A few days ago, I heard you say that the voice speaking inside of us is always the mind, so I wonder who in me is hearing this voice. When I try to find the answer, I only find silence.
Chidvilas, the moment you look into your self you only find silence. But are you not aware that you are also there? Who finds the silence? Silence itself cannot find itself; there is somebody as a witness who is finding the silence. Just your focus is wrong; you are still focusing on the object. It is just an old habit, perhaps cultivated for many, many lives, that you always focus yourself on the object, and you always forget yourself. […]
So when you are watching your thoughts, inside, you are not aware that there is a watcher too. When you are watching silence, you are not aware that you cannot watch silence if you are not there.
Chidvilas, you are asking, “A few days ago I heard you say that the voice speaking inside of us is always the mind, so I wonder who in me is hearing this voice?” Certainly, I am not hearing it, and as far as I know nobody else is hearing it. You must be the guy who is hearing this voice. Everybody else has his own problem!
“When I try to find the answer I only find silence.” But then too the question arises: Who finds the silence? It is the same guy who was hearing the voice. His name is Chidvilas.
You have to become more subjective, more alert to yourself; we are always alert to everything around us. […]
Whether you are hearing a voice, or you are hearing silence, remember more about yourself – who is the watcher? Who is the witness?
In every experience, when you are angry, when you are in love, when you are in greed, when you are in despair, it is the same key: just watch – are you really in danger or are you only a witness. Here we are, just sitting. Deep down, who are you? Always a witness.
Whatever happens on the outside, you may be young, you may be old, you may be alive, you may be dead – whatever happens on the outside, inside is the same witness.
This witness is our truth. This witness is our ultimate reality, our eternal reality. So all your work is concerned with shifting your focus from the object to the subject.
Don’t be bothered about anger, or silence, or love. Be concerned about whom all this is happening to and remain centered there. This centering will bring you the greatest experience of your life. It will make you a superman.
-Osho
From The Golden Future, Discourse #2
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Hi Puro~ this is a treasure, eh? I don’t know if you also have had these conversations, but over the years, a lot of old sannyasi’s have kind of “pooh poohed” Osho’s Ranch & Pune 2 Discourses, relative to Pune 1. One famous therapist (now deceased) told me that he felt Osho “lost his enlightenment” somewhere on the Ranch. I always laugh and I don’t agree at all- For me, he somehow was spot on for 20+ years. I think the key ingredient is “coming into the moment and right listening”- then each Osho talk unlocks hidden love and awareness (in me, anyway). The Golden Future series was far out to hear live, and also to hear now. Thanks
Indeed Anubuddha, and also right listening is always live. love.
Thank you! Love…Nirada