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Sparkle
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 Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 10:58:28 AM
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If one is ready to become a nobody then one will become the greatest. Be nothing then you are all, be nobody then you attain to tremendous extraordinariness. Just be empty and you will come to know the greatest in you, the highest in you. But remember; don't be nothing in order to become the greatest, because then you cannot be nothing. To be nothing is not to be used as a means to become the greatest. The greatness is a by-product, not the goal, not the end.
It is like a fragrance. The flower is the end, the flowering of your consciousness is all, and then suddenly there is fragrance. If you search for the fragrance you will miss the flower, and without the flower there is no fragrance. If you search for the flower the fragrance comes of it's own accord.
If one is meek, humble, nobody, then the doors of the kingdom open, then you are a divine guest. Then suddenly you are raised to the highest pinnacle of life. But that is a by-product. To attain the kingdom of God is not a goal. Forget all about it. My whole teaching is just be a nobody. Just go on throwing out all the rotten furniture from inside your being and become utterly spacious.
And that space is overflowing, overflowing with your being, because the being can grow, it has space to grow. The being can open it's petals, it can become a thousand-petalled lotus. And then there is a great dance inside and great music and great poetry and great beauty and grace. Then the whole imprisoned splendour is released because there is no barrier to hinder it. You become expansive. Life becomes an explosion of light, of love, of bliss.
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Manipura
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 12:26:11 PM
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| Wow - that was great, Louis. Thanks. Osho had some profound insights - I love his writings. Which book is this from? |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 2:43:12 PM
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don't be nothing in order to become the greatest, because then you cannot be nothing. To be nothing is not to be used as a means to become the greatest. The greatness is a by-product, not the goal, not the end.
Love it. Thanks Louis |
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Mar 30 2006 : 3:22:52 PM
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Thanks Guys, really appreciate your response.
Just picked these off the internet tonight, they sort of jumped out at me. Will see if I can find the book title.
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