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Osho on Navel Center

Navel Center

The navel center, an inherent essence untouched by external influences, awaits discovery, while the heart and head evolve through cultural experiences; thus, we must nurture our emotions and intellect, yet turn inward to unveil the eternal ground of our being, as Osho suggests.

Osho's perspective on Navel Center

When Osho Spoke About Navel Center

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Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Vol 1 · Discourse 10Question 3 1972-11-13 Woodlands, Bombay English

Is the development of the navel center exclusively free and separate from the growth of the heart and head centers, or does the navel center develop simultaneously with the growth of the heart and the head? And also, please explain in which way the training and techniques for the navel center will differ from the training and techniques for the development of the heart and head centers.

One basic thing to be understood: the heart and head centers are to be developed, not the navel center. The navel center is just to be discovered; it is not to be developed. The navel center is already there. You have to uncover, or discover it. It is there fully developed, you are not to develop it. The heart center and the head center are developments. They are not there to be discovered, they have to be developed. Society, culture, education, conditioning help to develop them. But you are born with a navel center. Without the navel center you cannot be. You can be without the heart center, you can be without the head center. They are not necessities; it is good to have them, but you can be without them. It will be very inconvenient, but you can be without them. However, without the navel center you cannot be.…
Geeta Darshan · Vol 10 · Discourse 4Para 23 Translated from Hindi by Osho Live
If someone asks you where your consciousness is, your hand goes to the head. When consciousness is centered in thought, the head becomes the center. When it is centered in feeling and love, the heart becomes the center. So a lover will place his hand on his heart. A man working out a mathematical problem scratches his head, not his heart. His hand will not go to the heart. And if a lover, lost in love, were to place his hand on his head, it would seem absurd—love has nothing to do with the head. When consciousness is in feeling, the heart is the center. When it is in thought, the brain is the center. But the brain develops very late. The heart too begins beating only after nine months. Before even that, consciousness is centered elsewhere: at the navel. The child is connected to the mother through the navel.
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

हमसे अगर कोई पूछे कि आपकी चेतना कहां है, तो सिर पर हाथ जाएगा। चेतना जब मन में केंद्रित होती है, तो सिर केंद्र हो जाता है। जब प्रेम में केंद्रित होती है, भाव में केंद्रित होती है, तो हृदय केंद्र हो जाता है। इसलिए प्रेमी हृदय पर हाथ रखेगा। और गणित को सुलझाने वाला आदमी अगर गणित में उलझ जाए, तो सिर को खुजलाएगा, हृदय पर हाथ नहीं रखेगा। हाथ जाएगा ही नहीं हृदय पर। और प्रेमी अगर प्रेम में पड़ा हो और सिर पर हाथ रखे, तो बहुत बेहूदा मालूम पड़ेगा। सिर से कोई संबंध नहीं है। चेतना जब भाव में होती है, तो हृदय केंद्र होता है। और चेतना जब विचार में होती है, तो मस्तिष्क केंद्र होता है। लेकिन मस्तिष्क बहुत बाद में विकसित होता है। और हृदय भी नौ महीने के बाद धड़कता है। उसके भी पहले चेतना एक केंद्र पर होती है, वह नाभि है। बच्चा मां से नाभि से जुड़ा होता है। …

Performing samyama on their power of cognition, real nature, egoism, all-pervasiveness, and functions brings mastery over the sense organs. From this follows instantaneous cognition without the use of the body, and complete mastery over pradhana, the material world.

ONLY AFTER THE AWARENESS OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SATTVA AND PURUSHA DOES SUPREMACY AND KNOWLEDGE ARISE OVER ALL STATES OF EXISTENCE. ... Right now when you look at a flower, the flower is there, but have you ever felt your eyes? You see the flower, but have you felt the power of your eyes? It should be there because you are using your eyes to see the flower. And of course eyes are more beautiful than any flower because all flowers have to come through the eyes. It is through the eyes that you have become aware of the world of flowers, but have you ever felt the power of the eyes? They are almost dull, dead. They have become passive, just like windows, receptive. They don't go to their object. And power means being active. Power means your eyes going and almost touching the flowers, your ears going and almost
Jo Ghar Bare Aapna · Discourse 4Question 1 1970-08-29 Translated from Hindi by Osho Live

A friend has asked: Osho, please repeat the instructions for the afternoon meditation.

In the afternoon meditation there is nothing to do. The afternoon meditation is a practice of absolute silence. I will sit among you; you will sit silently near me. In that silence, whatever happens, let it happen—dancing, shouting, crying, singing, the body swaying—whatever it is, let it happen. If someone feels that a longing has arisen within to come to me, then come and sit by me for two minutes and then get up and go. Come to me only if you feel it. Do not come because someone else is going. If the feeling arises within you, then come and then leave. Forget about others.
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

एक मित्र ने पूछा है कि ओशो, दोपहर की साधना के लिए आदेश दोहरा दें।

दोपहर की साधना में कुछ भी नहीं करना है। दोपहर की साधना परिपूर्ण मौन की साधना है। मैं आपके बीच बैठूंगा, आप मेरे पास मौन बैठेंगे। उस मौन में जो भी हो उसे होने देना है--नाचना, चिल्लाना, रोना, गाना, शरीर का डोलना--जो भी हो, होने देना है। किसी को लगे कि मेरे पास जाने की आकांक्षा भीतर पैदा हुई, तो वह मेरे पास दो मिनट आकर बैठ जाए और फिर उठ कर चला जाए। लगे तो ही मेरे पास आए। और कोई जा रहा है इसलिए आप न आएं। आपके भीतर आ जाए भाव तो आ जाएं और चले जाएं। दूसरे की फिक्र छोड़ दें।

Your belly center is already perfect and just needs noticing, while your heart and mind grow through training.
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