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Fear
Not "Death is our greatest challenge
as well as our greatest spiritual opportunity.  By cultivating
mindfulness, we can prepare ourselves for this final passage
by allowing nature, rather than Ego, to guide us.  In doing
so, we become teachers to others, and our own best friends, looking
beyond the body's death at the next stage in our Soul's adventure.&quot
from "Still Here&quot by Ram
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 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspIt is lunch time,
and we are all sitting with Osho around a rectangular dining
table. It seems that the friends who have arranged this camp
are very poor--the quality of food they are serving is very poor.
The dal is almost as liquid as water, and crushed rice (the left
over little pieces that is sold at a cheaper rate after refining
the rice) is cooked and I can see little black stones in it.
 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspI am sitting
next to Osho, who is very excited and has already started eating.
I am surprised to see the expression on His face: He is eating
with such delight, as if eating some delicious food. One old
man is standing next to Him with a box of some cheap Indian sweet
called laddoo. He places one laddoo on Oshoplate, which
Osho accepts with a pleasant smile. The man is pleased and places
one more laddoo on His plate.  Osho says nothing to Him,
but silently takes the laddoo and places it on my plate.
 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspI immediately
say, Osho, I donwant it!”  &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspHe chuckles and
says, “Donsay ‘no just pass it on
to the next person.I like the idea and do it. The next
friend, who has heard Oshowords, passes it on to the next
person. Everyone cracks up in laughter when finally the laddoo
returns to the old manbox.  &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspOsho always enjoys
telling jokes while eating. Eating with Him turns into a great
feast--it doesnmatter what you are eating. Today He tells
this joke:  One day Akbar slapped his court jester Birbal
without any apparent reason, and Birbal just slapped the person
standing next to him. The person got angry and asked Birbal why
he had slapped him.  &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspBirbal replied,
“Donask--just pass it to the next person.
so this game continued in the palace the whole day, and finally,
at night in bed, Akbarwife slapped him.  &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspNot to be serious
is Oshomain message which He not only preaches but practices
every moment.
"I am not here to perpetuate the past; hence I am against
all knowledge. I am all for learning, but learning means innocence,
learning means openness, learning means receptivity. Learning
means a non-egoistic approach towards reality. Learning means:
'I don't know and I am ready to know.' Knowledge means: 'I know
already.' Knowledge is the greatest deception that society creates
in people's minds." |