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on his experiences, said through an interpreter that now he was sitting in front of Osho all his questions had fallen away; he wanted just to sit and listen.]
That's very good. That will do much. If you can just listen and just be here in my presence, much will start happening on its own accord. Much is possible just by listening.
It is a tremendous meditation -- just to listen. And nothing else is needed. If you can listen totally, then two hearts start meeting and merging. Many times boundaries are lost. Many times you don't know whether you are the listener or the speaker. Those are the rare moments when something really happens.
In the East we have valued satsang very much. In the West nothing like it has ever existed. Satsang is an absolutely eastern concept. It says that just being with the master, not doing anything, is all that is needed. If he speaks, listening to his words. If he keeps quiet, listening to his silence. If he laughs, then listening to his laughter. Just being there -- available, open, vulnerable... just being a sponge, soaking up his energy, his vibes... just allowing him to pour himself into you. People have attained to the very ultimate even just by sitting by the side of the master.
It is said about a sufi master that when he was asked how he attained, he said, 'For three years I was just sitting by the side of my master, and he would not even look at me. It was difficult to know whether he had ever seen me, because he would not look. He would come and go and would not look at mc for three years. But I persisted, and then one day he looked at me. That was a great gift -- a grace.
'Then for three years again he'd forget me. After six years, one day he smiled. For three years again, nothing. Then one day he took my hand in his own. Again for three years, nothing.
'Twelve years passed this way. Then one day he embraced me and told me, "Now what are you doing here? Go and do the same to others as I have done to you."
'He would sit and say "Just sit by my side" -- that's what I have learned.'
If one can just listen and be, nothing else is needed. So, good. Be here.
The Passion
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