You don’t have to make yourself whole; sit quietly, stop trying, and your natural togetherness appears by itself.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
You say, Osho, don’t try to be something, to become, to attempt “becoming”—just be, just being. Please explain in detail how this is to be attained.
The very moment you ask how to practice it, you miss the understanding. Because “to practice” already means the effort to become something has begun. When I say, remain as you are, just as you are, the question of practice does not arise. Practice means you have started trying to be what you are not. So you have not understood. Any practice implies discontent; there is no fulfillment in being as you are. The mind says, let something more happen. A little money—let’s gather more. A little knowledge—accumulate more. A little renunciation—become a great renunciate. A slight taste of meditation—let’s manufacture the taste of samadhi. It is all the same; there is no difference. The issue is neither money nor meditation; the issue is the demand for “more.” So whether you ask for wealth you remain worldly, and even if you ask for meditation you remain worldly. Wherever there is…
पहला प्रश्न: आप कहते हैं कि ओशो, कुछ होने, बनने या बिकमिंग की चेष्टा मत करो, बस जो हो वही हो रहो--जस्ट बीइंग। विस्तार से बताएं कि यह कैसे साधा जाए?
साधने की बात ही पूछी कि समझने से चूक गए। क्योंकि साधने का अर्थ ही यह होता है कि कुछ होने की चेष्टा शुरू हो गई। जब मैं कहता हूं, जो हैं, जैसे हैं, वैसे ही रहें, तो साधने का सवाल नहीं उठता। साधने का तो मतलब ही यह है कि जो हम नहीं हैं वह होने की कोशिश शुरू हो गई। तो समझे नहीं। कुछ भी साधने का अर्थ है कि असंतोष है; जैसे हैं वैसे होने में तृप्ति नहीं है। मन कह रहा है, कुछ और हो जाएं। थोड़ा धन है, ज्यादा धन इकट्ठा कर लें। थोड़ा ज्ञान है, ज्यादा ज्ञान इकट्ठा कर लें। थोड़ा त्याग है, और बड़े त्यागी हो जाएं। ध्यान का थोड़ा-थोड़ा रस आ रहा है, समाधि का रस बना लें। सभी एक सा है; कुछ फर्क नहीं। क्योंकि सवाल न धन का है और न ध्यान का, सवाल तो और ज्यादा की मांग का है।
And remember that life is already there, manifested. There is nothing hidden in it. In Zen they say that nothing is hidden from the very beginning, but people are trying to find it -- and it is just in front of the eyes. The meaning is here in these trees, in the life of these insects, in this railway engine, in you and me. The meaning is here. [In speaking of T'ai Chi, Osho said... ] The idea is to concentrate on the chi energy in the hara. The effort is to conserve energy that is not available to anyone else, inside a citadel in your being. It is available when you need it and it makes you tremendously powerful. [Osho went on to say that once one had accumulated energy, it then has to be shared.
When the deep meaning of things is not understood the mind's essential peace is disturbed to no avail.
THE WAY IS PERFECT LIKE VAST SPACE WHERE NOTHING IS LACKING AND NOTHING IS IN EXCESS. INDEED, IT IS DUE TO OUR CHOOSING TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THAT WE DO NOT SEE THE TRUE NATURE OF THINGS. LIVE NEITHER IN THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF OUTER THINGS, NOR IN INNER FEELINGS OF EMPTINESS. BE SERENE WITHOUT STRIVING ACTIVITY IN THE ONENESS OF THINGS AND SUCH ERRONEOUS VIEWS WILL DISAPPEAR BY THEMSELVES. WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP ACTIVITY TO ACHIEVE PASSIVITY YOUR VERY EFFORT FILLS YOU WITH ACTIVITY. AS LONG AS YOU REMAIN IN ONE EXTREME OR THE OTHER YOU WILL NEVER KNOW ONENESS. THOSE WHO DO NOT LIVE IN THE SINGLE WAY FAIL IN BOTH ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY, ASSERTION AND DENIAL. ... Logic will say something absolutely different. Logic will say, "Practice rest the whole day, so in the night you can rest beautifully. Mulla Nasruddin went to his doctor. Coughing, he entered.