OK, I think I may be sane again! I think the last few weeks have just been truly stressful and I may have peaked this morning! I felt really overwhelmed but now I think I've squarely placed the cheese back on my cracker!
I thought I'd share some quotes from OSHO, a rather controversial figure, but I do like some of his stuff. I hope they are helpful to others in some way. The first two are about "pursuit", something I think we DBers are familiar with:
"Happiness is always a by-product. It is not the result of a direct pursuit. It happens when you are not even thinking of it." Does he mean DETACHMENT?
"Unhappiness has a certain relationship to pursuit, a partnership. If you "pursue" you will find unhappiness" Who would have thought, eh
"Unless you start living in the present, you will not be able to forget and forgive the past"
"...in the beginning, when you are creating the problem, is the solution - don't create it!"
"Whenever somebody else is responsible for your misery, you are not aware that by giving the responsibility away you are losing your freedom"
"If you don't want darkness, bring light in. If you want darkness, then put the light off! But do something with the light, nothing can be done with darkness directly"
in regards to the ego, "Misery makes you special. Happiness is a universal phenomenon, there is nothing special about it!"
"you can control only a miserable person. An ecstatic person is bound to be free"
and lastly, "Don't sympathize too much with people who are miserable. If somebody is miserable , help but don't sympathize. Don't give him the idea that misery is something worthwhile."
Hey, one more! "If you have loved totally, there is no question. One day if the lover leaves, that simply means now our ways are parting. We can say goodbye, we can be thankful to each other" Sorry, I'm not there yet! I hope these are somehow inspiring to others, if not I've distracted you for awhile and that's pretty darn good
