“The mind is never peaceful; no-mind is peace. Mind itself can never be peaceful, silent. The very nature of the mind is to be tense, to be in confusion. Mind can never be clear, it cannot have clarity because mind is by nature confusion, and cloudiness. Clarity is possible without mind, peace is possible without mind; silence is possible without mind, so never try to attain a silent mind. If you do, from the very beginning you are moving in an impossible dimension.
Watch the mind and see where it is, what it is. You will feel thoughts floating and there will be intervals. And if you watch long, you will see that intervals are more than the thoughts because each thought has to be separate from another thought; in fact, each word has to be separate from another word. The deeper you go, you will find more and more gaps, bigger and bigger gaps. A thought floats, then comes a gap where no thought exists; then another thought comes, and another gap follows.
If you are unconscious you cannot see the gaps; you jump from one thought to another. If you become aware you will see more and more gaps. If you become perfectly aware, then miles of gaps will be revealed to you. And in those gaps, satoris happens. (The meaning of SATORI is sudden enlightenment and a state of consciousness attained by intuitive illumination representing the spiritual goal of Zen.) In those gaps, the truth knocks at your door. In those gaps, the guest comes. In those gaps godliness is realized, or whatever way you like to express it. And when awareness is absolute, then there is only a vast gap of nothingness.
It is just like clouds: clouds move. They can be so thick that you cannot see the sky hidden behind them. The vast blueness of the sky is lost; you are covered with clouds. Then you go on watching: one. cloud moves then another has not come into the vision yet, and suddenly a peek into the blueness of the vast sky.”
Osho, Tantra: The Supreme Understanding, Talk #2
