meditation

Meditation: the first and last freedom
by Osho

- meditation is when u become the watcher and not the doer

- u are in the centre of a cyclone, absolutely unclouded, undisturbed

- be your own Watchman, watch after yourself

- what u watch is not the point; the object (you) is the point

- the quality of the observation, of being aware and alert, is
meditation

- love born out of meditation is true
- love born out of mind is not sustainable

- joy out of no reason cannot be disturbed

- meditation destroys all the barriers that the society has created to
prevent u from being intelligent

- an inside journey is a journey toward absolute aloneness; u can't
take anybody there with u

- how many minutes a day do u allocate for your SELF?

- key to meditation :
relax, watchfulness, non-judgemental

- do not confuse impatience with thirst. with thirst there is yearning
but no struggle; with impatience, the reverse

- unawareness is important. it is a state of rest

- no matter what u experience during meditation, u are just an
observer. you are not it. when the observer becomes the observed, u
have arrived

- the awakened mind has no experiences at all. only sleeping mind has
experiences

- 2 difficulties to meditation : (1) ego (2) constant chattering mind

- if u are 'successful', your ego grows bigger and becomes a hindrance
for u to know yourself

- if u are not successful, your ego is wounded and u can't face yourself

- the slippery slope : mine--> me --> you --> I

- all experiences are just trick of the mind, they are escapes.
meditation is a stopping of all experience.