“All those groups are very new and they fit with the western mind because they are groups of relating, of expression, movement, bodywork, catharsis. That fits perfectly with the western mind. […]
So you just remember that. And do a few groups, they will help you to unburden, a little bodywork, and things will settle.”
OSHO, The Sacred Yes
BODYWORK
“The first step in awareness is to be watchful of your body. Slowly, slowly one becomes alert about each gesture,each movement. And as you become aware, a miracle starts happening: many things that you used to do before simply disappear.” OSHO
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ENQUIRY FORM
TENSION MEANS HURRY, FEAR, DOUBT…A CONSTANT EFFORT
You cannot be totally relaxed right now. At the innermost core a tension will persist.
But start relaxing. Start from the circumference — that’s where we are, and we can start only from where we are. Relax the circumference of your being — relax your body, relax your behavior, relax your acts. Walk in a relaxed way, eat in a relaxed way, talk, listen in a relaxed way. Slow down every process. Don’t be in a hurry and don’t be in haste. Move as if all eternity is available to you – in fact, it is available to you. We are here from the beginning and we are going to be here to the very end, if there is a beginning and there is an end. In fact, there is no beginning and no end. We have always been here and we will be here always. Forms go on changing, but not the substance; garments go on changing, but not the soul.
Tension means hurry, fear, doubt. Tension means a constant effort to protect, to be secure, to be safe. Tension means preparing for the tomorrow now, or for the afterlife – afraid tomorrow you will not be able to face the reality, so be prepared. Tension means the past that you have not lived really but only somehow bypassed; it hangs, it is a hangover, it surrounds you.”
OSHO, The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha
THE BODY IS MORE AUTHENTIC THAN THE MIND
“Boredom and restlessness are deeply related. Whenever you feel boredom, then you feel restlessness. Restlessness is a by-product of boredom.
Try to understand the mechanism. Whenever you feel bored you want to move away from that situation. If somebody is saying something and you are getting bored, you start becoming fidgety. This is a subtle indication that you want to move from this place, from this man, from this nonsense-talk.
Your body starts moving. Of course, because of politeness you suppress it, but the body is already on the move because the body is more authentic than the mind, the body is more honest and sincere than the mind. The mind is trying to be polite, smiling. You say, ‘How beautiful,’ but inside you are saying, ‘How horrible! I have listened to this story so many times and he is telling it again!’” .
OSHO - Ancient Music in the Pines
THE BODY IS THE MOST COMPLEX MECHANISM IN EXISTENCE
“The body is the most complex mechanism in existence. It is simply marvelous! – and blessed are those who marvel. Begin the feeling of wonder with your own body, because that is the closest to you. The closest nature has approached to you, the closest existence has come to you, is through the body. In your body is the water of the oceans, in your body is the fire of the stars and the suns, in your body is the air, your body is made of earth. Your body represents the whole existence, all the elements.
And what a transformation! What a metamorphosis! Look at the earth and then look at your body – what a transformation, and you have never marveled about it! Dust has become divine – what greater mystery is possible? What greater miracles are you waiting for? And you see the miracle happening every day. Out of the mud comes the lotus… and out of the dust has arisen our beautiful body.”
OSHO, The Wisdom of Innocence
RELAX, AND JUST WATCH THE BODY
“Relax, and just watch the body, the mind. You remain a watcher. Just a watcher.
Your body is born and dies. Your mind every moment changes.
Only this watcher is your eternity. Remember it. Remind yourself of it.
And slowly slowly make it your ordinary, simple life experience, just like breathing. You don’t have to make any effort.
When your buddha is that spontaneous,you have found the truth.”
OSHO, The Buddha: the Emptiness of the Heart
YOU AND YOUR BODY
“You and your body are not really two, but the manifestation of one. Your soul is your invisible body, and your body is your visible soul. I teach this unity, and with this unity, man becomes whole.
I teach you joy, not sadness. I teach you playfulness, not seriousness. I teach you love and laughter, because to me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness.”