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Recieved: 2001/03/25 08:25
Subject: [K-list] Osho/Story by Mic
From: Harsha
On 2001/03/25 08:25, Harsha posted thus to the K-list:
Mic used to be on these lists, he might still be. He was a student of
Rajneesh/Osho for a while and then he migrated to Poonjaji after Osho's
passing away. Mic's posts were always honest, insightful, and humorous. Here
is one from a couple of years ago that he wrote on HarshaSatsangh. It will
cheer you up. Hey, wherever you are Mic, we love you!
Harsha
From: " mic clarke"
Date: Thu Apr 8, 1999 5:23am
Subject: Tea anyone?
Dear friends,
This wonderful story and teaching is taken from a local Byron Bay magazine
called Here and Now.
Im in a hurry to be enlightened.
What should I do?
First just listen carefully to this small story. The plane had just taken
off
and the captain was telling passengers about the altitude of the plane, the
cruising speed etc..
But he forgot to switch off the microphone.
He turned to his co pilot and said, "First I'm going to have a cup of tea
and
then I am going to screw that pretty stewardess, Denise."
The shocked stewardess was down the end of the plane when she heard this
come
over the loudspeaker. So she began to rush down the aisle to tell the
captain
to switch off his mike.
Half way down the plane an old lady stopped her and said, "There is no hurry
Denise, let him have his cup of tea first."
There is no hurry at all. First have your cup of tea!
Enlightenment will be coming, just you have to learn waiting for it. Hurry
will
not help. Hurry is going to hinder.
The only thing that is a hindrance is hurry. The moment you are in a hurry
you
are never here; you are looking far ahead. You are running. And for
enlightenment you have to be still and silent in this moment, utterly still
because the whole pilgrimage is from here to here.
Trust existence.
This is the only thing worthwhile for those interested in becoming
enlightened.
Trust existence that whatever is needed, for whatever you are worthy, it
will
be given to you. You need not even ask for it. Only the unworthy ask; only
the
undeserving desire. The deserving remain silent; the worthy never demand,
but
when it happens they are full of gratitude. They wait , they allow the
spring
to come at its own pace, and when the flowers start blossoming they enjoy
the
fragrance with tremendous prayer in their hearts, of gratitude.
The very desire to be in hurry can lead you in a wrong direction, because
there
are peddlers all around who are ready to give you enlightenment instantly.
Thats why I told you: first have your cup of tea..... let enlightenment come
on
its own. ....
There is another dimension where there is no need to be in a hurry, because
there is no competitor. You are alone. In your inner world nobody can enter.
In your stillness you suddenly find yourself, absolutely alone, surrounded
by
nothingness. Just rejoice in it, relish it. Your enjoyment of your aloneness
and nothingness will make you ripe for the enlightenment to happen.
It happens.
It comes without giving you any advance notice. It comes so silently you can
not even hear its footsteps. You have to be ready and ripe , and to be ready
and ripe there is only one way. Be still and wait. Dont move, not even on
your
thoughts, not even in your emotions... just a pure pillar of stillness.
And suddenly there is the explosion, and where there was darkness is light
and
where there was death is pure life and where there was sadness is just an
explosion of song and dance and laughter.
But never think of terms of hurry. That is a hindrance.
Be patient.
Osho. " The great pilgrimage from Here to Here."
Beyond expectation, beyond patience, consciousness chooses tea drinking to
taste itself.
I like mine with honey.
slurp
mic
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