Jesus said: BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO HAS SUFFERED; HE HAS FOUND LIFE. From the most ancient days, man has asked again and again why there is suffering in life. If God is the father, then why is there so much suffering? If God is love and God is compassion, then why does existence suffer? […]
SHIBLI WENT TO VISIT ANOTHER GREAT SAGE, JUNNAID. THE WIFE OF JUNNAID WAS ABOUT TO CONCEAL HERSELF MODESTLY BEHIND A SCREEN. JUNNAID SAID: STAY WHERE YOU ARE – SHIBLI IS ABSENT. AT THAT MOMENT SHIBLI BEGAN TO WEEP. JUNNAID SAID TO HIS WIFE: YOU MUST NOW BE ABSENT, FOR SHIBLI HAS RETURNED. You are filled
“THE MIND DISTRACTS ME EVEN WHEN I AM SITTING IN DISCOURSE.” So let it distract; you simply watch. You don’t interfere. You don’t try to stop, because any kind of action on your part is going to give energy to the mind. So, whenever you can manage, you listen, and whenever mind wanders and takes
OSHO, HAVE I TO PUSH THE RIVER? First, even if you do, you will not be able to push it. For a moment you may feel powerful – that you are pushing the river – but finally you will be defeated by it. The river is huge, the energy is huge, it will take you.
You act always with impediment; the opposite is always there creating the impediment; you are not a flow. If you love, the hate is always there as an impediment. If you move, something is holding you back; you never move totally, something is always left, the movement is not total. You move with one leg
It was through my dear friend Paresh Degaonkar that I had the privilege of meeting Divyanshu Ganatra — a remarkable soul, adventurer, and founder of Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF) https://divyanshuganatra.com. Blind since the age of 19, Divyanshu sees more clearly than most of us with sight. Our conversation left a deep imprint on me,
THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT COMING CLOSER TO YOU, I WAS AWARE THAT I STILL FEEL A THIN ARMOUR AROUND ME THAT KEEPS ME FROM COMING CLOSER. THIS ARMOR IS INCONGRUOUS WITH MY OPENNESS TO YOU. I DON’T KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. PLEASE HELP ME TO MELT IT AWAY. Everybody
ARE ALL DESIRES INSANE? Yes, all desires are insane. Desire as such is insane because desire means living in the future, and the future does not exist at all. What exists is the present. Objects of desire are not significant; desiring is significant. You can desire wealth, you can desire God– desiring remains the same,
Once it happened that a man was very ill. The illness was that he continually felt that his eyes were popping out and his ears were ringing – continually. By and by, he became crazy because it went on twenty-four hours a day. He couldn’t sleep, he couldn’t do his work. So he consulted doctors.
MASTER, PLEASE HELP ME. I cannot do that. I am not your enemy. I am not a do-gooder. I don’t “help,” because the help, the very desire to be helped, is a desire to continue as you are. You want some props, some supports. You want consolation, comfort. No, I am the last person to
