OSHO: Morning Contempl. 12-03
Wolfgang Doelz
but we have completely forgotten our mission.
We have forgotten even why we are here.
We are living in deep *forgetfulness*, and we call it *life*.
And people who are so utterly forgetful of everything
think themselves intelligent people.
If you ask the awakened ones they will call this sheer foolishness.
We have to wake up out of this foolishness.
We are here to fulfill a certain purpose.
Everyone is here to sing a song, to dance a dance,
to release a certain perfume.
But that is possible only when you become so alert
that you see yourself directly, not via others.
Right now, whatsoever you know about yourself is via others.
Somebody says you are very nice and you believe it.
Somebody says you are very intelligent and you believe it.
One person says one thing, another person says another thing,
and you go on collecting all these things.
You don't know anything about yourself directly.
You know your face through a mirror,
but a mirror can only reflect your mask.
For the original face you have to go inwards.
You have to discover it at the very core of your being.
Once you know your original face
a great joy arises, great bliss is born.
Suddenly you see that you are not accidental,
you are appointed by god,
that you are carrying some important message for existence,
that you are needed,
that you are fulfilling a certain purpose in this great scheme of things,
you are fulfilling some intrinsic, organic utility
that gives great peace, great joy.
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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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