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Awareness

One of the most important things to be understood about man is that man is asleep. Even while he is awake, he is not. His wakefulness is so tiny it doesn't matter at all. His wakefulness is only a beautiful name but utterly empty. The first thing to sink deep in your heart is that you are asleep, utterly asleep. You are dreaming day in, day out. You are dreaming sometimes with open eyes and sometimes with closed eyes, but you are dreaming - you are a dream. You are not yet a reality. All the teachings of Buddhas have insisted on only one thing: Awaken! Continuously, for centuries, Be awake. And there has been devising methods, strategies; which has been creating contexts and spaces and energy fields in which you can be shocked into awareness Yes, unless you are shocked, shaken to your very foundations, you will not awaken. Awakens and the noisy mind is the space in which one remains asleep. If your mind continues chattering, you are asleep. Sitting silently, if the mind disappears and you can hear the chattering birds and no mind inside, a silence ... this whistle of the bird, the chirping and no mind functioning in your head, utter silence ....then awareness wells up in you. It does not come from the outside, it arises in you, it grows in you. 

Otherwise, remember: you are asleep.

Awareness Is the Seed of Godliness in You -Osho



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                                                                                               Source - Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance By OSHO

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