THE THIRD STEP , CONTINUED....NIDIDHYASAN OR ASSIMILATION... Assimilation means, whatsoever is listened to and understood to be right, one’s life has to be transformed accordingly. It will take time to be in accord with it. The mind will create hindrances, the body will create obstructions – all this will happen. But once the right way has been seen then the courage to throw yourself completely, in every respect, into this journey is also necessary. Then sitting back will not do. If the guiding star has been seen – however far away it may be – if the star has been seen, then plunge forward on the journey. And do not begin to think that now you have taken one step and you have not yet reached the star, that you have taken two steps and you have not yet reached the star. Do not be concerned. Even with these two steps you have come closer; these two steps you have taken are not a small matter. There are many who have been simply sitting down for lifetimes; they have not yet even stood up, they have simply forgotten that one has to even stand up, that one has to even walk. Buddha has said, just walk. There is no concern about the number of mistakes you may make. That you walked is sufficient. You walked, you made mistakes, we will correct them. You went astray – don’t worry, at least your feet made some movement. Today you wandered off the path, tomorrow you will come back towards the right way. There is only one mistake, said Buddha, and that is that you do not walk at all and just go on sitting. Although one who remains sitting will never make any mistakes. How can one make a mistake by just sitting idle? In this world mistakes are made by those who move, who do something. How can those who do not do anything and who are just sitting make any mistake? They are absolutely mistake-free. But the only real mistake in this world is to remain sitting. Get up and proceed on the journey of what feels to be right. Even if it proves to be wrong tomorrow, at least there will be one benefit, that you would have learned to walk. And once you have learned to walk, tomorrow the right direction can also be found. The direction is not the real thing, the real thing is mobility, the capacity to walk. Nididhyasan, assimilation, is an effort to become attuned. It is a wonderful word. OSHO. FINGER POINTING TO THE MOON.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:49:24 +0000
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