When you move it with consciousness there is grace. When you move it unconsciously it is mechanical.
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I can move my hand unconsciously, without watching, or I can move it with full awareness. You can wash the floor and remain silently watching yourself washing the floor. And this meditation needs no special time. Everybody has a different collection the quantity may be different, hence the time it takes will be different – but go on remaining a witness as much as you can. You must have seen people collecting antiques, postal stamps. There is no way of saying because each individual has a different collection. I can guarantee because it has happened to me and to many of my people just watching patiently – maybe a few days will pass, maybe a few months, maybe a few years. This is what I call meditation: you simply mirror everything within or without.Īnd I guarantee you…. There is no judgment that the man is ugly, that the man is beautiful, that, “Aha! What a good nose you have got.” The mirror has nothing to say. When you bring something in front of a mirror it reflects, simply reflects. A watcher has no prejudice, he has no judgment. You don’t say, “This is bad, this is good,” “This should be there….” and “This should not be there….” Then you are not a watcher you have prejudices, you have certain attitudes. The thoughts stop of their own accord if you don’t identify, if you remain a witness and you don’t say, “This is my thought.” When stillness comes on its own, when silence descends without your effort, when you watch thoughts and a moment comes when thoughts start disappearing and silence starts happening, that is beautiful. But this is not the real thing, it is absolutely fake. And if you persist you may be able to stop the thought process. And all the prayers, concentrations, contemplations of all the religions do the same with the mind: they force it, they don’t allow the thoughts to move. That’s what yoga is – a long practice of forcing the body to be still. You remain in the center, just watching.Īll the religions of the world have taught people to do something: stop the process of thought, force the body into a still posture. Just watch that the body is tossing and turning, that the mind is whirling, is full of thoughts – consistent, inconsistent, useless – fantasies, dreams.
Your body is not accustomed to sitting silently – you will be tossing and turning. And your mind is always in a rush hour, the traffic is always jammed. The old habits will continue the thoughts will go on rushing. It is not an art, it is a knack – just that way. Watch, be a watcher on the hills, and everything else is happening in the valley. Thoughts will be moving in your mind your body may be feeling some tension somewhere, you may have a migraine.
You sit silently doing nothing, witnessing whatsoever is happening. Being is not doing, and watching is also not doing. Here is an excerpt of Osho’s talk from the book ‘From the False to the Truth: You need to rise above each thought, feeling and sensation so that you don’t get identified with the contents. This is because of the deep-rooted identification people have with the objects of consciousness. When you start witnessing, you may often mistake an object of consciousness for the subject. Anything that is observed in the mind, body and the external world is a content of consciousness.
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Feel free to download and share the infographic if you want: Witnessing – Everyday Mindfulness for Spiritual EnlightenmentĪs it is explained in the infographic, the first step is to learn to discriminate between the awareness and the contents of the awareness. The following infographic will give you the steps involved in witnessing.
Ramana Maharshi and the Cinema Screen Analogy Is Spiritual Enlightenment Known or Experienced? After reading these links, witnessing meditation will make much sense and will be easier to understand: The following links will help you to understand some of the basics when it comes to spiritual enlightenment. But the essence of the witnessing meditation has to be understood before one starts to practice it. It is not only an effective practice for spiritual seekers seeking spiritual enlightenment, but is also a good practice to improve mental peace in general. It is nothing but mindfulness in daily activities. Osho advocated a simple and powerful meditation technique called witnessing.
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