Osho - Achrya Rajneesh
Lao Tzu’s disciple was sent by someone to break a few leaves from a tree. He broke a full branch and was taking it when Lao Tzu stopped him. “Don’t you know, that if any part of this tree is destroyed, you, too, become less to that extent? When this tree stood before us, full and green, we, too, in a manner, were also full and green. Today, its wound has caused a scar within us also. We are not apart, we are one.”
The tree that stood between the hut and the space outside is hewn down. Now the sky and the hut stand bare and naked. We cut down trees unscrupulously in order to clear a good place for man’s dwelling. We have destroyed completely many species of animals also.
Become aware of the interrelationship of organisms with their environment. Birds that sing in the jungles are equally a part of us. When birds stop singing, we shall have created a hindrance in the music that is in nature and then our minds will never know the peace and joy that came with their singing. We are not aware of this, for man is a small creature, who spends all his life in a corner of his house. He knows not of the vast world outside. He is totally unaware of the clouds that glide in the skies, he does not see the flowers blooming on the trees, nor does he hear the song of birds in the spring
The book, ‘Silent Spring,’ indicated that a sudden, drastic change had taken place. Thousands of birds suddenly fell down from trees and died. Thousand others lay dead in towns. Spring was hushed into silence. Due to some fault in the atomic energy research experiments, this catastrophe took place. England lost a major part of her song birds which will be hard to replace. The spring in England can never be the same.
And we think – what difference will the change in spring make in our lives? Will our roads or our market places be affected if the birds stop singing? Would that life were so aloof and apart! But it is not so. There, everything is joined and inter-connected. If a star becomes extinct, it affects the earth, even if it be millions of light years away.
If the moon is no more there will be enormous changes on earth. There will no longer be waves in the oceans. A slight difference – and everything changes.
Lao Tzu says, “Let things be as they are.” Accept them, they are your companions.
Do not segregate the opposite. That which seems hostile and unfriendly, let even that be where it is, for the pattern of nature is deep and profound and full of mystery. Everything is joined within. You do not know, what problems you create when you set apart a single thing in Nature.
And Lao Tzu says, “If there is the attitude of friendship, of companionship, between the various parts of Existence, if there is the feeling of one-ness with each other, instead of over-powering each other, a wonderful music is created in life.” This very music Lao Tzu calls Tao; that very music is Religion; that very music is ‘Rit’.
The more we begin to understand the unity within the diversity, the less we shall be in a hurry to change the order of things.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times Of India: Speaking Tree: April 22, 2019
Osho - Achrya Rajneesh
Lao Tzu’s disciple was sent by someone to break a few leaves from a tree. He broke a full branch and was taking it when Lao Tzu stopped him. “Don’t you know, that if any part of this tree is destroyed, you, too, become less to that extent? When this tree stood before us, full and green, we, too, in a manner, were also full and green. Today, its wound has caused a scar within us also. We are not apart, we are one.”
The tree that stood between the hut and the space outside is hewn down. Now the sky and the hut stand bare and naked. We cut down trees unscrupulously in order to clear a good place for man’s dwelling. We have destroyed completely many species of animals also.
Become aware of the interrelationship of organisms with their environment. Birds that sing in the jungles are equally a part of us. When birds stop singing, we shall have created a hindrance in the music that is in nature and then our minds will never know the peace and joy that came with their singing. We are not aware of this, for man is a small creature, who spends all his life in a corner of his house. He knows not of the vast world outside. He is totally unaware of the clouds that glide in the skies, he does not see the flowers blooming on the trees, nor does he hear the song of birds in the spring
The book, ‘Silent Spring,’ indicated that a sudden, drastic change had taken place. Thousands of birds suddenly fell down from trees and died. Thousand others lay dead in towns. Spring was hushed into silence. Due to some fault in the atomic energy research experiments, this catastrophe took place. England lost a major part of her song birds which will be hard to replace. The spring in England can never be the same.
And we think – what difference will the change in spring make in our lives? Will our roads or our market places be affected if the birds stop singing? Would that life were so aloof and apart! But it is not so. There, everything is joined and inter-connected. If a star becomes extinct, it affects the earth, even if it be millions of light years away.
If the moon is no more there will be enormous changes on earth. There will no longer be waves in the oceans. A slight difference – and everything changes.
Lao Tzu says, “Let things be as they are.” Accept them, they are your companions.
Do not segregate the opposite. That which seems hostile and unfriendly, let even that be where it is, for the pattern of nature is deep and profound and full of mystery. Everything is joined within. You do not know, what problems you create when you set apart a single thing in Nature.
And Lao Tzu says, “If there is the attitude of friendship, of companionship, between the various parts of Existence, if there is the feeling of one-ness with each other, instead of over-powering each other, a wonderful music is created in life.” This very music Lao Tzu calls Tao; that very music is Religion; that very music is ‘Rit’.
The more we begin to understand the unity within the diversity, the less we shall be in a hurry to change the order of things.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed in the Article above are Author’s personal views and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing."
Courtesy: Times Of India: Speaking Tree: April 22, 2019