Friday, January 09, 2009

Some Sufi Gems

I'm never really into very many religious preaching, and sayings... i mean i read through them to find some inspiration - my kind of sayings are mostly those which cut across religious backgrounds and just address you as a person - irrespective of any religion you are. Those are my kind, and was glancing through this Osho magazine where there were a lot of Sufi sayings and preaching and so on..

some really good ones which i could sort of feel it reaching me were:
'the state of nearness is the state when you fall silent, when voices in your head disappear, evaporate, when thoughts leave you, desert you, when you feel utterly alone, not even shadows of others are present; when you are at the verge of disappearing; that is called the station of nearness!'
then....
'when you move into some inner work, your old uncertainties disappear because your old mind starts losing its hold on you and you will become uncertain...'
and this final one...
'rejoice in your sadness, because this is the gift of god at this particular time. It must be a need, because nothing happens without your need. You must need this climate, this moment. This is how God wants you to be..'

2 comments:

Manoj said...

Osho...hmmmm...Better to give you a light sabre instead of Osho...

The word verification which came for posting this comment was "scaringu".....propehtic.....

Balaji hari said...

nah, don't worry on this one. was more inspired by the other person's point of view, not trying to say that it relates to me. honest!