The Secret of the Golden Flower – synopsis from Oshos book

The Secret of the Golden Flower – synopsis from Oshos book * Primal spirit – Soul * Animus – Soul Anima – Jeevan * Mind means – division Soul means – Unity * Mind means – Time Body means – Space * Silver moon means feminine principle * Buddha – No Bodyness – Space – Open Sky – Openness – Open space – A name for Openness ** Aloneness is the Ultimate state one has to attain ** Life comes into being not by birth but by Consciousness ** Coolness is Blissful ** Three things lead to Golden flower : Seed Water – Spirit Fire – Thought Earth – * In a dream , dream looks real Real gainers are those who had never thought of gaining – they simply lived from moment to moment and enjoyed morning – noon and evening and so on * Before Enlightenment – Zen monk used to chop firewood and carry water After Enlightenment – fire wood is chopped and water is carried – that’s the difference If your Eyes were full of Light , then yr Body will be full of Light * TAO – the Undivided * In profound meditation, you will become Non Erotic – U will have different kind of beauty but it won’t be erotic- U will have flavor of spirituality – subtleness of grace – not the grossness of sexuality ** Plotinus says – ” Flight of Alone to the Alone ” ** Meditation means going back to roots – source from where thoughts, mind and desires have risen – OUROBOROS – like a snake swallowing its tail ** Meditation means thoughtless state ** TAO – slow like snail ** ZEN – sudden enlightenment ** Nature is very very slow moving hence there is grace – and it is feminine If heart and energy are coordinated, results will follow automatically ** Get rooted in your SELF, BEING AND CONSCIOUSNESS ** Five Secrets : Yr past is not yr future Yr beliefs become yr reality Yr actions become yr habits Yr heart will lead to wealth Yr goals are greater than yr gains ** The greatness of Emptiness : We put 30 spokes together and call it a wheel , but it is on space where there is Nothing , the usefulness of wheel depends We turn clay to a vessel, but it is on space , where there is Nothing, the usefulness of vessel depends ** Tao ‘s fundamental principle – Learn to be Patient ** Vertical movement is required to reach the Kingdom of God ** Truth can’t be conquered – surrender to it ** Live in the world – but let not the world be inside you – living like a dead man Watch the world – learn how not to be affected by it ** If you have succeeded in meditation – you are in heaven – bliss ** Silence is Gratitude even – no need to say thanks to God /Guru Just Be in Silence – This is the greatest wisdom ** Individuation means SOUL – ONE WHOLE – Only Jeevan is part of the Body ** Enlightenment is possible only to those who have stopped seeking – This is the great secret ** Existence cares – mothers ** When disciple is ready, the master arrives , when inner silence is ready, God arrives ** Middle is the golden mean ** Out of Blue – white snow starts appearing ** Lao Tzu – The water course way ** Arthanaari – transcendence of duality ** Division – Mind – Duality – good/bad – night/day – pos/neg is the way of downward and hell ** Undivided ONE – SOUL – Oneness – is the way of up and Heaven ** TAO – the Undivided ONE – Arthanaari – Totality – Infinity ** Surrender to TOTAL ** You just be an instrument in the hands of TOTAL ** Clarity is the state of mind when there are no thoughts ** Innocence is clarity – ** Emptiness – delusion – the center ** Live in the word w/o paying attention to things ** If God is present – I am not If God is absent – I am there ** Existence , life is a leela , game and play ** Oneness is ecstatic – 8 + 2 – ONE ** With the upward movement of energy , a new child is born – Dvijan – twice born BG Badhey Venkatesh