"Many people are so imprisoned in their minds that the beauty of nature does not really exist for them. They might say, ‘What a pretty flower,’ but that’s just a mechanical mental labeling. Because they are not still, not present, they don’t truly see the flower, don’t feel it’s essence, it’s holiness- just as they don’t know themselves, don’t feel their own essence, their own holiness."
"Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn’t have to be pretty, particulary; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some prinicple of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything."
1. Never obey anyone’s command unless it is coming from within you also. 2. There is no God other than life itself. 3. Truth is within you, do not search for it elsewhere. 4. Love is prayer. 5. To become a nothingness is the door to truth. Nothingness itself is the means, the goal and attainment. 6. Life is now and here. 7. Live wakefully. 8. Do not swim—float. 9. Die each moment so that you can be new each moment. 10. Do not search. That which is, is. Stop and see.
Osho
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked… The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain… I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.