Turn On, Tune In And Drop the Lot
Meditation is a celebration of one's being, for there's nothing lacking in existence. But we are preoccupied with becoming 'something' or 'somebody'- and we think that we will be happy and satisfied only when we have reached 'somewhere'. The art of meditation is the "Here-Now" principle. Its flowering is celebration. Zen philosophy says: "Turn on, tune in and drop the lot". Turn on means become fully alive in the moment. Tune in means look within and get connected with your Inner Being. And drop the lot means drop all that garbage you collect in your mind. Reality is Here-Now. Be in the Eternal Now and celebrate the purity of your Beingthat which is, that what you are in your authenticity. Osho says: Celebration means dropping this whole trip of becoming and just being here. When becoming disappears, all the smoke of becoming disappears, there is the flame of being. And that very flame is celebration. To celebrate is as natural as it is for the trees to bloom, for birds to sing, for rivers to flow to the ocean; it is a natu ral state. It has nothing to do with your desires, hopes and their fulfilment. But to see the celebration that is already happening at the deep- est core of your being you will have to drop becoming. It is futile to seek God outside of us. Life and God are not separate. Every pebble, every leaf, every drop of water, is full of God. When you are thirsty, God is thirsty within you. And when you drink cold water, it is God flowing within your being; it is God who will quench your thirst. The thirst is God, the quenching is God, the water that quenches is God. All is God. So what will you renounce? For what reason should you fast? Osho says: You are not to achieve something, it has already been given to you. It is God's gift. You are already where you should be, you can't be anywhere else. There is nowhere to go, nothing to achieve. So you can celebrate. Then there is no hurry, worry, anxiety, anguish, or fear of being a failure. It is impossible to fail, because there is no question of suŃcess. It is just a conditioning by the society that creates the problem in you. You start thinking, "I am not reaching anywhere, and life is slipping out of my hands and death is coming closer. Am I going to make it or not?" And then there is great fear of missing, frustration that so much is lost. "I have not yet been able to prove myself, my worth.” One who has understood that the journey of becoming leads nowhere except to mirages and misery, starts feeling content in his own being. As the understanding grows, the contentment grows and ripens into real happiness and bliss. One starts enjoying everything that this life offers. In The Art of Dying, Osho says: Don't wait for some great bliss to descend on you. It never happens. Great bliss is nothing but small pleasures accumulating in your being. The total of all he small plea sures is the great bliss. Eating, en joy it. Drinking. enjoy it. Taking a bath, enjoy it. Walking, enjoy it". In the Heart Sutra Osho says: In your very body, in your very being, this very moment, God is there-and you have not celebrated it. You cannot celebrate. Celebration has to happe first in your own home, at close quarters. Then it becomes a great tidal wave. You are in love- celebrate while it is there! Don't start making arrangements so that it is always there: otherwise you will miss the moment. And nobody can bring it back. The river is onward and onward flowing. and you are being thrown to new shores every moment. (Swami Vairagya Amrit, Osho World Foundation, will hold a complimentary meditation workshop "In Romance With Life" at Times Foundation, 4, Tilak Marg, on September 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.)
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Courtesy: Swami Chaitanya Keerti and Speaking Tree,Times of India
Turn On, Tune In And Drop the Lot
Meditation is a celebration of one's being, for there's nothing lacking in existence. But we are preoccupied with becoming 'something' or 'somebody'- and we think that we will be happy and satisfied only when we have reached 'somewhere'. The art of meditation is the "Here-Now" principle. Its flowering is celebration. Zen philosophy says: "Turn on, tune in and drop the lot". Turn on means become fully alive in the moment. Tune in means look within and get connected with your Inner Being. And drop the lot means drop all that garbage you collect in your mind. Reality is Here-Now. Be in the Eternal Now and celebrate the purity of your Beingthat which is, that what you are in your authenticity. Osho says: Celebration means dropping this whole trip of becoming and just being here. When becoming disappears, all the smoke of becoming disappears, there is the flame of being. And that very flame is celebration. To celebrate is as natural as it is for the trees to bloom, for birds to sing, for rivers to flow to the ocean; it is a natu ral state. It has nothing to do with your desires, hopes and their fulfilment. But to see the celebration that is already happening at the deep- est core of your being you will have to drop becoming. It is futile to seek God outside of us. Life and God are not separate. Every pebble, every leaf, every drop of water, is full of God. When you are thirsty, God is thirsty within you. And when you drink cold water, it is God flowing within your being; it is God who will quench your thirst. The thirst is God, the quenching is God, the water that quenches is God. All is God. So what will you renounce? For what reason should you fast? Osho says: You are not to achieve something, it has already been given to you. It is God's gift. You are already where you should be, you can't be anywhere else. There is nowhere to go, nothing to achieve. So you can celebrate. Then there is no hurry, worry, anxiety, anguish, or fear of being a failure. It is impossible to fail, because there is no question of suŃcess. It is just a conditioning by the society that creates the problem in you. You start thinking, "I am not reaching anywhere, and life is slipping out of my hands and death is coming closer. Am I going to make it or not?" And then there is great fear of missing, frustration that so much is lost. "I have not yet been able to prove myself, my worth.” One who has understood that the journey of becoming leads nowhere except to mirages and misery, starts feeling content in his own being. As the understanding grows, the contentment grows and ripens into real happiness and bliss. One starts enjoying everything that this life offers. In The Art of Dying, Osho says: Don't wait for some great bliss to descend on you. It never happens. Great bliss is nothing but small pleasures accumulating in your being. The total of all he small plea sures is the great bliss. Eating, en joy it. Drinking. enjoy it. Taking a bath, enjoy it. Walking, enjoy it". In the Heart Sutra Osho says: In your very body, in your very being, this very moment, God is there-and you have not celebrated it. You cannot celebrate. Celebration has to happe first in your own home, at close quarters. Then it becomes a great tidal wave. You are in love- celebrate while it is there! Don't start making arrangements so that it is always there: otherwise you will miss the moment. And nobody can bring it back. The river is onward and onward flowing. and you are being thrown to new shores every moment. (Swami Vairagya Amrit, Osho World Foundation, will hold a complimentary meditation workshop "In Romance With Life" at Times Foundation, 4, Tilak Marg, on September 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Swami Chaitanya Keerti 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.
Courtesy: Swami Chaitanya Keerti and Speaking Tree,Times of India