| Well actually it can even be one hour a day of | | | | know they do not know what to do about it. If |
| ANYTHING provided that it is connected to | | | | you do not know what I mean, try a simple |
| something playful, something you enjoy for the | | | | experiment. |
| sheer pleasure and delight of it; simply for the fun | | | | Just find fifteen minutes for yourself if you can |
| of it. | | | | spare that much time and lock yourself in a room |
| By fun and playfulness I mean anything that you | | | | and write down on a sheet of paper anything at |
| really enjoy doing just for the joy. For example, | | | | all that comes into your mind UNCENSORED. |
| something like walking on the beach, running | | | | Now if you are really honest, which is not easy |
| around the block, ambling through the forest or | | | | for the human species, you will be embarrassed |
| swimming in the lake are all activities you can | | | | to even show this to your loved ones, unless of |
| enjoy without motive. It can also be watching | | | | course they are also honest and the slightest bit |
| small children playing in the park, observing them | | | | meditative and non-judgmental. |
| running around the school grounds or even playing | | | | You will need to give yourself plenty of time to |
| on the beach yourself, like a little child. | | | | let the mind unwind and see without any |
| The fact is that if you devote at least one hour a | | | | judgement whatever the contents of your mind |
| day to something the mind considers purposeless | | | | want to reveal to you. |
| you will achieve a quiet, rarely experienced by | | | | Most people will have to tear up the paper or |
| most and an energy clearer and more vibrant | | | | burn it; the point is that now you know |
| than ever. | | | | consciously something of what is in your mind; |
| The one hour a day of silence if you choose this | | | | more will be revealed if you can do this exercise |
| path, is all that is needed, as the mind gets | | | | without judging what is good and what is bad. |
| addicted to anything and one hour a day is | | | | One of the greatest obstacles to peace and |
| sufficient to become addicted to something | | | | silence is not that we lack the effort or discipline |
| positive. | | | | but that we judge our thoughts to be bad or |
| Sooner or later, you will have distance from the | | | | good. |
| chattering mind, a new awareness develops and | | | | When we stop this practice of judging, the |
| you will be wondering how you lived all those | | | | unconscious will reveal things to you because now |
| years without it. It is still an addiction of course | | | | you have shown your maturity. |
| and one which can be more easily resolved or left | | | | An Osho joke- A pretty young woman stepped |
| behind than a negative one. | | | | onto a crowded streetcar, and seeing that all the |
| Active meditations are better as the western | | | | seats were taken she asked, "Would one of you |
| mind is so obsessed with activity that we need to | | | | gentlemen make room for a pregnant woman?" |
| burn out that activity consciously and release | | | | A middle-aged man quickly stood up and gave her |
| whatever is inside that is preventing us from living | | | | his seat. After she was seated he solicitously |
| the life we truly want. Active meditations will | | | | asked her, "How long have you been pregnant?" |
| uncover the silence that is already there waiting. | | | | "About fifteen minutes, and God, am I tired!" |
| They are the jet speed method to attain to that | | | | We are all so time conscious that we even count |
| silence and peace everyone seeks. | | | | those rare minutes of silence we seldom achieve; |
| Most are unaware whether they are in charge of | | | | forget counting and remember those silent spaces |
| their minds or vice versa and even if they do | | | | during the day. More will be coming. |