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"You will have to understand one of the most
fundamental things about meditation: that no technique
leads to meditation. The old so-called techniques and the
new scientific bio-feedback techniques are the same as far
as meditation is concerned.Meditation is not a byproduct of any technique.
"Meditation
happens beyond mind. No technique can go beyond mind.
"But there is going to be a great misunderstanding in
scientific circles and it has a certain basis. The basis of all misunderstanding is: When the being of a
person is in a state of meditation, it creates certain waves
in the mind. These waves can be created from the outside by
technical means. But those waves will not create meditation
– this is the misunderstanding.
"Meditation creates those waves; it is the mind reflecting
the inner world. You cannot see what is happening inside. But you can see
what is happening in the mind. Now there are sensitive
instruments... we can judge what kind of waves are there
when a person is asleep, what kind of waves are there when a
person is dreaming, what kind of waves are there when a
person is in meditation.
"But by creating the waves, you cannot create the situation – because those waves are only symptoms, indicators. It is
perfectly good, you can study them. But remember that there
is no shortcut to meditation, and no mechanical device can
be of any help. In fact, meditation needs no technique – scientific or otherwise. Meditation is simply an understanding.
"It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a
question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of
understanding the subtle workings of the mind. As you
understand those workings of the mind a great awareness
arises in you which is not of the mind. That awareness
arises in your being, in your soul, in your consciousness.
The mind is only a mechanism, but when that awareness arises it
is bound to create a certain energy pattern around it. That
energy pattern is noted by the mind. The mind is a very subtle
mechanism.
"And you are studying from the outside, so at the most you
can study the mind. Seeing that whenever a person is silent,
serene, peaceful, a certain wave pattern always, inevitably
appears in the mind, the scientific thinking will say: if we
can create this wave pattern in the mind, through some
biofeedback technology, then the being inside will reach
the heights of awareness.
"This is not going to happen. It is not a question of cause and effect. These waves in the mind are not the cause of meditation;
they are on the contrary, the effect. But from the effect
you cannot move towards the cause. It is possible that by
bio-feedback you can create certain patterns in the mind and
they will give a feeling of peace, silence and serenity to
the person. Because the person himself does not know what
meditation is and has no way of comparing, he may be misled
into believing that this is meditation – but it is not.
Because the moment the bio-feedback mechanism stops, the
waves disappear and the silence and the peace and the
serenity disappear.
"And you may go on practicing with those scientific
instruments for years: it will not change your character, it
will not change your morality, it will not change your
individuality. You will remain the same.
"Meditation transforms. It takes you to higher levels of
consciousness and changes your whole lifestyle. It changes
your reactions into responses to such an extent that it is
unbelievable that the person who would have reacted in the
same situation in anger is now acting in deep compassion,
with love – in the same situation.
"Meditation is a state of being, arrived at through
understanding. It needs intelligence, it does not need techniques."
Osho, Beyond Enlightenment, Talk #29
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