Richness does not mean only wealth or money; richness is a multidimensional phenomenon. A poet may be poor, but he has a sensitivity that no money can purchase. He is richer than any rich man. A musician may not be rich, but as far as his music is concerned, no wealth is richer than his music.
To me the rich man is one who has sensitivity, creativity, receptivity.
~ OSHO – Socrates Poisoned Again After 25 Centuries.
These are the two paths: self-forgetfulness, the way of the world; and self-remembrance, the way of God.
The paradox is that one who seeks happiness never finds it; and one who seeks truth and doesn’t bother about happiness has always found it.
~ OSHO – The_Hidden_Harmony
“But man cannot live naturally continuously because man also has freedom . Sometimes you can eat a little too much – that is your freedom . And sometimes you can go on a fast – that too is your freedom . Man is only animal in the world who has freedom : that is his dignity . But freedom brings dangers . The first danger is that you can go against nature . And nature is so polite that it does not shout , it whispers . Nature is very silent ; its voice is very still and small . It goes on saying , ” don’t do it , don’t do it , don’t do it” , and it goes on tolerating . There is a point beyond which it cannot tolerate and the disease erupts. Now , what is the Physician meant to do ? In the East the physician does not fight disease , the physician is not meant to destroy the disease . The physician is simply meant to bring the man back to nature.”
~ OSHO – Sufis : The People of the Path , Volume.2 , Chapter # 6 : An Eternal Recurrence
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Yoga is self-effort. Yoga has no priests. It has only masters who have attained by their own effort – and in their light you have to learn how to attain yourself.
Avoid the promises of the priests. They are the most dangerous people on earth, because they don’t allow you to become really discontent. They go on consoling you; and if you are consoled before you have attained, you are cheated, you are deceived.
Yoga believes in effort, in tremendous effort. One has to become worthy. One has to earn God; you have to pay the cost. Someone once asked the former Prince of Wales, “What is your idea of civilization?”
“It is a good idea,” replied the prince. “Somebody ought to start it.
The yoga is not just an idea it is a practice, it is abhyas , it is a discipline, it is a science of inner transformation. And remember, nobody can start it for you. You have to start it for yourself. Yoga teaches you to trust yourself; yoga teaches you to become confident of yourself. Yoga teaches you that the journey is alone. A master can indicate the way, but you have to follow it.
~ OSHO – Yoga: The Science of Living.
Souls and Karmic Connections
We have traveled through many lifetimes and lived with many different souls amid family, friends or those who don’t really get along with us. Some may have even tried to harm us emotionally, physically or spiritually. All said and done. We all are the same and belong to only one group that is SOULS. We all have traveled together in different lifetimes and have shared various relationships with each other such as,
Father-Mother
Husband-Wife
Uncle-Aunt
Brother-Sister
Friends
Neighbours
Servants
Drivers and
even so-called Enemies.
Each person is a Soul that tries to help the other move forward spiritually and reduce the Karmic baggage.
Sometimes the Soul that loves us the most, might willingly take birth as an enemy or a tormentor in a lifetime, just to help us work out our karma. Thus, a person, who we think hates us and we in return hate, might be our greatest well-wisher spiritually.
He or She may be responsible for our becoming spiritual or compassionate. That very person who is creating hell in our lives may bring us closer to spirituality. In the present lifetime, he/she may be doing so because that could be the only way to teach us a lesson.
Sometimes, a Soul is reborn just to comfort us and be there in times of need.
So, who is our friend and who is our enemy? They all are part of the Soul-Family who wants to help us and want help in return. Sometimes an opportunity comes in the form of a Disaster. Sometimes, the only way to grow spiritually and in life is through pain, sorrow and turmoil.
That is when Life seems strange.
Hence never form judgements, abuse or hate and never say nasty things about anyone. Who knows we may be harming the Soul who loves us the most spiritually but are not able to recognize it as the soul is wearing a different body in this particular lifetime.
– Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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