Yoga: The Path to Liberation

Talks on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Vol. 9 of the Series: Yoga: The Science of the Soul
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Osho comments in depth on the framework of Patanjali’s system of Yoga. In an exploration that goes deeper than either science or religion, he opens a window into the mystery of life.

Yoga: The Path to Liberation
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Osho comments in depth on the framework of Patanjali’s system of Yoga. In an exploration that goes deeper than either science or religion, he opens a window into the mystery of life.


Excerpt from: Yoga: The Path to Liberation, Chapter 9

     “Being liberated means coming back home. We have gone far away. Just see: out of nothingness comes the seed, out of the seed the sprout, then a big tree, then fruits and flowers. See how far things have gone. But the fruit falls back into the earth, the circle is complete. Silence is the beginning, silence is the end. Out of pure space we come and into pure space we go. If the circle is not complete, you will have a being stuck at a point where you have become almost frozen; you cannot move and you have lost the dynamism, the energy, the life.

     “Yoga wants to make you so alive that you can complete the whole circle, the wheel of life, and you can come to the very beginning again. The end is nothing but the very beginning. The goal is nothing but the source. It is not that you are going to achieve God for the first time. You had him in the first place. You lost him. You will be regaining him, reclaiming him. God is never a discovery, it is always a rediscovery. You have been in him, in that womb of peace and silence and bliss, but you have gone far away.

     “It was also part of growth to go far away because if you had never gone out of your home, you would never know what home is. If you had never gone farther away from home, you would never know the beauty, the peace, the comfort, the rest of your home. To come to one’s own home, one has to knock at many doors. To come back to oneself, one has to stumble upon many things. To come to the right path, one has to go astray.

     “This is necessary, absolutely necessary for growth, but don’t get stuck somewhere. People are stuck. A few people are stuck with their bodies, with their bodily habits. A few people are stuck with their minds, ideologies, thoughts, patterns of dreams.

     “Says the Katha Upanishad: “Beyond the objects are the senses. Beyond the senses is the mind. Beyond the mind is the intelligence. Beyond the intelligence, the soul. Beyond the soul, the non-manifest. Beyond the non-manifest, the brahman. And beyond the brahman itself there is nothing.” This is the end: pure consciousness.

     “And this pure consciousness can be achieved through many paths. The real thing is not the path, the real thing is the authenticity of the seeker. Let me emphasize this.

     “You can travel on any path. If you are sincere and authentic, you will reach the goal. Some paths may be hard; some may be easier. Some may have greenery on both sides; some may be moving through deserts; some may have beautiful scenery around them; some may not have any scenery around them, that’s another thing, but if you are sincere and honest and authentic and true, then each path leads to the goal. Krishna has said in Shrimad Bhagavadgita: “Whatever path men travel is my path. No matter where they walk, it leads to me.” So it simply can be reduced to one thing: that authenticity is the path. No matter what path you follow, if you are authentic, every path leads to him. And the opposite is also true: no matter what path you follow, if you are not authentic, you will not reach anywhere. Your authenticity brings you back home, nothing else. All paths are just secondary. The basic is to be authentic, to be true.” Osho

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