Meditation is the discovery of your own self. But once you have discovered the treasure a tremendous need arises in you to share it. That sharing is love. Meditation is like the sun and love is like the radiation reaching to faraway flowers to open, for birds to sing, to make the whole living world alive, fresh, rejuvenated.
Exactly what the sun is doing to the whole solar system, meditation
does to the whole human world: it radiates love.
Osho,
The Invitation, Chapter #29
- Meditation Is Not Concentration
“Concentration and meditation are polar opposites. Concentration narrows down your mind; it is
focusing on one point. It includes only something and excludes everything else. Meditation is allinclusive, it excludes nothing. It is not a narrowing down of the mind, it is an expansion of consciousness.
Concentration is of the mind, meditation is of consciousness. Concentration is mind, meditation is no-mind. Concentration is a tension: you will be tired of it sooner or later. You cannot
concentrate for a long time, it is effort. But one can be meditative twenty-four hours, because it is
relaxation.”
Osho,
The Book of Wisdom, Chapter #21
- There Is No Shortcut:
”One thing has to be remembered about meditation; it is a long journey and there is no shortcut. Anyone who says there is a shortcut is befooling you. It is a long journey because the change is
very deep and is achieved after many lives - many lives of routine habits, thinking, desiring. And the
mind structure; that you have to drop through meditation. In fact it is almost impossible - but it
happens.
A man becoming a meditator is the greatest responsibility in the world. It is not easy. It cannot be instant. So from the beginning never start expecting too much and then you will never be frustrated. You will always be happy because things will grow very slowly. Meditation is not a seasonal flower which within six weeks is there. It is a very very big tree. It needs time to
spread its roots.
Osho
A Rose is a Rose is Rose,
Chapter #12
- Osho' Active Meditations
Osho has devised a number of meditations to start your journey for inner growth. These meditations
last for an hour and are accompanied with special music composed for each one of them.
All of Osho's active meditations involve a beginning stage of activity
— sometimes intense and physical — followed by a period of silence. All are accompanied by music that has been specially composed to guide the meditator through the different stages. Osho has also recommended different meditations for different times of the day. Osho has spoken volumes on the subject of meditation.
Virtually all his talks include the importance of meditation in everyday life. And despite the fact that he says meditation is not a technique, he has invented dozens of them, and spoken on dozens more from other traditions.
Ultimately, meditation is an experience which is not easily described, like the taste of cheese or falling in love -- you have to try it to find out. But for sure anyone interested in meditation will find something in what Osho has to say about this topic that "clicks" for them, just like a "knack" - including his insistence that he can be helpful to you, but ultimately each individual has to create his path by walking it. Most of Osho's meditations begins with active stages -- sometimes intense and physical (which are just preparation for meditation and not the real meditation) -- followed by a period of silence (which is a real meditation stage).
All stages except the silent stage are accompanied by different music. These music have been especially composed to guide the meditators through the different stages of meditation. These meditations can be categorized as Active Meditations.
There are some meditations in which very less or no physical activity is involved such as visualizing flowing like a river or breathing in a relaxed way. These meditations don't involve dancing,
shaking or catharsis kind of activities etc.
They can be categorized as Passive Meditations.
All meditation techniques are have been scientifically designed by Osho Himself, so it is suggested
that they be done in their complete form, with nothing shortened or omitted.
