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THINK THAT ALL PHENOMENA ARE NOTHING BUT DREAMS
The Times of India
May 18, 2006
Discourse: OSHOS
All that can ever be experienced is phenomena. Remember, not only are the objects of the world phenomena and dreams, but also objects of consciousness. They may be objects of the world, they may be just objects of the mind. They may be great spiritual experiences.
You may see kundalini rising in you: that too is a phenomenon a beautiful dream, but a dream all the same. You may see great light flooding your being, but that light is also a phenomenon.
You may see lotuses blooming inside you and a great fragrance arising within your being: those too are phenomena, because you are always the seer and never the seen, always the experiencer and never the experienced, always the witness and never the witnessed.
All that can be witnessed, seen, observed, is phenomena. Material, psychological, spiritual phenomena - they are all the same. Remember: That which can be seen is a dream.
Start contemplating in this way: If you are walking on the street, contemplate that people passing by are all dreams. The shops and the shopkeepers and the customers and the people coming and going, all are dreams. The houses, the buses, the train, the airplane, all are dreams.
Suddenly, like a flash, one thing comes into your vision: "I am a dream too". Because if the seen is a dream, then who is this 'I'? If the object is a dream, then the subject is also a dream. If the object is false, how can the subject be the truth?
If you watch everything as a dream, suddenly you will find something slipping out of your being: the idea of the ego. Meditating this way again and again, one day the miracle happens: You look in, and the ego is not found there.
The ego is a by-product of the illusion that whatsoever you are seeing is true. If you think that objects are true, then the ego can exist; it is a by-product. If you think that objects are dreams, the ego disappears.
And if you think continuously that all is a dream, then one day, in a dream in the night, you will be surprised: Suddenly in the dream you will remember that this is a dream too!
And immediately, as the remembrance happens, the dream will disappear. And for the first time you will experience yourself deep asleep, yet awake a very paradoxical experience, but of great benefit.
Once you have seen your dream disappearing because you have become aware of the dream, your quality of cons-ciousness will have a new flavour to it. The next morning you will wake up with a totally different quality you had never known before.
You will wake up for the first time. Now you will know that all those other mornings were false; you were not really awake. The dreams continued the only difference was that in the night you were dreaming with eyes closed, in the day you were dreaming with eyes open.
Awareness and dreaming cannot exist together. Here, awareness arises, and there, the dream disappears. Your eyes will be so clear, so transparent, and everything will look so psychedelic, so colourful, so alive.
Even rocks will be felt to be breathing, pulsating; even rocks will have a heartbeat. When you are awake, the whole existence changes its quality.
Excerpted from Book of Wisdom
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ART TUNES IN TO DANCE TO CELEBRATE BUDDHAHOOD
The Asian Age
May 14, 2006
- By M. Najmuz Zafar
New Delhi :To mark the beginning of Buddha Purnima, the Osho World Galleria hosted an enchanting evening recently with a Kathak performance by Divya Goswami and a painting exhibition by Blanca Peralta.
"A Buddha is a man whose heart is full of light, a Buddha is one who has become a flame, an eternal flame which cannot be extinguished. Now it is bound to dispel darkness," says Osho.
To spread this message of Buddhahood, Osho World, Ansal Plaza, is celebrating Buddha week which continues till May 17.
Dancing beautifully to a specially choreographed piece depicting a story from the life of Gautam Buddha, Divya mesmerised the audience with her grace and expression.
A painting exhibition on Buddha by Blanca Peralta was also launched during the occasion.
Half-Dutch and half-Indian, Blanca is strikingly beautiful and so are her paintings on Buddha. "I mostly make realistic figures, nothing distorted," says the artist who is connected to Osho World through her mother, an Osho sanyasin.
Describing her work on Buddha she says, "I tried to show as much as I could with least possible lines. As no one really knows what Buddha looked like, I portray him to be there and not there at the same time, emerging from the light."
An artist who mostly draws on and by her imagination also had a recent exhibition at the Ravi Shankar Institute of Music and Performing Arts. "I like to play with hidden and subtle images and portray a picture in real harmony," says Blanca.
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GEN Y TAKES UP MEDITATION TO STAY FOCUSED
The Asian Age
24 May, 2006
- By Our Correspondent
New Delhi :Skipping the prayer session of the morning assembly at school was done for the fun of it. But this summer some teenagers are making it a point not to miss meditation camps. Students believe these camps help them learn by instilling discipline.
Ma Dakshna who organises meditation camps for children at Oshodham in the capital, said that more youngsters are joining every year because of their interactive approach.
"Children are bubbling with energy. And they have to be trained by using creative tools like dance and art," she said. The camp also organises sessions for parents that help them develop an understanding with their children.
Megha Suri, 15, who meditates every morning, said that she first learnt it at a camp she attended last year and since then she has been doing this religiously. "Meditation has helped me concentrate better. Last time, I had gone for the camp because my father wanted me to, but this year I am enthusiastic about it and am waiting for it to begin. I really enjoy the dancing meditation session where participants are divided into pairs and made to concentrate on their movements. It helps you build trust in your dancing partner," she added.
For Sarika Verma, a Class 10 student, meditation was something to do with a religious ceremony till she attended a meditation camp at her school last month. She said, "I learnt that meditation is a way of communication with one’s inner self and helps you to know yourself better."
Pranaya Garg, who appeared for his Class 12 Board examination this year believes that his outlook towards life changed after he started practising the breathing exercise taught at the Art of Living workshop.
"I was bad-tempered and would shout at my family members for no reason, but things have changed after I started meditating," he said adding that the exercise helps him control his anger.
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On
the occasion of 70th Birthday of Our Beloved Master Dept. of Posts.
Govt. of India launched a Special Day Cover at a special function
in the capital. 
