In Stillness, You Disappear
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From:Om Mani Padme Hum: The Sound of Silence, the Diamond in the Lotus
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"Deva Amrito, J. Krishnamurti has made it known worldwide that 'the observer is the observed.' I want to refute him completely. The moment there is no observer, there is nothing to be observed. The observer..."
"Deva Amrito, J. Krishnamurti has made it known worldwide that 'the observer is the observed.' I want to refute him completely. The moment there is no observer, there is nothing to be observed. The observer..."
Osho continues:
"The moment you say it, you lie.
"It is one of the reasons Lao Tzu never said anything, never wrote anything. He had a great following, but a very strange following. Every disciple had come to listen, to understand, to know, but Lao Tzu insistently, his whole life long, refused to say anything about truth, or to write anything about truth. He was ready to talk about anything else – but the people had come to know about the truth….
"Finally the day came. Lao Tzu left for the Himalayas to enter into the eternal peace of those beautiful mountains. But the emperor of China was also interested to know what Lao Tzu had been hiding and not telling, not even giving a hint about what truth is. He ordered all the borders to be closed to Lao Tzu: 'He cannot leave China unless he writes something about truth.'
"Lao Tzu was caught crossing the border towards the Himalayas – respectfully, lovingly; the emperor was not an enemy but a disciple.
"The emperor himself was present there, because that was the route they assumed he would take towards the Himalayas. A beautiful house was made for him so that he could rest and write down his experience of truth. Unless he did it, the doors would not be open for him, and he was guarded continuously. This was a strange situation – perhaps no other master has ever encountered such a situation – loaded guns in the hands of the disciples!
"And we can understand the situation of the disciples: they wanted to preserve the most important experience of truth for future generations. Under compulsion, Lao Tzu closed himself in the house and wrote a small book. The first sentence in that book says, 'That which can be said cannot be true. That which can be written is bound to be a lie. Remember these two statements while you read my book.'
"Even loaded guns cannot force a master to say something which cannot be said. When the emperor got the book, Lao Tzu was released. But he had deceived them. If you remember these statements, that truth said becomes untrue, truth expressed loses the quality of being true – if these conditions have to be remembered while reading the book, in fact there is no point in reading it! But Lao Tzu was gone."
"It is one of the reasons Lao Tzu never said anything, never wrote anything. He had a great following, but a very strange following. Every disciple had come to listen, to understand, to know, but Lao Tzu insistently, his whole life long, refused to say anything about truth, or to write anything about truth. He was ready to talk about anything else – but the people had come to know about the truth….
"Finally the day came. Lao Tzu left for the Himalayas to enter into the eternal peace of those beautiful mountains. But the emperor of China was also interested to know what Lao Tzu had been hiding and not telling, not even giving a hint about what truth is. He ordered all the borders to be closed to Lao Tzu: 'He cannot leave China unless he writes something about truth.'
"Lao Tzu was caught crossing the border towards the Himalayas – respectfully, lovingly; the emperor was not an enemy but a disciple.
"The emperor himself was present there, because that was the route they assumed he would take towards the Himalayas. A beautiful house was made for him so that he could rest and write down his experience of truth. Unless he did it, the doors would not be open for him, and he was guarded continuously. This was a strange situation – perhaps no other master has ever encountered such a situation – loaded guns in the hands of the disciples!
"And we can understand the situation of the disciples: they wanted to preserve the most important experience of truth for future generations. Under compulsion, Lao Tzu closed himself in the house and wrote a small book. The first sentence in that book says, 'That which can be said cannot be true. That which can be written is bound to be a lie. Remember these two statements while you read my book.'
"Even loaded guns cannot force a master to say something which cannot be said. When the emperor got the book, Lao Tzu was released. But he had deceived them. If you remember these statements, that truth said becomes untrue, truth expressed loses the quality of being true – if these conditions have to be remembered while reading the book, in fact there is no point in reading it! But Lao Tzu was gone."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 108 mins |
| File Size | 23.55 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
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