Don’t pick a picture; just sing and let yourself melt into the music until even the idea of “me” disappears into a big peaceful ocean.
From the Discourses
Passages where Osho speaks to this question — each links to the complete discourse.
Another friend has asked: During the night experiment, when we keep our attention on your eyes, you turn your face here and there, you look at different people, and it becomes a hindrance for us.
I did not tell you to keep your attention on my eyes. I said: keep your attention on me. Do not keep your attention on my eyes; keep it on me. Forget about my eyes. In the focus of your gaze, the whole of me should be there. Do not worry about the eyes.
Another friend has asked: Osho, what is the relationship between the method of meditation and jati-smaran (recollection of past lives)?
But the one who becomes skilled in this—who can fully awaken any day’s memory up to the age of five—will find that the memories begin to awaken completely. And you should test it. As today passes, note down some events and lock them up. After two years, try to recall today. Most of it will have been forgotten. Then remember—and after remembering, break the lock and compare whether what you recalled matches what you had written. You will be amazed—astonished—that besides what you wrote, many more details have come back which you did not even note at the time. They will all be there in memory. Buddha called this alaya-vijnana. There is a corner of the human mind he called the storehouse of consciousness. Like a junk room in the house where we keep all the odds and ends, there is a storehouse that collects memories—where everything from birth after…
Osho, in one talk you said that the soul of Sri Krishna can be realized, because nothing dies. Then what process must one go through to bring the vision of Krishna within the bounds of possibility? And please also tell us whether, through meditation on Krishna’s image, chanting Krishna’s name, and kirtan of Krishna’s name, one can move toward the fullness of worship.
There is a little process called post-hypnotic suggestion. If a person is put into deep trance—which is very easy—and in that deep trance he is told, “Look closely at this talisman; whenever it is placed on your chest you will again go into a trance,” then that suggestion settles into the depths of the unconscious. From then on, whenever that talisman is placed on his chest, he will immediately go into trance. And in trance, the unconscious faculties of our brain begin to function: what we cannot do in wakefulness, we often do in trance. We hear with far greater acuity, we see far more deeply. That talisman will not work on you, because no such deep suggestion has been planted in your unconscious. When people like Krishna, Mahavira, Buddha, and Christ depart from the earth, those who love them, who have longed for them, who have received much in…
Osho, for a few days my heart settles into meditation; then for a few days worship and bhajans flow. But I cannot concentrate anywhere. I am troubled by this state. Kindly guide and train me.
About three years later he was found in Paris learning painting. Reduced to a beggar’s state. His friends rushed there. “What have you done? You had everything—everything was fine.” He said, “That was the obstacle—everything was fine. But there was no exhilaration. Nowhere any surge. Everything ran fine, and I ran it fine—but no stream of rasa was flowing. “All my life I longed to be a painter. I never wanted to be a broker. That success was accidental. Now I am happy. I have nothing. I paint; if paintings sell, I manage food and clothes. I have not even a roof of my own. I live in a friend’s room. But I am not going back. I am happy.” And the friends saw that the man was filled with a strange energy, a strange aura. His body had thinned, but there was a light. He said, “Tell my wife…
You have asked: “One of them, Swami Shri Ramananda Paramhans Puri, said that we chant the Name with every breath.”
So, first, finding a saint is difficult. And even if you find one, communion is still difficult. Meeting a saint and having communion are not the same, because communion requires discipleship. The saint is one half; that is only half the story. There is light—but your eyes must also be open. Without open eyes, how will there be meeting? You can sit before a lamp and remain in darkness with your eyes closed. Even before the sun, darkness remains. Open your eyes. Disciple means: open your eyes. Even if by accident you reach a saint—by accident you will! The wrong ones search for you; they chase you: “Brother, where are you going? We’re over here. Come here!” Each shopkeeper pulling: “The real goods are here.” An Italian opened a shop and put up a sign: “Everything here at the lowest prices.” A Greek opened a shop, saw that sign, and…