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osho tantra, the supreme understanding
discourses on tilopa's song of mahamudra
given at the osho commune international, poona, india
discourse number four
bhaghwan, THE SONG CONTINUES:
DO NOUGHT WITH THE BODY BUT RELAX;
SHUT FIRM THE MOUTH AND SILENT REMAIN;
EMPTY YOUR MIND AND THINK OF NOUGHT.
LIKE A HOLLOW BAMBOO REST AT EASE WITH YOUR BODY.
GIVING NOT NOR TAKING, PUT YOUR MIND AT REST.
MAHAMUDRA IS LIKE A MIND THAT CLINGS TO NOUGHT.
THUS PRACTICING, IN TIME YOU WILL REACH BUDDHAHOOD.
First, the nature of activity
and the hidden currents in it
have to be understood,
otherwise no relaxation is possible.
Even if you want to relax,
it will be impossible if you have not observed, watched, realized,
the nature of your activity,
because activity is not a simple phenomenon.
Many people would like to relax,
but they cannot relax.
Relaxation is like a flowering:
you cannot force it.
You have to understand the whole phenomenon -- why you are so active,
why so much occupation with activity, why you are obsessed with it.
Remember two words:
one is "action," another is "activity."
Action is not activity; activity is not action.
Their natures are diametrically opposite.
Action is
when the situation demands it, you act,
you respond.
Activity is when the situation doesn't matter,
it is not a response;
you are so restless within
that the situation is just an excuse
to be active.
Action comes out of a silent mind -- it is the most beautiful thing in the
world.
Activity comes out of a restless mind -- it is the ugliest.
Action is when it has a relevance;
activity is irrelevant.
Action is moment to moment, spontaneous;
activity is loaded with the past.
It is not a response to the present moment, rather,
it is pouring your restlessness,
which you have been carrying from the past, into the present.
Action is creative. Activity is very very destructive
-- it destroys you, it destroys others.
Try to see
the delicate distinction.