Guest guest Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Time is a human invention. In fact, it is always now! Existence knows no past, no future -- it knows only the present. But we are sitting behind a keyhole and looking. A person is not there, then suddenly he appears; and then as suddenly as he appears he disappears too. Now we have to create time. Before the person appeared he was in the future; he was there, but for our eyes he was in the future. Then he appeared; now he is in the present -- he is the same! And we cannot see him anymore through your small keyhole -- he has become past. Nothing is past, nothing is future -- all is always present. But our ways of seeing are very limited. Hence we go on asking why there is misery in the world, why there is this and that...why? If we can look at the whole, all these whys disappear. And to look at the whole, we will have to come out of the room, we will have to open the door...we will have to drop this keyhole vision. This is what mind is: a keyhole, and a very small keyhole it is. Compared to the vast universe, what are our eyes, ears, hands? What can we grasp? Nothing of much importance. And those tiny fragments of truth, we become too much attached to them. If we see the whole, everything is as it should be -- that is the meaning of " everything is right. " Wrong exists not. Only God exists; the Devil is man's creation. (Osho on Dhammapada) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Rhyndrati, That is very beautiful. I hope you continue to contribute more here. If you and I could sit on the beach with a bottle of wine, I think we could solve the world's problems. Or at least we could feel better about them. Be blessed. orva - rhyndrati oentara<oentaraningsih Realization <Realization > Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:35 AM keyhole vision Time is a human invention. In fact, it is always now! Existence knows no past, no future -- it knows only the present. But we are sitting behind a keyhole and looking. A person is not there, then suddenly he appears; and then as suddenly as he appears he disappears too. Now we have to create time. Before the person appeared he was in the future; he was there, but for our eyes he was in the future. Then he appeared; now he is in the present -- he is the same! And we cannot see him anymore through your small keyhole -- he has become past. Nothing is past, nothing is future -- all is always present. But our ways of seeing are very limited. Hence we go on asking why there is misery in the world, why there is this and that...why? If we can look at the whole, all these whys disappear. And to look at the whole, we will have to come out of the room, we will have to open the door...we will have to drop this keyhole vision. This is what mind is: a keyhole, and a very small keyhole it is. Compared to the vast universe, what are our eyes, ears, hands? What can we grasp? Nothing of much importance. And those tiny fragments of truth, we become too much attached to them. If we see the whole, everything is as it should be -- that is the meaning of " everything is right. " Wrong exists not. Only God exists; the Devil is man's creation. (Osho on Dhammapada) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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