Silence
The great paradox of spiritual knowledge is that it cannot be pressed into words. Our human - created words are small mirrors, able to reflect only a bit of our experience, and that only poorly. The vast universe cannot be captured so easily, indeed it cannot be confined at all. This is why Zen uses koans to trick the mind into looking beyond itself, why teachers like Hari Dass and Meher Baba choose not to speak.
Yet we cling to words with all our strength. Words would have us believe that we have some understanding of what we can expect in the world, rather than confront the awesome unknown empty handed.
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I was privileged to be at the Rajneesh (now Osho) Ashram in Poona, India when Rajneesh announced he would stop his daily lectures and sit with his students in silence. To those in love with his soothing voice, his humor, and his deep insights, the world seemed to be ending.
On that bright morning beautiful flute music filled the hall as he sat with us, feeling the psychic warmth of each other's presence. Yet there was a building pressure, many people longed for the past. After about an hour one woman could not sit still any longer. She started screaming "No No" and had to be removed from the hall. The energy of the group shuttered, then rushed in to fill the vacuum, and was swiftly guided upward into a greater understanding by that little man quietly sitting in his chair, Rajneesh. It was a master-full performance ... so to speak.
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It's the empty space that allows the magical to happen. So this web site should allow a bit of space for no-thing:
That's enough for now, you can make your own whenever you want.
"Don't bite my finger ---
Look where I'm pointing!"
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