His Chosen comrades thought at school
He must grow a famous man;
He thought the same and lived by rule,
All his twenties crammed with toil;
‘What Then?’ Sang the Plato’s Ghost. ‘What Then?’
All his happier dreams came true,
The work is done, grown old he thought,
‘According to my boyish plan;
Let the fools rage, I swerved in naught,
Something to perfection brought’;
But louder sang the ghost, ‘WHAT THEN?’
Most of us would have come across this famous poem by W B Yeats- “Plato’s Ghost”; it so beautifully yet implicitly exemplifies the futility of living in the human dream.
Each time and each phase of our lives, be it as school kids, or a flamboyant teenager or the early success driven professional and finally the family man with his house and clan… with all the dreams fulfilled, nearly, maybe- yet the Plato’s Ghost reminds, “WHAT THEN?” almost painfully.
We sure would not like to face such a situation, but not withstanding, we all come to cross roads in Life- not knowing where to go, what to do, which direction to take, what to choose…
The metaphorical Plato’s ghost’s pertinent question, “What Then?” Is rather more apt if we can ask, “WHAT NOW…?
Essentially, MEDITATION addresses this EXISTENTIAL CUL DE SAC, when we see Life giving us lemons which we didn’t want OR Life giving us Poison ivy- maybe our worst nightmare…
So, Why Meditate …!!?? Well to meditate is to take a first step, a conscious step to go on an adventure, in fact the Greatest Adventure in Life, of finding the way out of the drudgery, meaninglessness, slavery and limitations imposed on us by the mind- A Quantum Leap from Mind to NO-MIND.
NO-MIND is the door to Freedom.
NO-MIND is the door to Bliss.
NO-MIND is the door to exalted Consciousness.
NO-MIND is the door to Light, the door to Love, the door to Endless Skies, the door to the Cosmic Joke that Life IS. And MEDITATION is the Way.
The Way of Meditation is an art, actually a forgotten art that we all can learn and live. The art of Meditation is a Science of Living, Living in awareness, silence, peace, clarity, courage, and consciousness- All the qualities that we adore and would love to have them as Our Own.
As Osho simply shares, “LIFE CERTAINLY IS AN ART, THE GREATEST ART. AND THE SHORTEST FORMULA IS CHOICELESS AWARENESS APPLICABLE TO ALL SITUATIONS, ALL PROBLEMS.”
Friends, let’s learn this art, at OSHO DHYAN ANASHA, a place where we can learn the art of Meditation and also can Live in Meditation. A Daily program of Meditation from early morning till late evening is offered everyday.
Come, EXPERIENCE MEDITATION…