Sahaj Samadhi

Osho, how is the breathing of a person who lives in the state of effortless samadhi?

It becomes very rhythmic, very cadenced, musical. And many things happen. One who is in sahaj samadhi twenty-four hours a day, whose mind does not waver, does not wander here and there, remains just as he is—who does not “live” in the ordinary sense but simply is, abides in existence—such a person’s breath takes on a rhythm all its own. And when he is doing nothing—not speaking, not eating, not walking—then the breath becomes for him a state of great bliss; then just being, just the movement of breath, gives a savor no other thing can give. It becomes very musical, very resonant with inner sound. A little taste of that experience can also be had through arranging the breath. That is why breath-regulations arose: that if one who is not established in samadhi moves his breath in the same rhythm and meter as the breath of one established in…

Questioner: what is the state of breathing in what we call sahaj samadhi or natural ecstasy?

It becomes very rhythmic, very harmonious, it becomes musical; and there are many other things to it. The person who is twenty four hours in sahaj samadhi, whose mind does not waver, who is still and quiet, who is established in existence, who is one with it, his breathing takes on a rhythm of its own. And when he is not doing a thing--neither eating, nor speaking nor walking--then breathing becomes exceeding blissful for him. Then just being, just breath ing brings him such joy and bliss that nothing else can bring. His breathing is very rhythmic and harmonious; it turns into a soundless sound, the sound of one hand clapping. A taste of that unearthly experience can be had through breathing in a particular way. That is why disciplines of breathing--yogic and others--were developed in the past. For instance, if a person makes his breathing as rhythmic and harmonious…

Osho, in this verse the fourth and final yajna is called the Yoga Yajna. In the Gita Press translation it is called the Ashtanga Yoga Yajna. Please clarify this as well.

Now a lovely thing: Om has A, U, and M. If you emphasize M, vibration immediately occurs at the navel. Islam has the word Allah. Sufi fakirs use the word Allah as with Om. “Allah”—the H lands just where M lands. “Allahu”—the Hu lands exactly at the navel where Om lands. Allah and Om are entirely different words, but the intent is one, and the result is one; the meaning too is one. The Sufi begins with Allah—Allah, then Lah, then Lahu, and finally only Hu remains. And Hu’s blow lands on the navel; and at the navel the sleeping master begins to awaken. By a thousand methods yoga awakens the sleeping master. And as soon as that master awakens, integration arises in the personality—yoga happens. Fragments gather together. The marketplace disappears; soldiers in formation stand. Then the personality obeys command. In the market’s crowd no one obeys; there is…

A friend has asked: Osho, is the samadhi attained when consciousness is lost a state of swoon? Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa would lie for days as if near death!

In the West they have invented new ways: even blows are not enough; so they set up many lights, rapidly changing, deafening sound, assorted dances and songs; a completely deranged atmosphere is created. After an hour in that derangement one feels: ah, there is some life, some experience of living! We have died so much that unless the blow is enormous, there is no experience of life. Soft tones we cannot hear at all. Yet the natural tones of life are all soft. We cannot hear the night’s silence, nor the heart’s own beat. Have you ever heard the sound of your blood’s flow? It is very soft; you cannot hear it; but there is a sound. Buckminster Fuller wrote that for the first time he went into a building—a scientific laboratory—completely soundproof, where no sound from outside could enter. Inside he began hearing two kinds of sounds. He asked…