CHAPTER 2. THE GREAT PEARLDeeper and deeper... Collect your whole consciousness as an arrow and go in search for your verysource <strong>of</strong> life. <strong>The</strong>re you will find the buddha.Sitting silently, this is your real being. This moment you all have be<strong>com</strong>e 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, <strong>of</strong> being a buddha, a witness, you can take another jump and dissolve yourself into theoceanic consciousness. Just <strong>with</strong>in two steps, the journey is <strong>com</strong>plete.Thousands <strong>of</strong> flowers are showering on you. A deep silence, an immense space utterly empty butfull <strong>of</strong> great potentialities. In this space you will find the truth, the meaning <strong>of</strong> life, the beauty <strong>of</strong>everything in existence, and the goodness <strong>of</strong> every being. Those who have <strong>com</strong>e 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>com</strong>e 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 <strong>of</strong> your whole life.Now, gather all the flowers, the fragrance <strong>of</strong> this moment – you have to bring it back.Collect all the great pearls.You are at the very source <strong>of</strong> everything.Nivedano...(Drumbeat)Come back, but <strong>com</strong>e 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 be<strong>com</strong>e your very life-style.Not for a single moment be suspicious about your buddhahood.Your buddhahood is your nature, act accordingly. <strong>The</strong> more you act accordingly, the more is thepossibility <strong>of</strong> a growing trust in your being a buddha. <strong>The</strong> more intelligent can instantly pass throughthe transformation. <strong>The</strong> old self dies away, and a totally fresh new being is born – innocent, pure.<strong>Hyakujo</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Everest</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zen</strong>, <strong>with</strong> Basho’s <strong>Haikus</strong> 32 Osho
CHAPTER 2. THE GREAT PEARLOkay, Maneesha?Yes, Osho.Can we celebrate the ten thousand buddhas?Yes, Osho!<strong>Hyakujo</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Everest</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Zen</strong>, <strong>with</strong> Basho’s <strong>Haikus</strong> 33 Osho