Move with Mindfulness into Every Desire

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From:The Book of Secrets

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Osho,
You said yesterday that the motivation towards liberation or samadhi is also a tension and a barrier, but is it not correct that it is not a desire but an aspiration – the intrinsic thirst of the human being?
Move with Mindfulness into Every Desire
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Osho,
You said yesterday that the motivation towards liberation or samadhi is also a tension and a barrier, but is it not correct that it is not a desire but an aspiration – the intrinsic thirst of the human being?

Osho continues:
"And liberation cannot happen unless this desiring goes away totally. So remember, you cannot desire liberation, that is impossible; that is contradictory. You can become desireless, and then liberation happens. But that is not a result of your desire. Rather, it is a consequence of no-desire.

"So try to understand what desire is. Desire means that right now you are not okay, you are not at ease. This very moment you are not at ease with yourself, and something else in the future, if fulfilled, will bring you peace. The fulfillment is always in the future; it is never here and now. This tension of the mind for the future is desire. Desire means you are not in the present moment, and all that is there is only the present moment. You are somewhere in the future, and the future is not. It never has been, it will never be. All that is, is always the present – this moment.

"This projection of your fulfillment somewhere in the future is desire. So what that future fulfillment is, is irrelevant. It may be the kingdom of God, heaven, nirvana, it may be anything, but if it is in the future, it is desire. And you cannot desire in the present, remember; that is not possible. In the present you can only be, you cannot desire. How can you desire in the present?

"Desire leads into the future, into fantasy, dreaming. That is why so much insistence by Buddha for no-desire – because only in no-desire do you move into reality. With desire you move into dreams. The future is a dream, and when you project into the future you are going to be frustrated. You are destroying reality right now for future dreams, and this habit of the mind will remain with you. It is being strengthened every day. So when your future comes it will come in the form of the present, and your mind will again move to some other future. Even if you could reach God, you will not be satisfied. The way you are, it is impossible. Even in the presence of the divine, you will have moved away into the future."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 84 mins
File Size 19.1 MB
Type Individual Talks
Edition/ Version 2