Lennon
Woman, I can hardly express, whole what my feelings follow
You are showing me the meaning of outer space
Please let me explain, I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I am going after you till the end of the universe
La Pared
Sabes que sin ti ya no seré A dónde vayas voy, soy tu fiel compañero Siéntate, cierra los ojos yo saldré de la pared Contigo al planeta he vuelto
Osho replies to one of Sarjano’s questions about John Lennon around the time John Lennon had died
ResponderEliminarQ: Osho, “We’re playing those mind-games together
Pushing the barrier, planting seeds.
Playing the mind-guerilla,
Chanting the mantra ‘Peace on Earth’.
We’ve all been playing those mind-games forever…
Love is the answer, and you know that’s for sure.
Love is the flower, you got to let it grow.
Yes is the answer, and you know that’s for sure.
Yes is surrender and you got to let it grow….”
This song was written by John Lennon about ten years ago. Now he is dead. Lennon was very much in love with you, even though he declared that he was not ready to become a disciple. I can feel this connection myself. I really would like you to say something about his death.
Swatantra Sarjano
A: Words have their own magic, and the poets, the singers, live in the magical world of words, not of realities. They are skillful, very skillful and efficient, as far as the delicate, subtle waves of words, imagination, dreams is concerned, but all that they go on doing is utterly unconscious.
John Lennon on the one hand sings:
Love is the answer, and you know that’s for sure.
He himself does not know it. He says:
Love is the flower, you got to let it grow.
But to know it you have to be absolutely awakened, because love is the ultimate peak of consciousness. The poet can imagine about it, the singer can sing about it, the painter can paint about it, but they have seen only reflections of the moon in the lake; they have not seen the moon itself. And, of course, the moon reflected in the lake is just made of the same stuff as dreams are made of. The poets, the singers, are dreamers, they are not seers. So he says:
Yes is surrender and you got to let it grow….
His words sound true, but they are only reflections of the moon in the lake. If you dive in the lake you will not find the moon there. In fact, the moment you jump into the water, the reflection will disappear, will be broken into thousands of pieces. It will spread all over the lake; you will not be able to catch hold of it. The reflection IS beautiful, but one has not to forget that it is only a reflection and it cannot transform your being.
ResponderEliminarSo he sings: Love is the answer… Love is the flower… Yes is the answer… Yes is surrender… and you know that’s for sure – but he himself is absolutely unaware of it; he has not experienced it. A beautiful man, but still lost in dreams and imagination.
The poet lives unconsciously, the seer livers consciously. Sometimes their words are exactly the same – don’t be deceived by the words. If you really want to know whether those words represent reality or just empty wishes you have to look into the life of the man.
Kahlil Gibran has written tremendously beautiful words. They come so close to Christ, to Zarathustra, to Lao Tzu, to Gautam the Buddha, and there is every possibility many people will think that Kahlil Gibran is enlightened. He may even surpass Lao Tzu and Buddha and Christ as far as expression is concerned; his expression may be far more beautiful because he is a skilled poet, a very skilled painter. He has the sensitiveness to appreciate beauty, but howsoever he is appreciating it is unconscious.
Buddha may not say things so beautifully because he is not a poet in the ordinary sense, but whatsoever he says is the truth. His words may fall short of it… in fact, words always fall short of the truth; they are never adequate enough. So don’t decide by words.
Sarjano, you are deciding by words. That’s why you say:
I can feel this connection myself.
Sarjano himself has the quality of a poet, has the sensibility of a creative person. That’s why I have given him the name Sarjano; ‘sarjano’ means creativity.
But Kahlil Gibran or John Lennon have to be watched to know whether their truths are really truths or only fabrications of dream, fantasy, imagination; whether they have really experienced those things or they are only empty wishes. You have to watch the Buddha….
Buddha is reported to have said: “Don’t be too bothered about what I say, rather look at me, rather watch me, rather feel me. Let the words disappear. Don’t let the words stand between me and you. Experience my silence, feel the energy that surrounds me, resonate with me – only then will you be able to understand what I am saying.”
If you want to understand a Buddha, his words, you have to watch his life.
Osho, Philosophia Ultima, Ch 10, Q 1
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