The Art of Liberation

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From:Yoga: The Supreme Science

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"Man is almost mad – mad because he is seeking something which he has already got; mad because he's not aware of who he is; mad because he hopes, desires and then ultimately, feels frustrated...."
The Art of Liberation
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"Man is almost mad – mad because he is seeking something which he has already got; mad because he's not aware of who he is; mad because he hopes, desires and then ultimately, feels frustrated...."

Osho continues:
"That which you are seeking is hidden in the seeker himself: the seeker is the sought; hence, so much neurosis, so much madness.

"Once your mind is focused somewhere, you have some intention. Immediately, your attention is no longer free. Intention cripples attention. If you are intently looking for something, your consciousness has narrowed down. It will exclude everything else. It will include only your desire, your hope, your dream. And to realize that which you are, you need not have any intention; you need attention, just pure attention: not intending to go anywhere, unfocused consciousness, consciousness herenow, not anywhere else. This is the basic problem: the dog is chasing its own tail. gets frustrated, gets almost mad – because with each step nothing comes into its hands, only failure, failure, failure.

"Just the other day, a sannyasin told me that he was now feeling frustrated. I became tremendously happy. Because when you feel frustrated, something opens within you. When you feel frustrated, if really frustrated, then future disappears. Future can exist only with the support of expectation, desire, intention.. Future is nothing but intentionality. I became tremendously happy that one man was frustrated.

"Fritz Perls, one of the very perceptive men of this century, has said that the whole work of the therapist is nothing but skilful frustration, creating frustration.

"What does he mean? He means that unless you are really frustrated with your desires, hopes, expectations, you will not be thrown back to your own being. A real frustration is a great blessing. Suddenly you are, and there is nothing else. The sannyasin said, 'I am feeling frustrated. It seems that nothing is happening. I have been doing all sorts of meditations, all sorts of group therapies, and nothing is happening.' That's the whole point of all meditations and all group therapies: to make you aware that nothing can happen. All has happened already. In deep frustration, your energy moves back to the source. You fall upon yourself.

"You will try to create new hope. That's why people go on changing their therapists, their therapies, their masters, gurus, religions. They go on changing because they say, 'Now I am feeling frustrated here; somewhere else, I will again sow new seeds of hope.' Then you will be continuously missing."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 98 mins
File Size 28.36 MB
Type Individual Talks