weeds, and once the soil is clean
Roses start sprouting of their own accord.
The ultimate music does not consist of sounds
It consists of silence.
It does not consist of words
It is utterly wordless.
It has nothing to do with any instrument.
The Zen people call it
The sound of one hand clapping.
That is impossible: one hand cannot create sound.
You will need two things;
Only then, by friction, can sound be created.
But one hand can create silence
And that is the meaning of the Zen expression.
And silence is more musical than any sound.
In taoist circles in China it is said
That when the musician becomes perfect
He throws away his instruments.
When the archer becomes perfect
He throws away his bow and arrows --
They are only for the beginners
For those who are trying to learn.
But when one becomes a master
Then nothing is needed.
One's own being is enough unto itself.
It is the music, the music of all music.
It is the poetry, the poetry of all poetry.
It is the art of all art.
Seek and search for it -- it is not far away.
You just have to learn
How to dive within yourself.
And that's what meditation is all about.