Osho : The Art of Dying

WHEN RABBI BIRNHAM LAY DYING, HIS WIFE BURST INTO TEARS.

HE SAID, 'WHAT ARE YOU CRYING FOR ?
MY WHOLE LIFE WAS ONLY THAT I MIGHT LEARN HOW TO DIE.'


LIFE is in living. It is not a thing, it is a process. There is no way to attain to life except 
by living it, except by being alive, by flowing, streaming with it. If you are seeking the 
meaning of life in some dogma, in some philosophy, in some theology, that Is the sure 
way to miss life and meaning both.



Life is not somewhere waiting for you, it is happening in you. It is not in the future as a
goal to be arrived at, it is herenow, this very moment -- in your breathing, circulating in
your blood, beating in your heart. Whatsoever you are is your life, and if you start
seeking meaning somewhere else, you will miss it.

Man has done that for centuries.
Concepts have become very important, explanations have become very important -- and the real has been completely forgotten. We don't look to that which is already here, we
want rationalisations.


Osho

The Art of Dying
Chapter #1
Chapter title: The Art of Dying
11 October 1976 am in Buddha Hall


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