Laughing is Meditation !

Kundalini Meditation !

OSHO explains KUNDALINI MEDITATION ( with instructions and demo video link )…
You have woken yourself up by jumping, by dancing, by breathing, by shouting , these are all devices to make you a little more alert than you ordinarily are.
Once you are alert, then the waiting.
Waiting is meditation. Waiting with full awareness.
And then it comes, it descends on you, it surrounds you, it plays around you, it dances around you, it cleanses you, it purifies you, it transforms you……

“ Do my meditations, but not wilfully. Don’t force them, rather let them happen. Float in them, abandon yourself in them, be absorbed, but not wilfully. Don’t manipulate because when you manipulate you are divided, you become two: the manipulator and the manipulated.
Once you are two, heaven and hell are created immediately. Then there is a vast distance between you and the truth.
Don’t manipulate. Allow things to happen.

If you are doing the Kundalini Meditation, then allow the shaking, don’t do it.
Stand silently, feel it coming and when your body starts a little trembling, help it but don’t do it. Enjoy it, feel blissful about it, allow it, receive it, welcome it, but don’t will it.
If you force it will become an exercise, a bodily physical exercise.
Then the shaking will be there but just on the surface, it will not penetrate you.
You will remain solid, stone-like, rock-like within; you will remain the manipulator, the doer, and the body will just be following. The body is not the question – you are the question.
When I say shake I mean your solidity, your rock-like being should shake to the very foundations so that it becomes liquid, fluid, melts, flows.
And when the rock-like being becomes liquid, your body will follow.
Then there is no shake, only shaking.
Then nobody is doing it, it is simply happening. Then the doer is not.

The Chaotic Meditation, or the Kundalini, or the Nadabrahma, these are not really meditations. You are just getting in tune.
It is like ... if you have seen Indian classical musicians playing. For half an hour, or sometimes even more, they simply go on fixing their instruments. They will move their knobs, they will make the strings tight or loose, and the drum player will go on checking his drum , whether it is perfect or not. For half an hour they go on doing this.
This is not music, this is just preparation.

Kundalini is not really meditation. It is just preparation. You are preparing your instrument.
When it is ready, then you stand in silence, then meditation starts. Then you are utterly there.
You have woken yourself up by jumping, by dancing, by breathing, by shouting , these are all devices to make you a little more alert than you ordinarily are.
Once you are alert, then the waiting.

Waiting is meditation. Waiting with full awareness.
And then it comes, it descends on you, it surrounds you, it plays around you, it dances around you, it cleanses you, it purifies you, it transforms you.

KUNDALINI Meditation instructions :
This is the much-loved sunset sister meditation of the Dynamic Meditation done at sunrise. It consists of four stages of 15 minutes each.

First Stage: 15 minutes
Be loose and let your whole body shake, feeling the energies moving up from your feet.
Let go everywhere and become the shaking. Your eyes may be open or closed.

Second Stage: 15 minutes
Dance ... any way you feel, and let the whole body move as it wishes.

Third Stage: 15 minutes
Close your eyes and be still, sitting or standing, witnessing whatever is happening inside and out.

Fourth Stage: 15 minutes
Keeping your eyes closed, lie down and be still. “
OSHO
Source : The Orange Book , page 133

KUNDALINI MEDITATION , INSTRUCTIONS VIDEO :
https://youtu.be/GcMMoW9HrC8

The Mirror is Empty !

Wealth Creation Formula !

The whole world is full of Buddhas !

Courage !

Courage means going into the unknown
in spite of all the fears.
Courage does not mean fearlessness.
Fearlessness happens if you go on being
courageous and more courageous.
That is the ultimate experience
of courage-fearlessness.
That is the fragrance
when the courage has become absolute.
But in the beginning
there is not much of a difference between
the coward and the courageous person.
The only difference is,
the coward listens to his fears
and follows them
and the courageous person puts them aside
and goes ahead.
The courageous person goes into the unknown
in spite of all the fears.
He knows the fears, the fears are there.
When you go into the uncharted sea
like Columbus,
there is fear, immense fear,
because one never knows
what is going to happen
and you are leaving the shore of safety.
You were perfectly oke, in a way,
only one thing was missing adventure.
Going into the unknown gives you a thrill.
The heart starts pulsating again;
again you are alive, fully alive.
Every fiber of your being is alive because
you have accepted 
the challenge of the unknown.
To accept the challenge of the unknown
in spite of all fears, is courage.
The fears are there, but
if you go on accepting the challenge
again and again,
slowly slowly those fears disappear,
because the experience of the joy
that the unknown brings,
the great ecstasy
that starts happening with the unknown
makes you strong enough,
gives you a certain integrity,
makes your intelligence sharp.
For the first time you start feeling
that life is not just a boredom
but an adventure.
Then slowly slowly fears disappear;
then you are always
seeking and searching for some adventure.
But basically courage is
risking the known for the unknown,
the familiar for the unfamiliar,
the comfortable for the uncomfortable,
arduous pilgrimage
to some unknown destination.
One never knows whether one will be able
to make it or not.
It is gambling,
but only the gamblers know what life is.

Beloved Osho 

why not take the risk !

The day
you were born
you took
the greatest risk
that you could
ever take.
Now death
is going to happen,
death is
bound to happen.

The day you were born

you already

took one step

into the grave.
Now what
greater risks
can you take?
Even if you go on
avoiding risks,
you will die,
so why
not take the risk
and live
really authentically?

♥ Osho 

♥

Seeking ??!

Why Quitting Is Sometimes the Right Thing to Do !

“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We often think of quitting as failure. We commend people for carrying on when times get rough. The heroes in our action movies don’t just give up when things get difficult. When was the last time you saw Steven Seagal walk away from a fight?

As the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Society expects us to fight back and battle on.

But sometimes, quitting is most definitely the right thing to do.

Sometimes, it’s the best option. A lot of people assume that it’s the easy thing to do—that only defeatists and good-for-nothin’ drop outs would even consider such a “cop-out.” This is not the case.

I learned this myself when I finally made that looming decision to drop out of college. There it is: “drop out.” Even the words sound negative, as if I’ve fallen away from society, failing to meet my expectations. But I don’t see my decision as a negative thing at all, and it wasn’t the easy thing to do.

I had been at college for a year and two months; I had great friends, and everything was happily laid out for me.

Nothing was too demanding, especially considering I had only nine contact hours a week. People told me where I had to be and when. This must all sound fairly straight-forward and easy going.

Why, then, would I decide to give it all up and leave?

As idyllic as this lifestyle sounds (and probably was), I simply felt no drive to live it. I had no desire to follow these laid out plans, and this was making me extremely unhappy. Going to college was, in hindsight, a bad decision for me.

I rushed into the decision rather than taking a break to find myself in the world.

College, for me, was a lot like a bubble. I had a level of independence and responsibility, but I wasn’t yet part of the reality outside of school.

Don’t get me wrong—college makes sense for those who feel happy there and want to be there. But for me, this bubble was suffocating.

The longer I stayed, the more trapped I felt.

I believe that going to college is, for a lot of people, a very good decision. Many are suited to it, and it’s an extremely beneficial experience for them. People get the opportunity to grow intellectually, socially, and professionally, not to mention the fact that they leave with extremely valuable qualifications.

I, however, wasn’t in the right frame of mind to be studying anymore; I needed time out to try a different approach.

The decision to leave was certainly not an easy one.

There are many risks one takes in leaving higher education. With the economy as it is, bagging a job is not exactly the easiest thing to do, and it can be even more difficult when you don’t have a degree.

This was perhaps the biggest concern that I had to seriously consider, among other practical issues.

After about a year of weighing my options, I finally took the leap. I told my family I was leaving, I told my friends, I told the university and, most importantly, I told myself.

This was a scary decision, but I finally made it, and once I did I felt I could breathe again.

I could have continued going against my instincts; it would have been easier to sail along, ignoring my unhappiness for a few more years instead of stepping out into the world without a job or much of a plan.

But I knew in my gut that the situation wasn’t right for me, and that I needed something new. So I left, and no matter what friends, family, or employers think about that decision, I know it was the right choice for me.

It doesn’t mean I was weak; it means I was brave enough to change what wasn’t right.

Sometimes you feel in your gut that the path you thought you were meant to take is wrong for you.

It takes a lot of courage to admit that, even to yourself, let alone to the rest of the world. Sometimes you have to leave that path and find a new one. Or, if there is no new path to be found, create a new one.

This can apply to so many aspects of life—home, work, education, family, friends, relationships, and habits.

I’m not saying that if something doesn’t feel right or instantly work out that you should give up on it straight away. Carrying on is also brave and can be the right decision. But if you know that quitting something is the right thing to do, don’t be afraid to do so because of what others might think.

Make a change in your life.

We only have a limited amount of time and yet a limitless number of different paths to go down. Don’t waste your time on one that feels wrong, on something that is compromising your happiness. Find something new.

We all quit something at some point, so don’t fear the stigma.

Do what brings you happiness. Embrace the change.

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors.” ~Aldous Huxley.

Open some doors and let the air in. Breathe.

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