Why is the next step in life unclear even after finding a true master?

Question: Second question: Osho, it feels as if life is passing moment by moment. I have even found a true master; still, why is the next step unclear? If you truly sink into this moment, you will be so soaked with joy that a note of gratitude to the divine will arise on its own. That is prayer. No temple is needed for prayer. What is needed is entry into the moment—a dip into the current of time within it. From there the “ah!” of wonder arises, and then it surrounds the entire horizon of your life. No, do not even ask what the next step is. There is no next step. There is only one step. Take this very step now; tomorrow you will take this same step; the day after tomorrow too. Do not wait for tomorrow’s path. Open your heart and take it today.

Question: The last question: Osho, all questions have fallen away. There is no hunger for answers, no thirst, no desire. Then what should one do next? If one gets a glimpse of bliss, of supreme bliss, what happens next? The mind is born out of the thought of “what next.” From thoughts of the future the mind arises. Living in the present, the mind comes to an end. The moment the idea of “next” arises, the mind begins to reconstruct itself again. Then consciousness tightens; the mind’s journey starts again. Don’t ask what happens next! Why worry about the next! Whatever is happening this moment, taste it. Whatever is given this moment, drink it. Do not miss what stands with you this very moment. The river is flowing right before you—bow down, dive in—what “next”! The instant the idea of the future appears, your eyes close to what is present.

Question: Second question: Osho, to abide in oneself beyond the knower, knowledge, and the known—can one live in that state for an entire lifetime? Just as a lake is sometimes calm, sometimes playful, and sometimes stormy, does the self-realized one remain unaffected by worldly circumstances in the same way? Osho, dispel my ignorance! First thing: “To abide in oneself, beyond the knower, knowledge, and the known—can one live in that state for a whole lifetime?” “A whole lifetime” is the stretch of a deluded mind. You never have more than a single moment. There are no two moments—and you are talking of a whole lifetime! When anything is in your hands, it is just a tiny moment—so tiny you don’t even know when it is gone. Never more than a moment is ever in your hand. That is why Buddha called his way the doctrine of momentariness.

Question: First question: Osho, entangled in the hope of becoming something, nothing happened. Only the awareness remained that I am. Neither wealth came, nor a house was built, nor music arrived, nor did I become a scholar. Even living itself did not suit me. After coming here, unknowingly I gave life a new direction. The past has been spent in wandering, the present in sannyas, and you decide the future—what will it be? The elder said, “Don’t worry.” He called the youth and asked, “What do you do?” “Nothing,” he said. “My mother grinds flour; that suffices. I do my push-ups and squats, I drink milk. This little shrine of Shiva is here; I drink bhang here and lie around. I have no work.” The elder said, “What is the guarantee of your mother—today she is, tomorrow she may not be. Learn something! I’ll tell you an easy job.

Question: Second question: Osho, if a seeker finds the true Master, does the search come to an end? Yato vacho nivartante—beyond which even speech falls back, returns. Aprapya manasa sah—there is no way to attain it by the mind. Na chakshuh gacchati—no eye reaches there. Na vak gacchati—no speech reaches there. Na manah—not even the mind goes there. Where neither speech goes, nor eyes go, nor mind goes—where words fall back and return—does that even exist? Then what is the way to go there? The whole thing seems like a riddle, like madness. Only one thing happens on meeting the true Master: what till yesterday seemed without understanding is suddenly illumined with understanding. Seeing the Master, it becomes clear that even if speech does not reach there, awareness does. The eyes may not reach, but there are other eyes within that do.