Witnessing: A Simple Phenomenon
Beloved Osho,
I am a first grade student in the subject of witnessing. Whenever I
am listening to you talking about watching, witnessing, something in
me feels so thrilled, excited, joyful, and a big "Ah!" comes up.
Recently I have heard you talk about watching the witness, yet I'm
already happy and grateful for the few moments a day when I remember
my hands, my body, having a little distance from my thoughts and
emotions.
Could you please start with the ABC on this subject?
The phenomenon of witnessing has no ABC or XYZ.
It is a simple phenomenon; it is a single step.
It is one process.
You can watch the body; the watching is the same. You can watch the
mind - the object has changed, but the watching is the same. You can
watch the emotions - again objects have changed, but the process of
watching is the same. You can watch the watcher - a tremendous
quantum leap, but still the subject is the same; only the object has
changed.
Now watchfulness itself is being used as an object. And you have
stepped behind watchfulness; you can watch it. And you cannot go
beyond this watchfulness. You have come to the very end of your
inner core.
So you are going perfectly right. Enjoy it, rejoice in it. More and
more silence and peace will be coming your way, more and more
blissfulness and benediction. There is no end as far as rewards are
concerned, because they are all along the way. From the beginning to
the very end, each step brings a new space - but it is the same
step.
The journey of one thousand miles is done by the simple step, one
step. You cannot take two steps at one time. Step after step, just a
single step can be stretched to ten thousand miles or to infinity.
Watchfulness is a simple step. There is no alphabet in it. There are
no beginners in it; there are no amateurs in it and no experts in
it. Everybody is in the middle, always in the middle.
You are moving perfectly right. Just go on.
See also:
- The Inside Mirror
- Witnessing: The Most Simple
- Remaining A Witness
- Watchfulness
- Awareness a Transforming Force
- Witnessing The Last Frontier
- Bliss Beyond All Duality
- The Observer is not the Witness
- Witnessing Is Not An Experience
- The Fire of Witnessing
- Choicelessness is Bliss
- Witnessing Is So Easy
- The Very Alchemy of Real Religion
- Satyam, Shivam, Sundram
- The Witness, the Inner Voice
- Osho on witnessing (and on free sex):