Saying a tiny goodbye with each breath out makes room for new life now, so you can relax, be real, and let love happen.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Can you talk about facing the death of each moment and letting go?
In the West now, there is a craze about how to prolong life. That simply shows that somewhere life is being missed. Whenever a country or a culture -- starts thinking about how to prolong life, it simply shows one thing -- that life is not being lived. If you live life, then even a single moment is enough. A single moment can be equal to eternity. It is not a question of length, it is a question of depth; it is not a question of quantity, it is a question of quality. Just think: would you like one moment of Buddha's life or would you like a thousand years of your own life? Then you will be able to understand what I mean about the quality, the intensity, the depth. In a single moment fulfillment is possible: you can bloom and blossom. But you may not bloom for one…
So the friend has asked: "When tears begin to flow, an ego takes hold within—ah, blessed fortune!—how I am drowning in the nectar of devotion!"
Accept death. In accepting death, the ego cannot remain. Once you truly see that death is certain—it will be, whether today or tomorrow or the day after; there is no way to avoid it; no one has ever escaped—where will you run? Running and running, all arrive at the same place: into the mouth of death. Embrace it. In that embrace the ego dies. I had little awareness; otherwise, in the course of life, with every breath, a revolution would have arisen within me. I had little awareness, little sensitivity—no vigilance, no wakefulness. …Otherwise, all through life, with every breath, a revolution would have arisen within me. With every breath the possibility of revolution arrived—and I kept missing it. With every breath a revolution could have occurred; the ego could have been dropped, and an entry into the realm of the Divine could have opened—but awareness was scant. Awaken this…
तो जिस मित्र ने पूछा है कि ‘आंसू बहने लगते हैं तो एक अहंकार पकड़ता है भीतर कि अहो, धन्यभाग, कि मैं कैसे भक्ति के रस में डूब रहा हूं!’
… मौत को स्वीकार करते ही अहंकार नहीं बचता। जैसे ही तुमने सोचा, समझा कि मौत निश्चित है--होगी ही; आज हो, कल हो, परसों हो--होगी ही; इससे बचने का कोई उपाय नहीं है; कोई कभी बच नहीं पाया। भाग-भाग कर कहां जाओगे? भाग-भाग कर सभी उसी में पहुंच जाते हैं, मौत के ही मुंह में पहुंच जाते हैं। अंगीकार कर लो। उस अंगीकार में ही अहंकार मर जाता है। मुझे अहसास कम था वर्ना दौरे जिंदगानी में मेरी हर सांस के हमराह मुझमें इंकिलाब आया। मुझे होश कम था, मुझे अहसास कम था। होश कम था, सावधानी नहीं थी, जागरूकता नहीं थी। ...वर्ना दौरे जिंदगानी में वर्ना जिंदगी भर, मेरी हर सांस के हम राह मुझमें इंकिलाब आया। हर श्वास के साथ क्रांति की संभावना आती थी और मैं चूकता गया। हर श्वास के साथ क्रांति घट सकती थी, अहंकार छूट सकता था और परमात्मा के जगत में प्रवेश हो सकता था--लेकिन होश कम था।
Osho, do you feel that life and death are just two moments of the same thing—the same aspect?
Such a person will be miserable, in pain, because what he wants is impossible. All dualities are linked; you cannot save the half. One who sees this attains bliss—because now there is no sorrow left, no pleasure left. Whatever comes is accepted; whatever does not come is also accepted. If a friend arrives—there is joy. If a friend departs—there is joy. Joy here means: in both situations he does not choose. He has become choiceless. There is no preference, no alternative; all is okay, all is okay. Even yes and no have become equal. As one slowly comes to this total acceptance, trust arises. A theist accepts even atheism—that things are such that someone may say, “God is not.” A supreme theist will not even quarrel with an atheist, because he will say, “Fine—this too can be, that a person may say God is not. Where there are those who…
ओशो, डू यू फील दैट लाइफ एण्ड डेथ, दे आर जस्ट दि टु मोमेंट्स ऑफ दि सेम, आई मीन आस्पेक्ट?
ऐसा आदमी दुखी होगा, पीड़ित होगा क्योंकि जो वह चाह रहा है, वह असंभव है। सब द्वैत जुड़े हुए हैं, आधा नहीं बचाया जा सकता है। ऐसा जिसको दिखाई पड़ गया, वह आनंद को उपलब्ध हो गया, क्योंकि अब उसे कोई दुख न रहा, कोई सुख न रहा। जो आया स्वीकार किया, जो नहीं आया, तो भी स्वीकार किया। तब मित्र आए तो सुख है, मित्र जाए तो सुख है। सुख का मतलब यह कि अब दोनों ही स्थितियों में वह कोई चुनाव नहीं करता। अब वह च्वाइसलेस हुआ, अब उसका कोई चुनाव नहीं, कोई विकल्प नहीं है, सब ठीक है, सब ही ठीक है। अब हां और ना में भी उसे कोई जरूरत न रही। अब हां और ना भी बराबर हो गए। ऐसा धीरे-धीरे जब कोई व्यक्ति पूर्ण स्वीकार को उपलब्ध होता है तो आस्तिकता पैदा होती है। यानी आस्तिक नास्तिकता को भी स्वीकार करता है, कि चीजें ऐसी हैं कि कोई कह सकता है कि ईश्वर नहीं है। परम आस्तिक नास्तिक से भी नहीं लड़ने जाएगा; क्योंकि वह यह कहेगा कि ठीक है, यह भी हो सकता है कि एक आदमी यह कह सकता है कि ईश्वर नहीं है। …
Thirdly, use your breath as an awareness of life and death, simultaneously. When the breath goes out, it is associated with death. When the breath comes in, it is associated with life. With every outgoing breath you die, and with every incoming breath you are reborn. Life and death are not two things; separate, divided. They are one. And each moment, both are present. So remember this: when your breath is going out, feel as if you are dying. Don't be afraid If you are afraid, the breath will be disturbed. Accept it: the outgoing breath is death. And death is beautiful; it is relaxing. Whenever you are relaxed you say AHH and the breath goes out. Feel a deep relaxation with the outgoing breath. And when the breath comes in, feel, "Ah! Life is coming in" -- you are reborn. Make it a circle: life and death.