Coming Close to Emptiness
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"The thinker is creative with his thoughts. This is one of the most fundamental truths to be understood. All that you experience is your creation. First you create it, then you experience it, and then..."
"The thinker is creative with his thoughts. This is one of the most fundamental truths to be understood. All that you experience is your creation. First you create it, then you experience it, and then..."
Osho continues:
"Mind is creative, creative with its thoughts.
"The man was tired, so he fell asleep under a kalpataru, a wish- fulfilling tree. When he woke up he was feeling very hungry, so he simply said, 'I am feeling so hungry. I wish I could get some food from somewhere.' And immediately, food appeared out of nowhere, just floating in the air, delicious food.
"He was so hungry that he didn't pay much attention to where it had come from; when you are hungry you are not philosophic. He immediately started eating, and the food was so delicious that he was caught up in the food. Once his hunger was gone he looked around. Now he was feeling very satisfied, and another thought arose in him: 'If only I could get something to drink.' There is no prohibition in paradise; immediately, precious wine appeared.
"Drinking the wine relaxedly in the cool breeze of paradise under the shade of the tree, he started wondering, 'What is the matter? What is happening? Have I fallen into a dream, or are some ghosts around and playing tricks with me?'
"And ghosts appeared, ferocious, horrible, nauseating. He started trembling, and a thought arose in him: 'Now I am sure to be killed. These people are going to kill me.'
"And he was killed.
"This parable is an ancient parable, of immense significance. It portrays your whole life. Your mind is the wish fulfilling tree, kalpataru; whatsoever you think, sooner or later it is fulfilled. Sometimes the gap is such that you have completely forgotten that you had desired it in the first place; sometimes the gap is of years, or sometimes of lives, so you can't connect the source.
"But if you watch deeply you will find all your thoughts are creating you and your life. They create your hell, they create your heaven. They create your misery, they create your joy. They create the negative, they create the positive. Pain and pleasure, both are illusory, the sweet dream and the nightmare, both are illusory.
"What is meant by calling these things illusory? The only meaning is that they are your creation. You are creating a magic world around yourself – that's what is meant by the word maya."
"The man was tired, so he fell asleep under a kalpataru, a wish- fulfilling tree. When he woke up he was feeling very hungry, so he simply said, 'I am feeling so hungry. I wish I could get some food from somewhere.' And immediately, food appeared out of nowhere, just floating in the air, delicious food.
"He was so hungry that he didn't pay much attention to where it had come from; when you are hungry you are not philosophic. He immediately started eating, and the food was so delicious that he was caught up in the food. Once his hunger was gone he looked around. Now he was feeling very satisfied, and another thought arose in him: 'If only I could get something to drink.' There is no prohibition in paradise; immediately, precious wine appeared.
"Drinking the wine relaxedly in the cool breeze of paradise under the shade of the tree, he started wondering, 'What is the matter? What is happening? Have I fallen into a dream, or are some ghosts around and playing tricks with me?'
"And ghosts appeared, ferocious, horrible, nauseating. He started trembling, and a thought arose in him: 'Now I am sure to be killed. These people are going to kill me.'
"And he was killed.
"This parable is an ancient parable, of immense significance. It portrays your whole life. Your mind is the wish fulfilling tree, kalpataru; whatsoever you think, sooner or later it is fulfilled. Sometimes the gap is such that you have completely forgotten that you had desired it in the first place; sometimes the gap is of years, or sometimes of lives, so you can't connect the source.
"But if you watch deeply you will find all your thoughts are creating you and your life. They create your hell, they create your heaven. They create your misery, they create your joy. They create the negative, they create the positive. Pain and pleasure, both are illusory, the sweet dream and the nightmare, both are illusory.
"What is meant by calling these things illusory? The only meaning is that they are your creation. You are creating a magic world around yourself – that's what is meant by the word maya."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 97 mins |
| File Size | 21.59 MB |
| Type | Conversa Individual |
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