Thursday, 5 September 2013
哪個缺席了呢？
In 1902, a professor asked his student whether it was God who created everything that exists in the universe ?
Student replied: Yes
He again asked: what about evil ?
Has God created evil also?
The student got silent.... Then the student requested that may he ask a question for him?
Professor allowed him to do so.
He asked: Does cold exist
Professor said : yes ! Don't u feel the cold dear
Student said: I'm sorry but your wrong sir.
Cold is a complete absence of heat..
There is no cold, it is only an absence of heat.
Student asked again: Does darkness exist ?
Professor said: yes !
Student replied: your again wrong sir.
There is no such thing like darkness. Its actually the absence of light. Sir ! We always study light & heat, but not cold & darkness.
Similarly, the evil does not exist.
Actually it is the absence of love, faith & true belief in God.
That student was Albert Einstien...!!!
今天Nilesh whatsapp 分享的有趣對話，非常有意思，我喜歡。
冷是熱的不在，黑暗是光的不在，惡其實只是愛，信任以及對神的真信的缺席罷了。
兩極哲理就是宇宙的運作真理。
Student replied: Yes
He again asked: what about evil ?
Has God created evil also?
The student got silent.... Then the student requested that may he ask a question for him?
Professor allowed him to do so.
He asked: Does cold exist
Professor said : yes ! Don't u feel the cold dear
Student said: I'm sorry but your wrong sir.
Cold is a complete absence of heat..
There is no cold, it is only an absence of heat.
Student asked again: Does darkness exist ?
Professor said: yes !
Student replied: your again wrong sir.
There is no such thing like darkness. Its actually the absence of light. Sir ! We always study light & heat, but not cold & darkness.
Similarly, the evil does not exist.
Actually it is the absence of love, faith & true belief in God.
That student was Albert Einstien...!!!
今天Nilesh whatsapp 分享的有趣對話，非常有意思，我喜歡。
冷是熱的不在，黑暗是光的不在，惡其實只是愛，信任以及對神的真信的缺席罷了。
兩極哲理就是宇宙的運作真理。
Story of Rabia 拉比亞的小寓言
I always say seek and you will miss, don't seek -- and find, because
the very effort to seek means that you have taken it for granted that it
is not with you already. From the very beginning your search is doomed.
One day, seeking, searching, accumulating knowledge, the fact will
strike home that you are a fool, that it would have been better before
going into the vast world to seek, to have looked inside.
Again a small parable of Rabia Al. Adawia. One evening, the sun was setting and the neighbourhood found her searching for something on the street -- an old woman, everybody loved her; of course everybody thought her a little crazy, but she was a beautiful person -- so they all rushed to help her and they asked, What has been lost? What are you searching for? She said: My needle. I was doing some needlework and I have lost my needle. Help me! You are so kind! So they all engaged in the search.
Then one man, seeing the fact that the street was so big and the needle was such a small tiny thing and that unless they exactly knew where it had been dropped it would be almost impossible to find it, came to Rabia and said: Tell us exactly the spot. Rabia said: Don't ask that because in fact I have not lost it outside my house, I lost it inside.
They all stopped searching and said: Crazy woman! Then why are you searching here outside in the street when you have lost it inside the house?
Rabia said: THERE is much darkness. Here is a little light, how can you seek when there is darkness? And you know I am poor, not even a lamp with me. How can you seek when there is darkness? So I am seeking here because still a little sunlight is left, and still something can be done to search.
The people started laughing. They said: You are really crazy! We know that in darkness it is difficult to search, but then the only way is to borrow a lamp from somebody and search for it there.
Rabia said: I never thought you people were so wise. Then why do you always SEEK outside? I was just following your ways. If you are so understanding why don't you borrow a lamp from me and search inside? I know there is darkness...
This parable is meaningful. You search outside: there is a reason -- because inside everything is so dark. You close your eyes and there is dark night, you cannot see anything; even if something is seen it is nothing but a part of the outside reflected in the inner lake -- thoughts floating which you have gathered in the marketplace, faces coming and going, but they belong to the outside world. Just reflections of the outside, and vast darkness One becomes afraid. Then one thinks it is better to seek outside, there at least there is light.
But that is not the point. Where have you lost your truth? Where have you lost your being? Where have you lost your God? Where have you lost your happiness, your bliss? Better it will be before you go to the infinite maze of the outside world, better it will be to first look within. If you cannot find there then it is all right -- you go and search outside. But that has never happened. Whoever has looked within has always found -- because it is already there -- only a look is needed, a conversion, a returning of consciousness. Just a deep look.
Source - Osho Book ""Tao : The Three Treasures, Vol3"
我一直都說：找尋，你將會錯過；不要找尋，你就會找到，因為那個想要去找尋的努力意味著你理所當然地認為它並不是已經跟你在一起。打從一開始，你的找尋就註定會失敗。
在找尋、追尋、和累積知識的當中，有一天，那個事實將會很明顯地呈現出來——你是一個傻瓜。如果在你進入廣大的世界去找尋之前你能夠向內看，那一定會更好。
又 有一個關於拉比亞的小寓言。有一天傍晚，太陽已經西下，鄰居發現她在街上找東西。拉比 亞是一個年老的女人，每一個人都愛她，當然，每一個人都認為她有一點瘋狂，但她是一個很美的人，因此他們都趕去幫她的忙，他們問說：到底丟掉了什麼？你在 找什麼？她說：我的一根針。我正在做一些針線活，但是我把針給弄丟了，請你們行行好，幫我找！所以他們都開始去找針。
然後有一個人，他看到那個事實說街上那麼大，而針是那麼小的一樣東西，除非他們很準確地知道它掉在哪裡，否則幾乎不可能找到。他問拉比亞說：請你告訴我們丟針的準確位置。拉比亞說：不要那樣問，事實上我並不是在自家外面丟掉它的，我是在裏面丟掉它的。
他 們都停止找尋，然後說：你這個瘋女人！既然你那根針是掉在家裏，你為什麼要在外面街上 找尋？拉比亞說：家裏很暗，而外面還有一些光線，你在暗暗的地方要怎麼找？你們都知道我很窮，我甚至連一盞燈都沒有，當黑暗的時候，你要怎麼找？所以我才 會在這裏找，因為這裏還有一些陽光，所以還可以想辦法找。
那些人開始笑，他們說：你真的是瘋了！我們都知道在黑暗中很難 尋找，但是這樣的話唯一的 方式就是向別人借一盞燈而在家裏找。拉比亞說：我從來沒有想到你們這些人都那麼聰明，那麼為什麼你們一直要在外面找？我只是在遵循你們的方式，如果你們那 麼有瞭解，為什麼你們不從我這裏借一盞燈去內在找尋？我知道那裏是黑暗的……
這個寓言很有意義。你在外面找尋，那是有原 因的，因為在內在每一樣東西都是那麼地黑暗。 你閉起你的眼睛，那麼那就是黑暗的夜晚，你什麼東西都看不到，即使有什麼東西被看到，那也只不過是外在的一部份反映在內在的湖裏，有一些思想在飄浮，那是 你從市場上搜集過來的，有很多張臉來了又去，但是它們屬於外在世界。只是外界的反映和廣大的黑暗，一個人會變得害怕，然後一個人就會想說最好到外面去找 尋，至少在那裏有光。
但那並不是要點。你是在那裏丟掉你的真理的？你是在那裏丟掉你的本性的？你是在那裏丟掉 你的神的？你是在那裏丟掉你的快樂和你的喜樂的？最好在你進入外在世界的無限迷宮之前先看看內在，如果你在那裏無法找到，那麼沒有問題，你就去外面找，但 是那樣的事從來沒有發生過。那些向內看的人永遠都會找到，因為它已經在那裏，只需要去看，只需要一個轉變，一個意識的回頭，只要一個很深的看。
Again a small parable of Rabia Al. Adawia. One evening, the sun was setting and the neighbourhood found her searching for something on the street -- an old woman, everybody loved her; of course everybody thought her a little crazy, but she was a beautiful person -- so they all rushed to help her and they asked, What has been lost? What are you searching for? She said: My needle. I was doing some needlework and I have lost my needle. Help me! You are so kind! So they all engaged in the search.
Then one man, seeing the fact that the street was so big and the needle was such a small tiny thing and that unless they exactly knew where it had been dropped it would be almost impossible to find it, came to Rabia and said: Tell us exactly the spot. Rabia said: Don't ask that because in fact I have not lost it outside my house, I lost it inside.
They all stopped searching and said: Crazy woman! Then why are you searching here outside in the street when you have lost it inside the house?
Rabia said: THERE is much darkness. Here is a little light, how can you seek when there is darkness? And you know I am poor, not even a lamp with me. How can you seek when there is darkness? So I am seeking here because still a little sunlight is left, and still something can be done to search.
The people started laughing. They said: You are really crazy! We know that in darkness it is difficult to search, but then the only way is to borrow a lamp from somebody and search for it there.
Rabia said: I never thought you people were so wise. Then why do you always SEEK outside? I was just following your ways. If you are so understanding why don't you borrow a lamp from me and search inside? I know there is darkness...
This parable is meaningful. You search outside: there is a reason -- because inside everything is so dark. You close your eyes and there is dark night, you cannot see anything; even if something is seen it is nothing but a part of the outside reflected in the inner lake -- thoughts floating which you have gathered in the marketplace, faces coming and going, but they belong to the outside world. Just reflections of the outside, and vast darkness One becomes afraid. Then one thinks it is better to seek outside, there at least there is light.
But that is not the point. Where have you lost your truth? Where have you lost your being? Where have you lost your God? Where have you lost your happiness, your bliss? Better it will be before you go to the infinite maze of the outside world, better it will be to first look within. If you cannot find there then it is all right -- you go and search outside. But that has never happened. Whoever has looked within has always found -- because it is already there -- only a look is needed, a conversion, a returning of consciousness. Just a deep look.
Source - Osho Book ""Tao : The Three Treasures, Vol3"
我一直都說：找尋，你將會錯過；不要找尋，你就會找到，因為那個想要去找尋的努力意味著你理所當然地認為它並不是已經跟你在一起。打從一開始，你的找尋就註定會失敗。
在找尋、追尋、和累積知識的當中，有一天，那個事實將會很明顯地呈現出來——你是一個傻瓜。如果在你進入廣大的世界去找尋之前你能夠向內看，那一定會更好。
又 有一個關於拉比亞的小寓言。有一天傍晚，太陽已經西下，鄰居發現她在街上找東西。拉比 亞是一個年老的女人，每一個人都愛她，當然，每一個人都認為她有一點瘋狂，但她是一個很美的人，因此他們都趕去幫她的忙，他們問說：到底丟掉了什麼？你在 找什麼？她說：我的一根針。我正在做一些針線活，但是我把針給弄丟了，請你們行行好，幫我找！所以他們都開始去找針。
然後有一個人，他看到那個事實說街上那麼大，而針是那麼小的一樣東西，除非他們很準確地知道它掉在哪裡，否則幾乎不可能找到。他問拉比亞說：請你告訴我們丟針的準確位置。拉比亞說：不要那樣問，事實上我並不是在自家外面丟掉它的，我是在裏面丟掉它的。
他 們都停止找尋，然後說：你這個瘋女人！既然你那根針是掉在家裏，你為什麼要在外面街上 找尋？拉比亞說：家裏很暗，而外面還有一些光線，你在暗暗的地方要怎麼找？你們都知道我很窮，我甚至連一盞燈都沒有，當黑暗的時候，你要怎麼找？所以我才 會在這裏找，因為這裏還有一些陽光，所以還可以想辦法找。
那些人開始笑，他們說：你真的是瘋了！我們都知道在黑暗中很難 尋找，但是這樣的話唯一的 方式就是向別人借一盞燈而在家裏找。拉比亞說：我從來沒有想到你們這些人都那麼聰明，那麼為什麼你們一直要在外面找？我只是在遵循你們的方式，如果你們那 麼有瞭解，為什麼你們不從我這裏借一盞燈去內在找尋？我知道那裏是黑暗的……
這個寓言很有意義。你在外面找尋，那是有原 因的，因為在內在每一樣東西都是那麼地黑暗。 你閉起你的眼睛，那麼那就是黑暗的夜晚，你什麼東西都看不到，即使有什麼東西被看到，那也只不過是外在的一部份反映在內在的湖裏，有一些思想在飄浮，那是 你從市場上搜集過來的，有很多張臉來了又去，但是它們屬於外在世界。只是外界的反映和廣大的黑暗，一個人會變得害怕，然後一個人就會想說最好到外面去找 尋，至少在那裏有光。
但那並不是要點。你是在那裏丟掉你的真理的？你是在那裏丟掉你的本性的？你是在那裏丟掉 你的神的？你是在那裏丟掉你的快樂和你的喜樂的？最好在你進入外在世界的無限迷宮之前先看看內在，如果你在那裏無法找到，那麼沒有問題，你就去外面找，但 是那樣的事從來沒有發生過。那些向內看的人永遠都會找到，因為它已經在那裏，只需要去看，只需要一個轉變，一個意識的回頭，只要一個很深的看。
Monday, 2 September 2013
We create our problems by wanting things, or people, to be different
An article by Anando published in the italian Osho Times
Here are two Osho insights about ‘problems’, which changed my life
We want other people to be different (especially our partners!), we want situations to be different, we want ourselves to be different. And they, and we, can't be other than what we are. It is like wanting the weather to be different. But the weather is what it is. We can accept it and enjoy however it is, or we can complain about it and make ourselves feel miserable. But anyway, it is not going to change the weather, is it? And yet this is what we are doing every time we have a complaint about something (which, let’s be honest, is quite often). We may as well be bashing our heads against a wall.
The other thing we never consider, is that it is actually disrespectful to want to change things, especially others. In a subtle, unconscious way, we are saying we know better than the other what is good for them, and this naturally creates a wall of resistance. In a relationship, it is like taking on the role of a parent and diminishing the other into the role of a child. Is it any wonder we get negative reactions from the other, even though we are convinced we are acting in the best intentions?
And in fact, if we are really honest, our intentions are always in our own interest. If we really respected the other, we would accept them as they are, we would dignify them by letting them decide how to live their own lives, even if it doesn’t fit with our ideas. Even if they are on a path of self-destruction, it is their decision. This is my understanding from Osho of what real love is.
And anyway, what right, what business, do we have to assume we can interfere in someone else’s life? And it is the same with ourselves – wanting ourself to be different is like saying to existence that we know better. And this creates such a tension in us. As Osho explains, it is like saying to Picasso that one of his paintings is wrong – the nose should be different, the shape of the body, the colour of the eyes, etc.
We are all unique - we are all unrepeatable, incomparable masterpieces of existence. If existence has so much respect for us, who are we to question ourselves? But of course we do it all the time. And that is how we make our lives miserable.
Acceptance, as I understand it from Osho, is not resignation. It is enjoying, celebrating ourselves and others as the utterly unique, and imperfect, beings that we are. And that is the basis of much of my work. It has often been said that the issues we group leaders choose to work with are in fact our very own issues. For sure, that is the case with me. Forget about self love – my self acceptance was so low at one point in my life that I was suicidal – I could no longer see the point of getting up each morning. I now wake up with a huge ‘thank you’ to existence – and what made the difference is Osho.
In answer to a question of mine, Osho once said, ‘The only difference between me and you is, you don't say okay to yourself and I have said an absolute okay to myself - that is the only difference. You are continuously trying to improve yourself, and I am not trying to improve myself. I have said: Incompletion is the way life is. You are trying to become perfect and I have accepted my imperfections. That is the only difference. So I don't have any problems. When you accept your imperfection, from where can the problem come? When whatsoever happens you say "It is okay," then from where can the problem come? When you accept limitations, then from where can the problem come? The problem arises out of your non-acceptance. You cannot accept the way you are, hence the problem. I have accepted the way I am, and that very moment all problems disappeared. That very moment all worries disappeared. Not that I became perfect, but I started enjoying my imperfections’.
Situations are existential, problems exist only in your psychology.’
It looks good on paper, but what does it actually mean?
From the moment I decided to test this concept, it changed my whole attitude towards my ‘problems’. I confess it was not easy for me to sit down and examine the things that my mind was continually chewing on. My mind much preferred to run on and on with all its fears and worries. But the interesting thing was that, once I managed to crystallize the issue – to pin down what was really going on, and what was the worst thing that could go wrong – suddenly it was no more a problem. There was simply, just as Osho says, a situation to be dealt with.
However, the mind is incredibly persistent. It needs ‘problems’ to chew on, and the more complicated, the better. In fact, the mind can make a problem out of anything, can’t it? It is really ingenious. So you dissolve one, and immediately the mind starts searching for another.
When I realize I am in the middle of a major mind-fuck, the trick I learned from Osho is to say, ‘This is the mind’. Just like that, without any judgment, condemnation or fight. This simple statement of fact never fails to bring me instantly into the present moment, with a deep and relaxing inhalation. Then I realize I have the choice – I can go on being absorbed in the ‘problem’, unconsciously getting involved with all the fears and projections my mind is creating, or I can have a very direct and clear look at the facts of the situation. What is the actual ‘problem’? Is it real? Would it necessarily be a problem for anyone else, or is it just a problem for my ego? And the beauty of being honest with yourself, and looking clearly and directly, is that the answer is always there in the situation itself.
In my experience, it takes courage to question and look at a problem from a different perspective, it is much easier to stay in an unconscious complaint about it. It also takes courage to accept the reality of a situation and its inherent solution – it is usually not what the ego wants to see and hear.
And, we are very attached to our problems – in a way they are part of our identity. Who would we be without our problems? But the rewards of dropping this unconscious identification are immediate. The deep inner relaxation that comes with acceptance and understanding brings space and new eyes to see everything afresh. To see that life is simple and easy when you go with the flow, when you stop fighting for things to be different from what they are.
Link from: http://www.lifetrainings.com/We-create-our-problems-by-wanting-things-to-be-different.html
Here are two Osho insights about ‘problems’, which changed my life
We create our problems by wanting things, or people, to be different
Have you ever stopped to think that we create our own problems by the simple strategy of wanting things to be different to how they actually are?We want other people to be different (especially our partners!), we want situations to be different, we want ourselves to be different. And they, and we, can't be other than what we are. It is like wanting the weather to be different. But the weather is what it is. We can accept it and enjoy however it is, or we can complain about it and make ourselves feel miserable. But anyway, it is not going to change the weather, is it? And yet this is what we are doing every time we have a complaint about something (which, let’s be honest, is quite often). We may as well be bashing our heads against a wall.
The other thing we never consider, is that it is actually disrespectful to want to change things, especially others. In a subtle, unconscious way, we are saying we know better than the other what is good for them, and this naturally creates a wall of resistance. In a relationship, it is like taking on the role of a parent and diminishing the other into the role of a child. Is it any wonder we get negative reactions from the other, even though we are convinced we are acting in the best intentions?
And in fact, if we are really honest, our intentions are always in our own interest. If we really respected the other, we would accept them as they are, we would dignify them by letting them decide how to live their own lives, even if it doesn’t fit with our ideas. Even if they are on a path of self-destruction, it is their decision. This is my understanding from Osho of what real love is.
And anyway, what right, what business, do we have to assume we can interfere in someone else’s life? And it is the same with ourselves – wanting ourself to be different is like saying to existence that we know better. And this creates such a tension in us. As Osho explains, it is like saying to Picasso that one of his paintings is wrong – the nose should be different, the shape of the body, the colour of the eyes, etc.
We are all unique - we are all unrepeatable, incomparable masterpieces of existence. If existence has so much respect for us, who are we to question ourselves? But of course we do it all the time. And that is how we make our lives miserable.
Acceptance, as I understand it from Osho, is not resignation. It is enjoying, celebrating ourselves and others as the utterly unique, and imperfect, beings that we are. And that is the basis of much of my work. It has often been said that the issues we group leaders choose to work with are in fact our very own issues. For sure, that is the case with me. Forget about self love – my self acceptance was so low at one point in my life that I was suicidal – I could no longer see the point of getting up each morning. I now wake up with a huge ‘thank you’ to existence – and what made the difference is Osho.
In answer to a question of mine, Osho once said, ‘The only difference between me and you is, you don't say okay to yourself and I have said an absolute okay to myself - that is the only difference. You are continuously trying to improve yourself, and I am not trying to improve myself. I have said: Incompletion is the way life is. You are trying to become perfect and I have accepted my imperfections. That is the only difference. So I don't have any problems. When you accept your imperfection, from where can the problem come? When whatsoever happens you say "It is okay," then from where can the problem come? When you accept limitations, then from where can the problem come? The problem arises out of your non-acceptance. You cannot accept the way you are, hence the problem. I have accepted the way I am, and that very moment all problems disappeared. That very moment all worries disappeared. Not that I became perfect, but I started enjoying my imperfections’.
Problems only exist in the mind
Osho says, ‘Situations are there, problems are your interpretations of situations….Situations are existential, problems exist only in your psychology.’
It looks good on paper, but what does it actually mean?
From the moment I decided to test this concept, it changed my whole attitude towards my ‘problems’. I confess it was not easy for me to sit down and examine the things that my mind was continually chewing on. My mind much preferred to run on and on with all its fears and worries. But the interesting thing was that, once I managed to crystallize the issue – to pin down what was really going on, and what was the worst thing that could go wrong – suddenly it was no more a problem. There was simply, just as Osho says, a situation to be dealt with.
However, the mind is incredibly persistent. It needs ‘problems’ to chew on, and the more complicated, the better. In fact, the mind can make a problem out of anything, can’t it? It is really ingenious. So you dissolve one, and immediately the mind starts searching for another.
When I realize I am in the middle of a major mind-fuck, the trick I learned from Osho is to say, ‘This is the mind’. Just like that, without any judgment, condemnation or fight. This simple statement of fact never fails to bring me instantly into the present moment, with a deep and relaxing inhalation. Then I realize I have the choice – I can go on being absorbed in the ‘problem’, unconsciously getting involved with all the fears and projections my mind is creating, or I can have a very direct and clear look at the facts of the situation. What is the actual ‘problem’? Is it real? Would it necessarily be a problem for anyone else, or is it just a problem for my ego? And the beauty of being honest with yourself, and looking clearly and directly, is that the answer is always there in the situation itself.
In my experience, it takes courage to question and look at a problem from a different perspective, it is much easier to stay in an unconscious complaint about it. It also takes courage to accept the reality of a situation and its inherent solution – it is usually not what the ego wants to see and hear.
And, we are very attached to our problems – in a way they are part of our identity. Who would we be without our problems? But the rewards of dropping this unconscious identification are immediate. The deep inner relaxation that comes with acceptance and understanding brings space and new eyes to see everything afresh. To see that life is simple and easy when you go with the flow, when you stop fighting for things to be different from what they are.
Link from: http://www.lifetrainings.com/We-create-our-problems-by-wanting-things-to-be-different.html
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