Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho's Haikus - Oshorajneesh.com

CHAPTER 2. THE GREAT PEARLDeeper and deeper... Collect your whole consciousness as an arrow and go in search for your verysource of life. There you will find the buddha.Sitting silently, this is your real being. This moment you all have become buddhas.To make it more clear...Nivedano...(Drumbeat)Relax. Watch your body as separate from you. Watch your mind as separate from you. You arejust a witness, just a mirror reflecting all that is around you. A buddha is nothing but a mirror. Fromthis point, of being a buddha, a witness, you can take another jump and dissolve yourself into theoceanic consciousness. Just within two steps, the journey is complete.Thousands of flowers are showering on you. A deep silence, an immense space utterly empty butfull of great potentialities. In this space you will find the truth, the meaning of life, the beauty ofeverything in existence, and the goodness of every being. Those who have come to this point willcarry it around the clock, just hiding it behind their heartbeats.So act like a buddha: eat when you are hungry, but don’t think of anything else. When you are tired,go to sleep, but don’t ponder about a thousand worries. Each moment should be given your totalconsciousness – and you have come home.It is so peaceful, it is so blissful. This evening was already beautiful, but ten thousand buddhasmake it a miracle, a magic moment. If you are intelligent enough, you can make this moment atransformation of your whole life.Now, gather all the flowers, the fragrance of this moment – you have to bring it back.Collect all the great pearls.You are at the very source of everything.Nivedano...(Drumbeat)Come back, but come back as a buddha, witnessing silently. Get up, sit down for a few moments,recollecting the space you have traveled, recollecting the experience that you have encountered.This has to become your very life-style.Not for a single moment be suspicious about your buddhahood.Your buddhahood is your nature, act accordingly. The more you act accordingly, the more is thepossibility of a growing trust in your being a buddha. The more intelligent can instantly pass throughthe transformation. The old self dies away, and a totally fresh new being is born – innocent, pure.Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus 32 Osho