Ais Dhammo Sanantano
Talking too much about meditation, enlightenment or stories about enlightened persons or reading too much about meditation or enlightenment has very little effect on your religiousness. Buddha remained silent and advocated little meditation in practice instead so that those who are really curious get benefitted and those who are suffering from ‘scriptural eczema’-by regurgitating from books or other’s views, can be kept away.
I changed my routine just a little to practically implement teaching of Osho about ‘awareness meditation’. I chose ‘brushing time’ as it requires to be practiced while i am in action.
Those 1–2 minute i have to remain ‘at present’ by not thinking any past act or future actions too. I have to feel each movement of brush and feeling of it with toothpaste’s taste etc. You can apply in any act where you are alone undisturbed by family etc.
In few years it engulfed all my acts! Coupled with Zen meditation in the evening it is most rewarding in my inner spiritual journey. This helped when i too retirement and devoted full time in reading, practicing circle to experience better. Enlightenment may happen or never happen, but try one must as this is called ‘Ais Dhammo Sanantano’-for eternity to eternity this is only the personal religion or duty of every human being towards self.
Nanak called it as ‘kiv sachiyara hoiye’ means ‘becoming truthful towards your own personal spiritual journey by experimenting’ in Japuji:
सोचे सोचे ना होवई जे सोची लख वार,( attain no-mind state)
चुपे चुपे ना होइये, जे लाई रहा लिवतार, ( go beyond act or ego)
भुखीया भुख न उतरी जे बंना पुरीआ भार, ( by experimenting instead of regurgitating )
सहस सियानपा लख होई ते इक न चले नालि, (any claver attempt is just deceiving yourself)
किव सचियारा होईये किव कुड़े तुटे पाली, (being honest with yourself is most rewarding here)
हुकमी रजाई चलना नानक लिखिया नालि. (Follow the orderer’s or existence’s will )
Enlightenment does not happen by keep thinking about it hundred thousand times or becoming silent as all these are like bread in a basket overhead which by being their cannot satisfy hunger of hungry person, he needs to eat them. If a person will experiment keeping in mind that he is just a tool and not a doer then he may get enlightened.
For those who wish to run away from their very personal responsibility of devoting dedicated efforts to uncover/regain the lost self, that we all had lived with in our childhood, all Guru’s and their books are of great help.
Osho is not only enlightened but is able to give platform for people of generations to come where they too can get a taste of it. Jain’s called such persons as ‘Tirthankar’ – Those who created Ghats/Jetties from where one can sail through to their personal inner journey. Even today his followers are getting enlightened. They may not be visible or in limelight.
You can give a try, the link described better:
