So my teacher, Osho, did lots of stuff that didn’t really work out all that well. But one of the things that he did do, that I think is a huge breakthrough in the conversation about Enlightenment, in the searching for awareness, in all non-dual studies, and all Zen studies, is that he talked directly …
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Bliss can be sad
Bliss can be sad. Bliss (Ananda) includes everything, so it can be angry. It can be sad. It can be anything.
The Good Doctor
So Mulla Nasrudine is at the doctor. The doctor looks at him and says, “Mulla. It’s not looking good. You are in bad shape. You don’t have long to live. Have you written your will?” Mulla looks at the doctor and says, “Oh yes. I have my will. Everything that I own goes to the …
I love talking about nothing
I love talking about nothing, about zero. The reason for that is because it is the best way that I know to help you see who you are. This is because that was my experience. When I finally looked inside myself I saw that there was nothing there. Then there was no division. No division …
How do you divide nothing?
How do you divide up nothing? You can’t. There’s nothing there. You divide it by anything and it’s still nothing. That’s the secret of Mulla Nasrudine’s inheritance.
Yesterday was about nothing
Yesterday’s Mulla Nasrudine story was about nothing. This is my favorite subject: nothing. If you really understand this, then you’ll know how to look inside and find nothing. Mulla has nothing and yet he’s dividing nothing up between everybody else… and whatever’s left over will go to the poor. That’s quite ridiculous but it gives …
Mulla’s Inheritance Nothingness
So Mulla Nasrudine finally sits down and writes his will, because to be in accordance with the law everybody needs to have a will. So he sits down and he writes it. He wrote, “I have nothing. Let all the nothing that I have go to all my dependents.” He listed them all out. “Then,” …
Mulla’s Cards
So. Mulla Nasrudine was sitting and playing cards with his dog in the park. A guy comes walking along and he watches him play. After a while he exclains, “Mulla! Your dog is so smart. He’s actually playing cards with you. I have never seen such a smart dog. Where did you get him? How …