Friday, March 19, 2010

State of No-thought.

Osho sez -

"Thinking shows the futility of everything: even of life, of love, of the family, of wealth, of the world, of war. But if one goes on thinking, then in the end, this thinking shows the futility of thinking itself. And it is at this point that the person enters the state of no-thought. Then, in this state of no-thought everything becomes possible for the person - in exactly the same way as it is for a thoughtless person. But the very quality of this person and his actions is different. He is like a small child.

When someone attains to saintliness in old age, he again becomes like a child. However, the similarity between saintliness and the child exists only on the surface. A sage's eyes become as innocent as those of a child, but in a child everything is dormant, has to yet to manifest. Hence, a child is like a volcano: it has not exploded yet, but that is the only difference. His innocence is superficial: underneath everything is getting ready to explode. The seeds are germinating inside him; they are sprouting. Sex, anger and enmity - everything will surface in time. Right now, everything is being prepared. A child is a time bomb; it will take some time and then it will explode.

But a sage has gone beyond all this. All those seeds that were supposed to sprout within him have done so, and having proved futile have been dropped. Now nothing remains inside: his eyes have again become innocent; everything has again become pure."

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