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the only thing he knows that is religion.
Don't just wait for those spaces, there are greater religious spaces ahead. Don't get stuck with prayers.
"Before sending you to the chair," said the judge to Moishe Finkelstein, "is there a last request you would like to make?"
"Yes, judge," said Moishe, "I would like to have a look at my wife first, then I will feel more like dying."
People have strange fixations. Don't bother about what happened in the past. What is happening right now is so beautiful, is it not? Then why create any disturbance. Just go deeper into it.
That which is available will open new skies and many, many spaces. And then you will wonder how foolish it was to expect your kindergarten experiences. Those were just little glimpses of the unknown. The whole unknown is still waiting for you to experience it.
Okay, Maneesha?
Yes, Osho.
The Invitation
Chapter #14
Chapter title: Silence is the right soil
28 August 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8708280
ShortTitle: INVITA14
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 100 mins
Question 1
MY BELOVED MASTER,
I REALIZED THAT IT IS EASIER TO BECOME SILENT WHILE LISTENING TO YOU THAN IN ANY OTHER MEDITATION. WHEN YOU STOP TALKING EVERYTHING SEEMS TO STOP FOR A MOMENT AND I GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT MEDITATION CAN BE! THESE ARE THE MOST PRECIOUS MOMENTS FOR ME! OSHO, WHY IS IT EASIER TO BECOME SILENT IN YOUR PRESENCE?
Dhyan Sandesh, the question you have raised is significant not only to you, but to many more who are not fortunate enough to be in my presence, but who will be reading these words or listening or seeing this on the video screen all over the world.
The question arises almost for everyone, that the way I talk is a little strange. No speaker in the world talks like me -- technically it is wrong; it takes almost double the time! But those speakers have a different purpose -- my purpose is absolutely different from theirs. They speak because they are prepared for it; they are simply repeating something that they have rehearsed. Secondly, they are speaking
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