{"id":3366,"date":"2018-02-22T20:58:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruquote.net\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2018-02-22T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T20:59:07","slug":"path-zen-starts-dropping-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruquote.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/path-zen-starts-dropping-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"The path of Zen starts by dropping thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span6  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-image-obj motopress-text-align-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruquote.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Osho.jpg?fit=350%2C500&ssl=1\" title=\"Osho\" alt=\"Zen wants everybody to be a glory unto himself. It is not an achievement, it is not competition; it is simply originality. And the originality is already there, you have just to throw away all the rubbish that you have been collecting from others. However valuable it may be, it is destroying your original being, covering it with dust; and you will never be happy unless you find your original being. The very finding of your original being is such a dance, such a joy, that you can bless the whole world yet you will remain overflowing.\" class=\"motopress-image-obj-basic mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span6  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<p>The path of Zen starts by dropping thoughts, becoming more and more alert to the thought process &#8212; becoming so aware that in that awareness, in that heat of awareness, thoughts start evaporating and you are left in your total nudity and aloneness. That is the path of meditation; it works through the mind. 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