Nobody has any answers to Life. Life itself offers no
explanations, no justifications, no reasons, no meanings. It just spews out
experience after experience; that which deliver lesson after lesson!
The best way to live Life is therefore to not
stop asking questions, but to stop looking for answers or for meaning. Each
individual must glean learnings from Life through personal experiences. That
really is the beauty of Life. Among the zillion and more questions that have no
answers, a simple one that really begs understanding is why this Life in the
first place?
A fellow voyager through Life, who goes by the
name Ma Anand Utkantha (meaning deep longing for bliss), has this experience to
share: “After a very dramatic and Life-changing event in my Life I started to
look for answers to the most perplexing questions about Life, about God, what
is my purpose, what is “this”
all about, why am I lying here, in a hospital's intensive care, with my body
completely destroyed, who am I after all, what do I want, why didn't I die, why
am I living. Sometime in Life one walks through a minefield, where the only
thing that counts is how you can rely on yourself, not on others. I needed to
learn that. I wanted to learn that so that I could do something meaningful with
my Life for me and for others.” So, she goes to Osho, the Master, and gets this
answer: “MEANING IS A HUMAN INVENTION. There is no meaning to Life itself, it
is beyond meaning. One simply lives, for no other reason; one lives for Life’s
sake. Then Life is not a means to something else, it is beautiful as it is; it
is not fulfilling any purpose. In fact, it simply is.
Because it is not fulfilling any purpose that it is so beautiful, so utterly
beautiful. It has no utility, it is not full of commodities, it is full of
poetry. What meaning does a rose flower have, what purpose? What is the meaning
of a night full of stars? And what is the meaning of love? What is the meaning
of all that you are surrounded by? There is no meaning in it. And if you are in
need of meaning, then you will project. Then existence becomes just a screen
and you project your meaning on it. Buddha says: ‘The inner emptiness is so
beautiful, don’t stuff it with junk, leave it as it is.’ And that’s what
meditation is all about, that’s what Zen is. It means living out of emptiness,
asking nothing from Life, living moment to moment for no other reason, just
enjoying being alive. It is more than you can ask for! What more meaning do you
need? Is breathing not enough? Is this chirping of the birds not enough? Is the
green and the red and the gold of the trees not enough? Is this vast existence
with all its splendor not enough? Do you still want some meaning?”
So, enjoy the undiluted poetry of Life in the emptiness
of your soul. Stop searching for answers and meanings in Life. Start living.
Simply.
