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Chapter 8 - The taste of your being
You will come across beautiful spaces which are so enchanting, so magical that one thinks, what more can there be in life? -- so much bliss, so much benediction
-- but don't stop.
Everybody has to discover his eternity, that "I am part of a life that knows no death. "And it is not far away if you go on and on.
Whatever happens, be grateful to existence and move on.
Charaiveti, charaiveti -- this was one of the constant messages of Gautam Buddha.
Whenever sannyasins came to relate to him their state of mind, their consciousness, he would always say, "Everything is fine, but charaiveti, charaiveti. Continue, continue going on and on and on, because I know there is much more to be discovered."
Remember the fragrance of the beautiful words of one of the great Zen masters, Ryokan: WITH NO MIND, BLOSSOMS INVITE THE BUTTERFLY.
WITH NO MIND, THE BUTTERFLY VISITS THE BLOSSOMS.
There is no cerebral activity in it. The flowers are not thinking and planning how to invite the butterfly. With no mind, in their silence, is their invitation.
WITH NO MIND, BLOSSOMS INVITE THE BUTTERFLY. WITH NO MIND, THE BUTTERFLY VISITS THE BLOSSOMS. WHEN THE FLOWER BLOOMS, THE BUTTERFLY COMES. WHEN THE BUTTERFLY COMES, THE FLOWER BLOSSOMS.
There is such a synchronicity in existence. You become graceful, the whole existence becomes graceful; you become silent, everything else becomes silent. A song arises in you, and all around the birds start singing; you dance, and you see the whole of existence is dancing with you, hand in hand.
Says Ryokan,
I DO NOT KNOW OTHERS, OTHERS DO NOT KNOW ME.
NOT KNOWING EACH OTHER WE NATURALLY FOLLOW THE WAY.
There is no need of knowledge, because nature has its own wisdom. If you don't interfere with nature and its wisdom, everything goes as it should go.
I DO NOT KNOW OTHERS, OTHERS DO NOT KNOW ME.
NOT KNOWING EACH OTHER WE NATURALLY FOLLOW THE WAY.
Osho - The Hidden Splendor 87
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