OSHO: Morning Contempl. 11-29
Wolfgang Doelz
the sacred is hidden in the profane.
And that is where religions have gone wrong:
their sacred is *against* the ordinary.
My sacred is *in* the ordinary.
Hence religions have condemned people who say
life is eating, drinking and merrying.
Religions have condemned these people as materialists.
I don't condemn them.
I say that this is the right approach,
that it is a good beginning.
If you can enjoy eating, drinking and merrying,
then sooner or later you are going to become intrigued.
Sooner or later the inquiry is bound to arise
in an intelligent person's heart:
Is there more to it?
Then when that question has arisen in you, that there must be more -
because you start having some glimpses of the more,
so you start moving towards the more to discover it, to experience it -
then meditation is very natural, and you will never go wrong.
The first step is the most important step.
In fact the first step is almost half the journey.
So learn to enjoy everything,
and drop all kinds of sadness and seriousness.
Dance, sing, celebrate
and slowly slowly meditate to find out because there certainly is more.
But for the more you need a deeper intelligence.
Meditation gives depth to your intelligence,
it gives you clarity, and that's all.
It cleanses your mirror, and you start reflecting life more clearly.
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Osho (formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh):
A Must for Morning Contemplation
ISBN 3-89338-104-X
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