Friday, December
14, 2007
QueQui QuintanaRoo
Newspaper
Positive Mind
“Love yourself and
observe … today,
tomorrow, and
always.” Part II
If you hate yourself
–the way that you
do, exactly the way
that you have been
told to and in
exactly the way that
you have been
religiously
accustomed to – if
you do hate
yourself, how can
you truly be with
yourself?
Meditation is
nothing more than
enjoying your
beautiful solitude,
celebrating
yourself. This is
what meditation
achieves. Meditation
is not a
relationship. The
other is not needed;
oneself is enough to
enjoy oneself. One
is swept away in his
own glory, swept
away in his own
light. One is joyful
just because he is
alive, because he
just IS.
The greatest miracle
in the world is that
you and I am. To be
is the greatest
miracle, and
meditation opens the
door to that grand
miracle. But only a
man who truly loves
himself is able to
meditate; if not, he
is always only
trying to escape
from himself,
avoiding. Tell me,
who wishes to look
at an ugly face and
who especially
desires to look
inside of an ugly
being?
Who wishes to
profoundly go deep
into his own muck,
into his own
darkness? Who wishes
to enter into the
hell that he
believes it is? You
rather wish to keep
this all covered
with beautiful
flowers and always
instead choose to
escape from
yourself.
That is why people
are constantly
looking for company.
They can’t be alone
with themselves;
they’d rather be
with others. People
are looking for
absolutely any kind
of company; simply
avoiding their own
company, anything
else is better. They
would rather sit in
a movie theater for
three hours watching
something completely
stupid. They will
read a detective’s
novel for hours,
wasting time. They
will read the same
newspaper repeatedly
just to keep
themselves busy.
They will play cards
and chess just to
kill time … As if
they had too much
time on their hands!
Love begins with
yourself, and from
there it continues
to expand. It
continues expanding
on its own and in
its own time; you
don’t need to do
anything to expand
it.
“Love yourself …”
says Buddha. And
then, he immediately
adds: “… and
Observe”. That is
meditation; it is
Buddha’s name for
meditation. But the
first requisite is
that you love
yourself, and then,
observe. If you
don’t love yourself
first and start to
observe, you may
feel as if you were
committing suicide.
Many Buddhists feel
they are committing
suicide because they
don’t pay attention
to the first part of
the Sutra, they jump
ahead to the second:
observe yourself. In
the Sutras of
Buddha, there first
needs attention to
be focused on the
first part: Love
yourself.
Socrates says: Know
yourself, Buddha
says: Love yourself.
And Buddha is more
correct, because
unless you love
yourself, you will
never know yourself
– the knowledge only
comes later, love
prepares the ground.
Love is the
possibility to know
oneself. The path of
love is the correct
way to know oneself.
“LOVE YOURSELF and
OBSERVE … TODAY,
TOMORROW, and
ALWAYS.”
This is one of the
most profound Sutras
of Buddha.
Create loving energy
around yourself.
Love your body and
love your mind. Love
your whole
mechanism, your
whole organism. To
Love means:
accepting it exactly
as it is, without
needing to restrain
it. We repress only
when we hate
something. We
repress only when we
are against
something. Do not
repress, because if
you repress, how are
you going to
observe? We cannot
look the enemy in
the eye; we can only
look into the eyes
of our beloveds. If
you are not a lover
of yourself you will
not be able to look
into your own eyes,
your own face, your
own reality.
To observe is
meditation, Buddha’s
name for meditation.
To Observe is
Buddha’s password.
He says: be
conscious, alert,
don’t be
unconscious. Do not
behave in a sleepy
manner. Do not
continue working
like a machine, a
robot. That’s the
way most people
behave.
Observe – just
observe. Buddha
doesn’t say what has
to be observed –
Everything! When
walking, observe
your walking. When
eating, observe your
eating. When taking
a shower, observe
the water, the cold
water falling onto
you, the feel of the
water, its
freshness, the
shiver that passes
through your spine –
Observe everything,
“Today, Tomorrow,
Always.”
And finally, comes
the moment when you
are able to observe
your own dreams. It
is the paramount
moment of
observation. The
body goes to sleep,
and yet, there is a
‘watcher’ who
remains awake,
silently watching
the body in deep
sleep. This is the
ultimate moment of
observation. In this
moment just the
contrary is the
case: your body is
awake but you are
asleep. So, it is
when you are awake
and your body will
be asleep. The body
needs rest but your
consciousness needs
no sleep at all.
Your consciousness
is conscious; it is
to be alert, it is
your true nature.
As you become more
of an observer, you
begin to grow wings
- then the whole sky
is yours. The man is
a conglomeration of
Heaven and Earth, of
Body and Soul. Osho
The beauty of
this process
Diksha=Oneness
Blessing is a
transfer of Divine
energy which helps
us to
dis-identify from
conflict and
suffering, taking us
to states of inner
peace, joy,
happiness and
Oneness
Diksha energy is
universal & useful
in all spiritual
traditions.
It enhances our
ability to connect
from the Heart with
the Divine & with
all of the people
that we love.
Many report that
after receiving
Diksha = Oneness
Blessing they
experience healing
on all levels, as
well as powerful and
ongoing spiritual
awakening. Most
people are seeking
harmony and joy. We
have discovered that
it is possible for
everybody to live in
that state of inner
freedom, even
permanently.
Oneness Blessing
initiates a process
of awakening the
Divine Presence
within you; taking
you towards Oneness,
and enabling you to
see the reality of
what you are in
every moment. Also
healing your body,
your relationships,
and recognizing the
divinity in the
experience of the
present moment….
Conscious awakening
is the ability to
see reality as it
is, without the
layers of
interference and
interpretation
imposed by the mind.
It is a simple
neurobiological
event, and can
happen
instantaneously.
Conscious awakening
is peeling off the
layers of
interpretation from
any given event. To
the enlightened
person, life becomes
very ordinary. You
walk, and you are
walking. You eat,
and you are eating.
Enlightenment is not
about having
extraordinary
experiences so much
as recognizing that
each ordinary moment
is extraordinary in
itself.
Before, there were a
thousand
interpretations in
the mind for
everything you
experienced. Now,
there is only the
experience.
In this Divine state
you consciously
experience your
divine self and
become one with God.
This can be
experienced as a
great explosion of
love or joy, which
is much more
profound than any
worldly pleasure.
When someone reaches
this state of being,
this connection with
God, the Divine, the
Absolute, they will
surely have achieved
the ultimate that
being on this earth
can offer.
You, your freedom
and your liberation
is what is most
important to me.
Experiences
These are
experiences from a
few people who have
received Diksha =
Oneness Blessing:
I saw the colors:
purple, yellow,
green and blue. And
in the middle of
these colors was a
circle that seemed
very far away. As
this circle came
closer to me, I
suddenly saw my son.
I told him by
thought to touch my
tummy to feel the
peace and serenity
as well as see the
colors that I was
observing and I
suddenly began to
cry with
overwhelming
feeling. I also saw
some brightly
illuminated white
steps and I saw
Jesus Christ there.
It was very
beautiful; I felt a
deep rest inside
myself and my back
pain disappeared.
I observed blue,
orange and red
lights. I also saw a
figure moving inside
of a dark tunnel
that moved towards
me and then away.
When you placed your
hand on my heart I
felt that your hand
moved something very
strong.
