The Passion for Truth
Individual Talk
From:Learning Happiness
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"The essence of the religion of Buddha is awareness. There is no prayer in it, there cannot be, because there is no God. And there cannot be any prayer in it because prayer is always..."
"The essence of the religion of Buddha is awareness. There is no prayer in it, there cannot be, because there is no God. And there cannot be any prayer in it because prayer is always..."
Osho continues:
"So we have to understand what awareness is.
"When you pray, you ask for something. When you meditate, you meditate upon something. But when you are aware, you are simply centered in your being. The other is not important at all. The other is irrelevant. You are simply aware.
"Awareness has no object to it. It is pure subjectivity. It is a grounding in your being, it is a centering in your being. Standing there inside your being, you burn bright. Your flame is without any smoke. In your light the whole life becomes clear.
"In that clarity is silence. In that clarity, time ceases to be. In that clarity, the world disappears. Because in that clarity there is no desire, no motivation. You simply arenot wanting anything whatever. Not wanting any future. Not wanting any better world. Not wanting heaven, moksha. Not wanting God. Not wanting knowledge, liberation. You simply are.
"Awareness is a pure presence, a centered consciousness. Buddha's whole effort is how to make you centered, grounded, a flame without smoke, a flame which knows no wavering. In that light, everything becomes clear and all illusions disappear and all dreams become nonexistential. And when the dreaming mind stops, there is truth.
"Remember it: only when the dreaming mind has stopped is there truth. Why? Because the dreaming mind continuously projects and distorts that which is. If you look at a thing with desire, you never look at the thing as it is. Your desire starts playing games with you.
"A woman passes by, a beautiful woman, or a man passes by, a handsome man – suddenly there is desire to possess her, to possess him. Then you cannot see the reality. Then your very desire creates a dream around the object. Then you start seeing the way you would like to see. Then you start projecting – the other becomes a screen and your deepmost desires are projected. You start coloring the object; then you don't see that which is. You start seeing visions, you start moving into fantasy.
"Of course, this fantasy is bound to be shattered; when the reality erupts, your dreaming mind will be shattered. It happens many times."
"When you pray, you ask for something. When you meditate, you meditate upon something. But when you are aware, you are simply centered in your being. The other is not important at all. The other is irrelevant. You are simply aware.
"Awareness has no object to it. It is pure subjectivity. It is a grounding in your being, it is a centering in your being. Standing there inside your being, you burn bright. Your flame is without any smoke. In your light the whole life becomes clear.
"In that clarity is silence. In that clarity, time ceases to be. In that clarity, the world disappears. Because in that clarity there is no desire, no motivation. You simply arenot wanting anything whatever. Not wanting any future. Not wanting any better world. Not wanting heaven, moksha. Not wanting God. Not wanting knowledge, liberation. You simply are.
"Awareness is a pure presence, a centered consciousness. Buddha's whole effort is how to make you centered, grounded, a flame without smoke, a flame which knows no wavering. In that light, everything becomes clear and all illusions disappear and all dreams become nonexistential. And when the dreaming mind stops, there is truth.
"Remember it: only when the dreaming mind has stopped is there truth. Why? Because the dreaming mind continuously projects and distorts that which is. If you look at a thing with desire, you never look at the thing as it is. Your desire starts playing games with you.
"A woman passes by, a beautiful woman, or a man passes by, a handsome man – suddenly there is desire to possess her, to possess him. Then you cannot see the reality. Then your very desire creates a dream around the object. Then you start seeing the way you would like to see. Then you start projecting – the other becomes a screen and your deepmost desires are projected. You start coloring the object; then you don't see that which is. You start seeing visions, you start moving into fantasy.
"Of course, this fantasy is bound to be shattered; when the reality erupts, your dreaming mind will be shattered. It happens many times."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 94 mins |
| File Size | 0 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
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