The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol. 2

Talks on the Atma Upanishad
Audiobook Series
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A precious legacy from a golden age of Indian awakening. Osho illuminates each seed-like word.

A precious legacy from a golden age of Indian awakening. Osho illuminates each seed-like word.


Excerpt from: The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol. 2, Chapter 12

     “Silence is the prayer. By prayer we always mean a communication, something said to the divine. But the Upanishads say that whatever you may say will not be prayer. Prayer is not something to be done. You cannot do it. It is not an act, it is not your doing. So really, you cannot do prayer, you can only be a prayer. It is not related with any of your doings: it is a certain state of your being.

     “So the first thing to be understood is that man has two dimensions in existence. One is his being, the other is his doing. Prayer is not part of the second. You cannot do it, and a prayer that is done will be false, inauthentic. You can be. Prayer belongs to the dimension of being.

     “The body cannot do prayer, cannot be in a prayer. The mind cannot do prayer, cannot be in prayer because the body is meant to do something, it is the vehicle of action. The mind is also a vehicle of action. Thinking is doing, it is action. So you cannot do anything with your body that can become prayer, neither can you do anything with your mind which can be called prayer. These are both parts of the dimension of doing, action. Prayer happens beyond the body and the mind. So if your body is in total inactivity, passive, and your mind is nullified, empty, only then is prayer possible. This sutra says: Silence is prayer. When the mind is not working, when the body is not active, it is silence.” 

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