Begin Inquiry Into The Infinite Ultimate
Sadarayana's statement, "tathata brahma jigyasa" is one of the most potential statements ever made. It as, "Now begins the inquiry into Imitate." It is the first statement in rahmasutra: Maxims About The mate, one of the greatest mystic s in the world. This is the first ence of that strange book, but one most significant books that has been written. call it strange because Badarayana much known in the world, although dia he is the only mystic on whose ms thousands of commentaries been written. Each of his states is so pregnant with meaning that an go on commenting on it ina sand and one ways. Still it seems thing inexhaustible has remained ad. This is the only book that has notaries, then commentaries on mentaries, then again commentaries on those commentaries. Badarayana's statement has to be understood very lovingly and very deeply. The word that can mean’ now', it can mean 'here now',it can mean 'from now', it can mean 'from this point onwards'. Because of these different meanings growing in different hearts, the whole meaning of the sentence will change. Just the first word will change the whole meaning. For example, to a man or a woman whose heart is the heart of a devotee, the heart of a lover, that will mean, "Enough of love; now begins the inquiry into the ultimate. Enough of this world and its pleasures, now begins the inquiry into the ultimate. “To the logician, the same word will mean: "Enough of logic, enough of rationality, enough of philosophy; now begins the real inquiry into the existential"-not into words, not into philosophical investigations, but into an existential experience. To a poet it may mean: "Enough of poetry, enough of all that life I have lived up to now; the time has come to enter on the path in search of light, in search of the truth. I have sung songs of joy, I have sung songs of beauty" But a time comes when you are tired even of your own creativity-how long? Just as you become tired of the woman you loved so much, of the man you loved so much, you become tired of your creative dimension for which you would have sacrificed your life. A moment comes when it seems that you have been playing like a child, collecting seashells on the sea beach, or making castles of sand. Beautiful utopias, but it is enough! You have not gained anything of the eternal, of the timeless, of the immortal. How long are you going to wait? Now is the moment to change the direction of all your genius and intelligence. Then athatowill mean something different, different from what it can mean to a businessman, to what itcan mean to a king. He has beenon a power trip, he has conquered as muchas he wanted, he is tired. And like the meaning of athato willbe the meaning of brahmajigyasa. To the theist, Brahma (Brahmn, Consciousness) will mean 'God'; to the atheist, iwill mean 'the ultimate reality'-not a personal god, but an impersonal reality.Andjigyasa,'inquiry', will also take different forms. To someone it may become meditation, to another it may become yoga, to yét someone else it may become prayer. It will depend on your potentiality and according to your potentialthe seed will take form. (Abridged from Sachchidanand, Osho Times International. Courtesy: Osho International Foundation, www.osho.com)
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Begin Inquiry Into The Infinite Ultimate
Sadarayana's statement, "tathata brahma jigyasa" is one of the most potential statements ever made. It as, "Now begins the inquiry into Imitate." It is the first statement in rahmasutra: Maxims About The mate, one of the greatest mystic s in the world. This is the first ence of that strange book, but one most significant books that has been written. call it strange because Badarayana much known in the world, although dia he is the only mystic on whose ms thousands of commentaries been written. Each of his states is so pregnant with meaning that an go on commenting on it ina sand and one ways. Still it seems thing inexhaustible has remained ad. This is the only book that has notaries, then commentaries on mentaries, then again commentaries on those commentaries. Badarayana's statement has to be understood very lovingly and very deeply. The word that can mean’ now', it can mean 'here now',it can mean 'from now', it can mean 'from this point onwards'. Because of these different meanings growing in different hearts, the whole meaning of the sentence will change. Just the first word will change the whole meaning. For example, to a man or a woman whose heart is the heart of a devotee, the heart of a lover, that will mean, "Enough of love; now begins the inquiry into the ultimate. Enough of this world and its pleasures, now begins the inquiry into the ultimate. “To the logician, the same word will mean: "Enough of logic, enough of rationality, enough of philosophy; now begins the real inquiry into the existential"-not into words, not into philosophical investigations, but into an existential experience. To a poet it may mean: "Enough of poetry, enough of all that life I have lived up to now; the time has come to enter on the path in search of light, in search of the truth. I have sung songs of joy, I have sung songs of beauty" But a time comes when you are tired even of your own creativity-how long? Just as you become tired of the woman you loved so much, of the man you loved so much, you become tired of your creative dimension for which you would have sacrificed your life. A moment comes when it seems that you have been playing like a child, collecting seashells on the sea beach, or making castles of sand. Beautiful utopias, but it is enough! You have not gained anything of the eternal, of the timeless, of the immortal. How long are you going to wait? Now is the moment to change the direction of all your genius and intelligence. Then athatowill mean something different, different from what it can mean to a businessman, to what itcan mean to a king. He has beenon a power trip, he has conquered as muchas he wanted, he is tired. And like the meaning of athato willbe the meaning of brahmajigyasa. To the theist, Brahma (Brahmn, Consciousness) will mean 'God'; to the atheist, iwill mean 'the ultimate reality'-not a personal god, but an impersonal reality.Andjigyasa,'inquiry', will also take different forms. To someone it may become meditation, to another it may become yoga, to yét someone else it may become prayer. It will depend on your potentiality and according to your potentialthe seed will take form. (Abridged from Sachchidanand, Osho Times International. Courtesy: Osho International Foundation, www.osho.com)
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Osho. kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Osho. Speaking Tree ,Times of India