Walking the Walk
Lieh Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lao Tzu, the three Taoist Masters, only
talk about the Way - ′Tao′ means the Way - they don′t talk about the
goal at all. They say: The goal will take care of itself; you need
not worry about the goal. If you know the Way you know the goal,
because the goal is not at the very end of the Way, the goal is all
over the Way - each moment and each step it is there. It is not that
when the Way ends you arrive at the goal; each moment, wherever you
are, you are at the goal if you are on the Way. To be on the Way is
to be at the goal. Hence they don′t talk about the goal, they don′t
talk about God, they don′t talk about Moksha, Nirvana, enlightenment
- no, not at all. Very simple is their message: You have to find the
Way.
Things become a little more complicated because they say: The Way
has no map, the Way is not charted, the Way is not such that you can
follow somebody and find it. The Way is not like a super-highway;
the Way is more like a bird flying in the sky - it leaves no marks
behind. The bird has flown but no marks are left; nobody can follow.
So the Way is a pathless path. It IS a path, but it is a pathless
path. It is not ready-made, available; you cannot just decide to
walk on it, you will have to find it. And you will have to find it
in your own way; nobody else′s way is
going to function. Buddha has
walked, Lao Tzu has walked, Jesus has walked, but those ways are not
going to help you because you are not Jesus, and you are not Lao
Tzu, and you are not Lieh Tzu. You are you, a unique individual.
Only by walking, only by living your life, will you find the Way.
This is something of great value.
- Walking the Walk (a .pdf-file)
- The way you walk it seems as if you are drunk This question was put to Osho, listen to his answer (.mp3 audio, 2,28 MB, right-click and "save link as")