Osho was a soul scientist…a mystic who believed that all is science, and that our inner journey is a subjective form of science (as opposed to the objective science which decides about the outside world). I wholeheartedly advocate his advice to seekers of wisdom, and so I share it with you here:
“Always remember, whatsoever I say to you, you can take it in two ways. You can simply take it on my authority, ‘Because I say so, it must be true’ — then you will suffer, then you will not grow. Whatsoever I say, listen to it, try to understand it, implement it in your life, see how it works, and then come to your own conclusions. They may be the same, they may not be. They can never be exactly the same because you have a different personality, a unique being. Whatsoever I am saying is my own. It is bound to be in deep ways rooted in me. You may come to similar conclusions, but they cannot be exactly the same. So my conclusions should not be made your conclusions. You should try to understand me, you should try to learn, but you should not collect knowledge from me, you should not collect conclusions from me. Then your mind-body will grow.”
“My message is not a doctrine, not a philosophy. My message is a certain alchemy, a science of transformation.”
Today, I would like to introduce you to a free Email Series called The Soul Journey, offered by Andrew Schneider. This post contains an entire message from that series–a message focused on change. If you are interested in subscribing, I will include a link to his site at the bottom of the post, as well as in my Favorite Links section on the right. Enjoy!
“What is Consciousness?”
How long does it take to shift in consciousness?
This is a personality-based question that really has no answer in terms of length of time. It takes as long as one lives. Change is a fundamental reality of life in time and space. Change is occurring constantly, but often we don’t recognize it as it may be quite subtle.
The personality is also always trying to keep things the same. Often changes are occurring but we are unconsciously living as if they were not. When this happens, we tend to be out of step with what is happening in our life and in our psyche. As a result something does not work, things go awry and we are not content.
Sometimes the changes that are going on within us and around us are not the changes we want or like. This is because we do not understand them. And this is why they exist.
There are basically two causes for the changes we experience.
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