Mulla Nasrudin stopped his wife from jumping off a bridge. "If you jump in," he pleaded, "I will have to jump in after you. It's awfully cold and while we are waiting for the ambulance we will both get pneumonia and die. NOW, PLEASE, BE A GOOD WIFE AND COME
COME AND HANG YOURSELF."
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. 'Prem
Ki Madhushala' - a concert by Shubha Mudgal was also
held.
Bulle Shah, the Sufi mystic saint of Panjab says: "Rab da ki pana, ethon putiyan the ethe lana." It's literal meaning being - God-realisation is as simple as uprooting a plant from here and replanting it there. It is not a long and arduous journey. Zen masters in Japan do not even call it a journey from here to there. They emphasise that it is here to here. It is neither in the future. It is now and here!
Leo Hartong tells an anecdote: "Sitting under a tree at the river's edge a Zen master hears someone calling his name. Across the river he sees one of his students. "Master" the student shouts "how do I get to the other side?" The master shrugs and calls back "You are at the other side!" This anecdote says that you too, are already at the other side, that enlightenment or Self-realization is not something that exists only for a chosen few, but that it is your natural state, available right here and right now.
The ordinary ritualistic religion promises heaven, paradise, nirvana and god-realisation in the future after one has accumulated the wealth of virtues of good karmas in the spiritual bank registered in a balance sheet nobody has ever seen. This is based on the promises given by the priests. Our mind starts believing these priests.
Osho says that mind has learned a trick, and that trick is how to promise. It goes on promising: "I will give you everything. You need God? I will give you God, just wait. Do this and that. Make effort, and hope and pray, and you will get it." It always postpones. It says, "Tomorrow it will happen," and tomorrow never comes. Tomorrow cannot come - all that comes is always today, and all that the mind does is to transfer everything for tomorrow. It promises you -- in the future. Whether it is heaven, whether it is God, or moksha, or nirvana -- it always promises you, "In the future."
Neither meditation nor Zen ever promises you anything. It simply gives you here and now. Mind is a postponement, it says, "It will happen. It will happen gradually. Go by and by. Don't be in a hurry, nothing can be done right now." Mind says, "Time is needed. Long is the path. Much has to be done and unless you do it, how can you attain?" Mind always divides ends and means.
Osho says: In reality, there is no division. Every step is the goal, and every moment is nirvana. The present is all that exists. Future is the most illusory thing; it is a creation of the mind. But you believe in the mind, and it is really wonderful, you don't even get discouraged!
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. '
