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CHAPTER 9. RIGHT SEARCH, WRONG DIRECTION
his feet are frost-bitten, and he is dying of cold. Or put a pillow on his chest and he will see Satan
riding on him; or put his hand around his neck and he will dream he is being hanged. But all this
can be verified only on awakening. Dreams are much exaggerations. He is bound to laugh when
he awakens. How much he has suffered – and for no reason at all! A slight gesture and the mind
swings into action, the imagination running wild!
You never suffer nearly as much as you imagine you suffer. You never suffer the illnesses you most
dread nor the miseries that you fear. Ninety percent of your suffering is psychological; only ten
percent is real. If the ninety percent, the imaginary ills, were to be eliminated, the real ills would be
easily overcome. There is a way to overcome them. There is a way to step outside of them and be
freed from all ills. It is you who magnify them so much that you become small; then you tremble and
think you can do nothing.
As soon as the ray of knowledge awakens and the flame within is lighted, you become the master
of all your energies, which is in fact the very source of your knowledge. Knowledge is the ultimate
happening. Knowledge means the inner eye, the ability to see, the ability to see through and beyond.
Then life has no more sorrows, and there is bliss, and bliss alone. All sufferings are caused by your
own blindness. Your sleep turns your dreams into nightmares. Consciousness knows no ills; it
knows bliss, and only bliss.
THE CONSTANT ENJOYMENT OF SELF ENERGIES IS HIS UNIVERSE.
He who attain knowledge and constantly enjoys his self energies is in permanent bliss. The
enjoyment of self energy, the energy within, gives rise to infinite pleasure. Bliss flows in a continuous
stream, like a river that is constantly flowing. Infinite springs of bliss flow within you but you have
turned your back to them.
Remember, religion is not renunciation. Religion is supreme enjoyment. God is not someone who
sits and weeps. He is always dancing. Do not seek a weeping God; You will never find him. And if
you do find him he will not be God but an imposter. God dances – always dances!
All of life is a great blissful festival. Life knows no suffering; it is only your imagination. You have
created misery and sorrow; you have thought it all out and planned it. What else can a blind man
do? Wherever he goes he is bound to hit against something; however, he is under the illusion that
the whole world is ready to bang into him. Why should anyone want to hit you Does the wall or the
door have any reason to knock you down? Wherever a blind man goes he is hit by a wall or a door,
but he is always ready to find fault with the wall or with the door. No one hits the one who has eyes.
No one is out to knock against you. It is you who is at fault. It is you who is blind. The responsibility
is entirely yours but you throw it onto others.
The words of this sutra are well worth understanding: THE CONSTANT ENJOYMENT OF SELF
ENERGIES IS HIS UNIVERSE; it is bliss. When this state of knowledge is reached bliss occurs
every moment. There are flowers, flowers everywhere, and no sign of any thorns. There the elixir of
life flows, and death is nowhere. Not a ray of suffering dares to enter.
There is a kingdom of supreme happiness within you, and it is this that you are seeking; but you
are searching outside. Your search is right, but the direction is wrong. The sage who knows himself
The Great Path 170 Osho