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Courtesy of
Osho International
Foundation
When
you are not doing anything at all – bodily, mentally, on no level – when all
activity has ceased and you simply are, just being, that's what meditation
is. You cannot do it, you cannot practice it; you have only to understand
it.
Whenever you can find time for just
being, drop all doing. Thinking is also doing, concentration is
also doing, contemplation is also doing. Even if for a single
moment you are not doing anything and you are just at your
center, utterly relaxed -- that is meditation. And once you have
got the knack of it, you can remain in that state as long as you
want; finally you can remain in that state for twenty-four hours
a day.
Once
you have become aware of the way your being can remain undisturbed, then
slowly you can start doing things, keeping alert that your being is not
stirred. That is the second part of meditation. First, learning how just to
be, and then learning little actions: cleaning the floor, taking a shower,
but keeping yourself centered. Then you can do complicated things.
For
example, I am speaking to you, but my meditation is not disturbed. I can go
on speaking, but at my very center there is not even a ripple; it is just
silent, utterly silent.
So
meditation is not against action.
It is
not that you have to escape from life.
It
simply teaches you a new way of life:
You
become the center of the cyclone.
Your
life goes on, it goes on really more intensely -- with more joy, with more
clarity, more vision, more creativity -- yet you are aloof, just a watcher
on the hills, simply seeing all that is happening around you.
You are
not the doer, you are the watcher.
That's
the whole secret of meditation, that you become the watcher. Doing continues
on its own level, there is no problem: chopping wood, drawing water from the
well. You can do all small and big things; only one thing is not allowed and
that is, your centering should not be lost.
That
awareness, that watchfulness, should remain absolutely unclouded,
undisturbed.
Meditation is a very simple phenomenon.
Osho' Meditations
Osho' Dynamic Meditation
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Recommended to be done in the morning, this hour-long method is a powerful
way to kick-start your day. It provides an outlet for tension and withheld
emotions as well as being a great energy-booster!
Osho' Kundalini
Meditation
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Known as the “sister meditation” to Dynamic, with four stages of fifteen
minutes each this method is a gentle yet effective way to release all the
accumulated stress of your day.
Osho' Chakra
Breathing Meditation
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Chakra
breathing meditation can help you to become aware of and experience each of
the seven chakras. This meditation is active and uses deep rapid breathing
and body movement, accompanied by musical sounds to open and bring awareness
and vitality to the chakras.
Osho' Nataraj Meditation
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Dance, giving it all you have got, is an easy and natural way to turn in.
This method has three stages, and lasts a total of sixty-five minutes.
Osho' Nadabrahma Meditation
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A sitting method, that is one-hour long, in which humming and hand movements
create an inner balance and stillness.
Osho'
Devavani Meditation
Devavani is the “divine voice” which moves and speaks through the meditator,
who becomes an empty vessel, a channel. This meditation is a Latihan* of the
tongue. It relaxes the conscious mind so deeply that, when done last thing
at night, it is sure to be followed by a profound sleep.
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Latihan: a surrender to spontaneous, unstructured movement
Osho' Gourishankar Meditation
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A one-hour nighttime meditation, which includes a breathing technique,
gazing softly at a light and gentle body movements.
Osho's Mandala Meditation
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Mandala means circle. Every circle contains a center. The aim of this
technique is to create a circle of energy so that centering results
naturally. At the end, one is left in absolute stillness, absolute silence.
Osho' Whirling Meditation
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"Sufi whirling is one of the most ancient techniques, one of the most
forceful. It is so deep that even a single experience can make you totally
different. Whirl with open eyes, just like small children go on twirling, as
if your inner being has become a center and your whole body has become a
wheel, moving, a potter’s wheel, moving. You are in the center, but the
whole body is moving."
The Art of Listening
The Osho audio talks are keys to understanding silence. For the first time
in history, talking is used to provide an experience of
listening, not to
gain knowledge but to directly experience one’s own center of stillness,
silence and relaxed awareness.
Gibberish and Let-Go
A method of release using sound and body movement, Gibberish has been
described by Osho as “one of the most scientific ways to clean your mind.”
It is followed by a guided relaxation into a state of complete let-go.
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