OSHO TALKS 🌞
Some time ago a man used to come to me, and he would
bring his wife. The first time we met he told me that his wife
could not sleep. He described her condition to me: "She cannot get any sleep without medicines, and even with medicine
she can only sleep for three or four hours. And my wife is
afraid; strange fears seem to trouble her. She is afraid to step
out of the house, and if she is in the house she is afraid that
the house will collapse. If there is no one around she is afraid
that if she is alone she will die, so she constantly needs someone around. At night she keeps all her medicines close to her
just in case there is an emergency."
I suggested that she start doing a small meditation that
would be helpful. She began to do the experiment. After
seven days I met him and I asked him, "What happened?
How is your wife?"
He said, "There has not been much progress - she just
sleeps better."
After a week I met him again and asked him, "Any
change?"
And he said, "Her condition has not changed very much,
but she is a bit less afraid."
I met him again after another seven days and asked him,
"Has anything happened?"
"Nothing significant," he said. "She manages to get some
sleep now, is less fearful and doesn't keep the medicines close
to her anymore - nothing much."
I call this a negative outlook. Even if this man were to experience something he would not be able to see it, to recognize it. And this outlook is built into this person. It means
that a negative person will not experience anything, and even
if he does experience something he will not be able to recognize it - and much that might otherwise be possible will be
obstructed.
In addition to having a positive approach, I also suggest
that during these three days you think only about what
is happening to you - don't try to think about what is not
happening. In these three days whatsoever happens, watch.
And forget about what does not happen, what could not
happen. Just remember what you did experience. If you
have even a little taste of peace, of silence, nourish that. It
will give you hope and it also will push you forward.
Because if you nourish something that didn't happen your
momentum will be lost, and what actually did happen will
also be destroyed. I read somewhere that one man was complaining to another, "I am a very poor man, I don't have anything."
So the second man said, "If you are that poor you can do
one thing: I want your right eye. I will give you five thousand rupees for it. Take these five thousand rupees and give me
your right eye."
And the first man said, "That is very difficult. I cannot
give my right eye."
So then the other man offered, "I will give you ten thousand rupees for both of your eyes."
Again the first man replied, "Ten thousand rupees! But
still, I cannot give my eyes."
At which point the other man offered, "I will give you fifty
thousand rupees if you will give me your life."
At this the first man said, "But that is impossible! I cannot
give my life."
The first man said, "This shows you have many valuable
things. You have two eyes which you will not sell for ten
thousand rupees, and you have your life - and you were saying that you don't have anything!"
I am talking about this kind of person and this kind of
thinking. Value what you have, and also what you experience
through meditation, even the small things. Think about it,
talk about it, because whether or not you will experience
more depends on this way of thinking - and your optimism
will create more. And what you don't get....
- Osho, The Path of Meditation ☘
Some time ago a man used to come to me, and he would
bring his wife. The first time we met he told me that his wife
could not sleep. He described her condition to me: "She cannot get any sleep without medicines, and even with medicine
she can only sleep for three or four hours. And my wife is
afraid; strange fears seem to trouble her. She is afraid to step
out of the house, and if she is in the house she is afraid that
the house will collapse. If there is no one around she is afraid
that if she is alone she will die, so she constantly needs someone around. At night she keeps all her medicines close to her
just in case there is an emergency."
I suggested that she start doing a small meditation that
would be helpful. She began to do the experiment. After
seven days I met him and I asked him, "What happened?
How is your wife?"
He said, "There has not been much progress - she just
sleeps better."
After a week I met him again and asked him, "Any
change?"
And he said, "Her condition has not changed very much,
but she is a bit less afraid."
I met him again after another seven days and asked him,
"Has anything happened?"
"Nothing significant," he said. "She manages to get some
sleep now, is less fearful and doesn't keep the medicines close
to her anymore - nothing much."
I call this a negative outlook. Even if this man were to experience something he would not be able to see it, to recognize it. And this outlook is built into this person. It means
that a negative person will not experience anything, and even
if he does experience something he will not be able to recognize it - and much that might otherwise be possible will be
obstructed.
In addition to having a positive approach, I also suggest
that during these three days you think only about what
is happening to you - don't try to think about what is not
happening. In these three days whatsoever happens, watch.
And forget about what does not happen, what could not
happen. Just remember what you did experience. If you
have even a little taste of peace, of silence, nourish that. It
will give you hope and it also will push you forward.
Because if you nourish something that didn't happen your
momentum will be lost, and what actually did happen will
also be destroyed. I read somewhere that one man was complaining to another, "I am a very poor man, I don't have anything."
So the second man said, "If you are that poor you can do
one thing: I want your right eye. I will give you five thousand rupees for it. Take these five thousand rupees and give me
your right eye."
And the first man said, "That is very difficult. I cannot
give my right eye."
So then the other man offered, "I will give you ten thousand rupees for both of your eyes."
Again the first man replied, "Ten thousand rupees! But
still, I cannot give my eyes."
At which point the other man offered, "I will give you fifty
thousand rupees if you will give me your life."
At this the first man said, "But that is impossible! I cannot
give my life."
The first man said, "This shows you have many valuable
things. You have two eyes which you will not sell for ten
thousand rupees, and you have your life - and you were saying that you don't have anything!"
I am talking about this kind of person and this kind of
thinking. Value what you have, and also what you experience
through meditation, even the small things. Think about it,
talk about it, because whether or not you will experience
more depends on this way of thinking - and your optimism
will create more. And what you don't get....
- Osho, The Path of Meditation ☘