You Create Yourself Moment to Moment
Individual Talk
From:Come Follow to You, Vol. 2
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"The other day I was reading a few lines of Stephen Crane's. I would like to read them to you:
"A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.'
"'However,' replied the universe, 'the fact..."
"A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.'
"'However,' replied the universe, 'the fact..."
"The other day I was reading a few lines of Stephen Crane's. I would like to read them to you:
"A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.'
"'However,' replied the universe, 'the fact..."
Osho continues:
"A man said to the universe, 'Sir, I exist.'
"'However,' replied the universe, 'the fact..."
"You have to choose.
"Your choice will determine your being, your choice will become your destiny. On each step, every moment, you have to decide who are you.
"People come to me and they ask who they are. It is not a question of inquiry, because the being is not a static thing waiting for you to be discovered. The being has to be created moment to moment. That is the only way to discover it.
"You create yourself moment to moment. You are born not as a fixed entity, but only as an infinite potentiality. You are born as a seed, not as a tree. You are born open, not closed, and that opening is tremendous. You will have to choose every moment who you are going to be. Your decision is your destiny. And unless you live a life so that the whole feels blessed, you are not religious.
"A religious life is a life of spontaneity. A religious life is a life of flow, of dynamism. A religious life is a life of prayer.
"Prayer is the supreme good. Let me explain to you what prayer is.
"It is not something that you do; it has nothing to do with doing. It is something that you become, by and by. It is something that you live, it is something that surrounds you like a climate, it is something like a deep gratitude. Looking at the trees, or looking at the sea, or looking at the grass, a tremendous urge arises in you to say, 'Thank-you.' That is prayer.
"Not that you say it. It is not in the saying but in the very urge, in the very mood that you would like to say, unconditionally, 'Thank-you' – not knowing to whom your thank-you is addressed, not knowing who is the creator of the morning and the evening and the stars and the moon and the sun, not knowing whose hands are hidden behind every grass leaf and who is smiling in every dewdropnot knowing at all.
"Knowledge is ugly; not knowing is beautiful. Remember: not knowing is not ignorance. Not knowing is ultimate knowledge. It transcends even what you call knowledge. Not knowing is innocence."
"Your choice will determine your being, your choice will become your destiny. On each step, every moment, you have to decide who are you.
"People come to me and they ask who they are. It is not a question of inquiry, because the being is not a static thing waiting for you to be discovered. The being has to be created moment to moment. That is the only way to discover it.
"You create yourself moment to moment. You are born not as a fixed entity, but only as an infinite potentiality. You are born as a seed, not as a tree. You are born open, not closed, and that opening is tremendous. You will have to choose every moment who you are going to be. Your decision is your destiny. And unless you live a life so that the whole feels blessed, you are not religious.
"A religious life is a life of spontaneity. A religious life is a life of flow, of dynamism. A religious life is a life of prayer.
"Prayer is the supreme good. Let me explain to you what prayer is.
"It is not something that you do; it has nothing to do with doing. It is something that you become, by and by. It is something that you live, it is something that surrounds you like a climate, it is something like a deep gratitude. Looking at the trees, or looking at the sea, or looking at the grass, a tremendous urge arises in you to say, 'Thank-you.' That is prayer.
"Not that you say it. It is not in the saying but in the very urge, in the very mood that you would like to say, unconditionally, 'Thank-you' – not knowing to whom your thank-you is addressed, not knowing who is the creator of the morning and the evening and the stars and the moon and the sun, not knowing whose hands are hidden behind every grass leaf and who is smiling in every dewdropnot knowing at all.
"Knowledge is ugly; not knowing is beautiful. Remember: not knowing is not ignorance. Not knowing is ultimate knowledge. It transcends even what you call knowledge. Not knowing is innocence."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 77 mins |
| File Size | 22.45 MB |
| Type | Individual Talks |
| Edition/ Version | 2 |
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