Bodhidharma laughed
for seven days when he became enlightened -- nonstop. His friends became very
worried; they thought he had gone insane. They asked him, "What is the
matter?
Why are you
laughing?"
He said, "I am
laughing because now I see the whole ridiculousness of my search.
I have been searching
for lives together for the truth, and it has always been within me. What I was
searching for was in the seeker himself.
I was looking
everywhere and it was within me. I was running hither and thither and there was
no need to run anywhere.
I could have just
calmed myself down, and it was mine. It has always been mine. From the very
beginning it was within me. It is my innermost being, my very being.
"The seeker is
the sought -- that's why I am laughing.
I cannot believe how
I could remain in such a deception for so long, how I managed to be such a
fool.
And I am also
laughing because I see all around millions of people searching in the same way
-- searching for bliss, for God, for truth, for nirvana -- and all that they
are searching and seeking and looking for can be found within themselves.
There is no need to
go anywhere. There is no need to do anything. Just close your eyes and look
within, and the kingdom of God is yours. Hence, I cannot stop
laughing."...
Osho
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