From Ignorance to Innocence - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com

CHAPTER 26. MEDITATION: WATCHFULNESS, AWARENESS, ALERTNESS – THE REAL TRINITY
The cosmos is, but you are no more there.
The seeker disappears; he has found what he was seeking, but he is no more there.
That’s a quantum leap.
The subconscious, unconscious, collective and cosmic unconscious – these four layers are under
your conscious. Above are also four layers. The question is how to reach the higher states of
consciousness.
The method is a very strange one, but there is only one way. You have to go down first. You have
to enter the cosmic unconscious. Unless you disappear into the cosmic unconscious, you cannot
enter into the superconscious, the first level above conscious.
What actually happens: as you enter the cosmic unconscious, your subconscious, your
unconscious, your collective unconscious all disappear, just like small rivers falling in the ocean
– a vast ocean of cosmic darkness. It is a death. And unless you are born again you will not enter
the kingdom of God.
Jesus must have heard that statement somewhere in India from a Buddhist monk, because it has no
source in Jewish religion. Its only source can be a Buddhist source, because that’s what Buddha was
teaching: that you dive deep into the cosmic unconscious, and as you enter into it, all is darkness,
you are lost completely. But wait – don’t be in a hurry and don’t back out. Don’t run back, because
where will you go? You will go back again to the same routine world in which you had lived.
Don’t run. Wait, wait a moment. And the darkness as you wait starts becoming less and less dark.
It is almost as if you are coming from the outside in the hot sun, and enter in the house and you
suddenly see darkness because your eyes are focused for the light outside. The sunlight is so bright
that your pupils shrink. They cannot bear that much light going in, so they become small, very small.
And then suddenly you enter your house; it takes a little time for your eyes to adjust to the new
situation; the sun is no more there. Your pupils start becoming bigger. When they become bigger
then the house has more light.
That’s how thieves who come into your house in the night when everything is dark.... You yourself in
your own house cannot move; you may stumble into this desk, that table, this chair. But a thief who
has never been in your house, who knows nothing about the house enters in darkness, and without
stumbling into anything finds exactly the place where you are keeping all your treasure. It needs
training; it is an art. Of course it is a crime. That’s another aspect; I am not concerned with that. But
it is an art.
The famous Zen story is: a very great Master who was also a master thief was getting old. His son
asked him, ”Before you die, please teach me your art of stealing.”
He said, ”I was just waiting for you to ask because we never impose; art is something that you should
have a feel for. If you are ready, I am ready. Today is the beginning of your teaching. Tonight you
come with me.”
From Ignorance to Innocence 387 Osho