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Hindustan Times
December 15, 2003

Learn to remain calm in all situations
MEDITATIONS | Swami Chaitanya Keerti
 
Life is nothing but an art of living. It all depends on how we look at everything and how we respond to situations. Every moment life is taking us into either happy or sad situations. And these are simply situations. An unintelligent person may turn these situations into problems while an intelligent person is one who can transform problems into situations. This intelligence is not born out of thinking but from moment to moment awareness that is meditation. 

Osho talks about an incidence in the life of Chuang Tzu, the great Taoist mystic of China. His wife had died and he was sitting in front of his hut playing on an instrument and singing. The emperor came to pay his respects. The emperor had rehearsed in his mind what to say to console Chuang Tzu. He thought of every good thing to console him, but the moment he saw Chuang Tzu he became very uneasy. Chuang Tzu was singing. He looked very happy, and just in the morning his wife had died. 

The emperor became uneasy and he said, "Chuang Tzu, it is enough if you are not weeping, but the singing is too much. It is going too far!" Chuang Tzu asked, "But why should I weep?" The emperor said, "It seems you have not heard that your wife is dead." 
Chuang Tzu said, "Of course, my wife is dead. Why should I weep? If she is dead, she is dead. And I never expected that she was going to live forever. You weep because you expect. I never expected that she was going to live forever. I always knew she was going to die any day, and this day it happened. This was going to happen any day. And any day is as good for death as any other, so why should I not sing? If I cannot sing when there is death, then I cannot sing in life, because life is a continuous death. They are one. The moment someone is born, death is born with him. And, moreover, the poor woman has lived so many years with me, so will you not allow me to sing a little in gratitude when she has left? She must go in peace, harmony, music and love. Why should I weep?" 

Osho suggests: Don't allow yourself to be miserable. Don't cooperate with misery; resist the temptation. It is very alluring - resist it! And try to be blissful in every state of mind. Whatsoever happens outside, don't allow it to disturb your bliss. Go on being blissful.