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feeling sleepy, and wake up in the early morning when you are feeling that you have rested enough. Just live the ordinary life joyously, live moment-to-moment. Don't hanker for something great, ultimate, far away. Don't bother about the other world, the beyond -- this world is more than one needs. This world is so beautiful, who cares about the other world?
People ask me, "What happens after death?" And I ask them, "First try to find out what is happening BEFORE death!" And they look at me as if I am joking. I am never joking, I am simply telling you the truth! But because you are not finished yet with your desires and longings, you don't listen to the truth.
Two salesmen were standing together at a bar, a little distance away from a drunk who was having trouble propping himself up and balancing his drink. The men were chatting about their job when one of them noticed a very unpleasant smell.
"Hey, Joe," he interrupted, "do you smell shit!"
The other salesman sniffed and nodded, fingers closing his nostrils. "I think it is coming from that old drunk over there," he said.
The first salesman walked over to the drunk. "Excuse me," he said, "there is a foul smell around here. Did you shit in your pants?"
The drunk looked up at him over his glass, blearyeyed. "Yeth," he slobbered, "whath abouth ith?"
Shocked, the young salesman replied, "Well, why don't you go to the men's room and wash yourself?"
The drunk looked up again, thought for a moment, and then said decisively, "Because I haven't finished yet!"
That's the trouble -- you are not finished yet! Otherwise go to the men's bathroom and wash yourself and be enlightened! Who is preventing you? Just a little washing is needed and the whole foul smell will disappear. You are born fragrant, you become foul. It is your great work -- you can undo it!
The last question
Question 3
OSHO: HAS ANYONE EVER BECOME ENLIGHTENED WHILE LISTENING TO A JOKE?
MAYBE THERE IS HOPE FOR ME YET!
Anand Jean
THE FIRST THING IS: nobody ever becomes enlightened. People become unenlightened, that is true, but nobody ever becomes enlightened.
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