There
are no guarantees in Life. It is in seeking them that we encounter grief and
suffering.
The
human creation is not a product that comes with a warranty card, a user manual
complete with a trouble-shooting guide, and a 1-800 service to call up in case
of we have doubts or seek clarifications or require online support! In fact, if
each of us came with that kind of back-end support offered by the manufacturer
(a.k.a Creator), while our Life may have been so much simpler, it wouldn’t be fun
anymore. What makes Life interesting and exciting is this lack of clarity, this
fuzziness, the uncertainty __ and, ironically, the lack of guarantee. When we
accept and celebrate the uncertainty, we are in total peace. The moment we seek
clarity or guarantees, we invite suffering into our lives.
In
fact, look at nature. No creation in nature demands more clarity than WHAT IS
except man. We humans crave for all that is not essential to live intelligently
and therefore create our own suffering. Osho, the Master, invites us to look at
a seed. He explains that as a seed, the seed is incapable of knowing of its
future as a flower. It has no idea that it can be a flower or what it means to
be a flower. As a seed it can survive for millennia in the security of its hard
shell. But the seed decides to let go of the shell, of its sense of security,
and embraces uncertainty. When it does that, it has to surely battle the hard
rocks and breakthrough the surface of the soil, heading in the direction of
sunlight, to germinate, to sprout and to flower! All this, with absolutely NO
GUARANTEE that it will ever meet its destiny! Osho invites us to stop seeking
guarantees in Life and, like the seed, head in the direction of (inner) light
so that we too can bloom, flower and radiate joy!
Don’t
avoid or deny the dark periods of your Life or the challenges that confront
you. Don’t seek guarantees from Life. Because it can offer you none. Only when
you face Life, encounter each hurdle and overcome them, will you become the
flower that you have been created to be. Simply, dial Life without fear, with
no apprehension, and live happily ever after!
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