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Present Moment

Embracing the essence of the present moment reveals that it is not a destination but the eternal 'now' that unfolds before us, inviting us to release the burdens of past and future, and fully savor the richness of our existence in this very instant.

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When Osho Spoke About Present Moment

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From Death To Deathlessness · Discourse 11Question 4 1985-08-12 Rajneeshmandir English

Beloved Osho, the other morning I woke up with these words on my mind: "I'm going to squeeze the juice, the whole juice, and nothing but the juice, out of this moment." can this be the new oath when we rewrite the constitution?

You woke up with this sentence: "I'm going to squeeze...." Still "going..."? You should have squeezed then and there! "Going to squeeze the whole juice of this moment"? When? When this moment is gone? And you started wondering about the world constitution that sannyasins will write: "Can this be the oath in that constitution?" No! In the first place sannyasins are not going to write any constitution. Constitutions are written by politicians. Constitutions are written by people who are power-lusty, ambitious. Constitutions are needed because they are all nations. I am trying to destroy all divisions between man and man. In my commune nobody knows who is a German, who is an Italian, who is an American. And soon I'm going to suggest to my commune people to create dresses which don't make any distinction between man and woman. So in the first place we are not going to make…
Es Dhammo Sanantano · Discourse 6Question 3 1975-11-26 Pune Translated from Hindi by Osho Live

Osho, you say, “Live here and now.” But when we look at ourselves, living here and now doesn’t feel appealing. Instead of living in the present, it feels more pleasant to live in fantasies of the future. So what should we do?

Therefore I say, live today. But you feel the present does not feel worth living. If the present does not feel worth living, tomorrow too will come only as the present; then that too will not feel worth living. The day after tomorrow will also come as the present; that too will not feel worth living. I call this self-destruction. Then you are committing suicide, not living. There is no other way to live. Only today exists, and it is today that has to be lived. Whether it feels worth living or not makes no difference. There is no other way. Living will happen only here. Do not fall into the delusion of tomorrow. The mirages of tomorrow have drowned many. Live today. Do not let this moment pass empty. This moment is an opportunity. Do not waste it like this. Make something of it. Take some juice out of…
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

तीसरा प्रश्न: ओशो, आप कहते हैं, जीओ अभी और यहीं। पर स्वयं को देखकर हमें अभी और यहीं जीने जैसा नहीं लगता। वर्तमान में जीने की बजाय भविष्य की कल्पना में जीना ज्यादा सुखद लगता है। तो क्या करें?

इसलिए मैं तो कहता हूं, आज जीओ। लेकिन तुम्हें लगता है वर्तमान जीने जैसा नहीं लगता। अगर वर्तमान जीने जैसा नहीं लगता, तो कल भी तो वर्तमान होकर ही आएगा। फिर वह भी जीने जैसा नहीं लगेगा। परसों भी वर्तमान होकर ही आएगा, वह भी जीने जैसा नहीं लगेगा। तो इसी को तो मैं आत्मघात करना कहता हूं। तब तो आत्महत्या कर रहे हो, जी नहीं रहे हो। जीने का कोई और उपाय नहीं है। आज ही है, और आज ही जीना है। जीने जैसा लगे या न लगे, इससे कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता। जीने का और कोई ढंग है ही नहीं। जीना तो यहीं होगा। कल के भुलावे में मत पड़ो। कल के भुलावों ने बहुतों को डुबाया है। आज जीओ। यह क्षण खाली न चला जाए। यह क्षण अवसर है। इसे तुम ऐसे ही मत गंवा देना। कुछ बना लो इसका। कुछ रस ले लो इसमें। कुछ भोग लो इसे। कुछ पहचान लो इसे। इसका स्वाद उतर जाने दो तुम्हारे प्राणों में। यह ऐसा ही न चला जाए। क्योंकि अगर समय ऐसा ही जाता है तो समय को ऐसे ही चले जाने देने की आदत मजबूत होती चली जाती है। …

From The False To The Truth · Discourse 9Question 4 1985-07-07 Rajneeshmandir English
Question: BELOVED OSHO, WHERE IS THIS MOMENT? I KEEP LOSING IT. Here! You ask me, "Where is this moment?" Your question implies it must be somewhere else. You have already lost it. It is always here! Don't try to find where it is, because while you are finding where it is, you are losing it. You are missing the train continuously. Time knows no tenses: past, present, future, no -- absolutely no! Time knows only one tense, and that is now. It is always now. But your mind can carry the past and destroy the beauty of the now. Your mind can project the future, and can lose the precious moment. Please, start relaxing here and now. This is the taste of it.
Prem Nadi Ke Teera · Discourse 15Question 1 Translated from Hindi by Osho Live

Osho, you often say we should be aware only of the present. But along with that, would you also say that while remaining aware we should not worry about the future? Do you want to exclude it altogether—are you advocating its total banishment?

In truth, my emphasis is on living, not on thinking. And one can live only in the present; you cannot live in the future. My emphasis is on living—just as my emphasis is on eating food. Now if someone says to me, “Shall we eat tomorrow’s bread—do you object?” I would say, first of all, you cannot eat the bread of the future; you can only dream about it. And the great danger in dreaming is that today’s bread may be missed. The real danger of dreaming is this: if you are busy eating the bread of the future, who will eat the bread of the present? And the present does not stop for you even for a moment. Whether you are present or not, it keeps rushing on. You are there or you are not—still the present does not wait. It does not stop for you; it goes on.…
ओशो के मूल हिंदी शब्द · Osho's original Hindi

प्रश्न: ओशो, आपका कुछ ऐसा कहना है कि हमें जागरूक वर्तमान के ही प्रति होना चाहिए। लेकिन क्या इसके साथ आप यह भी कहेंगे कि जागरूक रहने के साथ-साथ हम भविष्य के बारे में चिंता न करें। उसको आप बिलकुल बहिष्कार करना चाहेंगे क्या? उसका बहिष्कार करना चाह रहे हैं।

असल में मैं, जीने पर मेरा जोर है, चिन्तन पर जोर ही नहीं है। और जी तो सिर्फ वर्तमान में सकते हैं, भविष्य में तो जी नहीं सकते। मेरा जोर है जीने पर। जैसे मेरा जोर है खाना खाने पर। अब मुझसे कोई कहे कि हम भविष्य की रोटी खाएं तो आपका कोई इनकार है? तो मैं यह कहूंगा पहली तो बात है कि भविष्य की रोटी खा नहीं सकते। सिर्फ सपना देख सकते हैं। और सपने में जो बड़ा खतरा है वह यह है कि हो सकता है आज की रोटी चूक जाए। जो बड़ा खतरा है सपने में वह यह है कि आप भविष्य की रोटी खाएं तो वर्तमान की रोटी कौन खाएगा? और वर्तमान आपके लिए रुकता नहीं एक क्षण। आप नहीं हो मौजूद तो भी भागा चला जा रहा है, आप मौजूद हो तो भी भागा चला जा रहा है। आप हो या नहीं, इसलिए वर्तमान नहीं रुकता। वर्तमान आपके लिए रुकता नहीं, वह चला जा रहा है। समय चला जा रहा है। तो जिस क्षण में हम नहीं होते, वह क्षण खाली निकल जाता है। और अगर एक आदमी के चित्त की ऐसी आदत बन जाए कि वह सदा भविष्य में जीने लगे तो समझना चाहिए वह पूरी जिंदगी ही चूक जाएगा। …

No—he rejects constitutions, and the phrase is wrong because it postpones living; just squeeze the moment now.
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Do the good things right now, and when bad or silly urges show up, tell them to come back tomorrow.
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Focusing on right now makes yesterday and tomorrow fade, so life feels lighter, freer, and more real.
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It’s the ‘now’ right where you are—stop thinking about before or later, relax, and feel what’s happening.
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Enjoy and fully live today, because what you are now creates your tomorrow—dreams alone won’t do it.
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