Yes, it is good once in a while to move into the mountains, it is beautiful. But to become addicted, to start thinking of renouncing the world is utterly wrong--because it is in the storms of the world that integrity arises. It is in the challenges of the world that you crystilise. Lu-tsu says: Accept the situation you are in. It must be the right situation for you; that's why you are in it.
Existence cares for you. It is given to you not without any reason.
It is not accidental; nothing is accidental. Whatsoever is your need is given to you. If it were your need to be in the Himalayas, you would have been in the Himalayas. And when the need arises, you will find that either you go to the Himalayas or the Himalayas come to you.
It happens... when the disciple is ready, the Master arrives. And when your inner silence is ready, God arrives. And whatsoever is needed on the path is always supplied. Existence cares, mothers.
So don't be worried. Rather, use the opportunity. This challenging world, this constant turmoil on the outside, has to be used. You have to be a witness to it. Watch it. Learn how not to be affected by it.
Learn to remain unaffected, untouched by it, like a lotus leaf in water. And then you will be grateful, because it is only by being watchful of all the turmoil that one day suddenly, "the gods are in the valley". You see the marketplace disappearing far away, becoming an echo. That is real growth.
And if you can rightly be medatitve in the ordinary occupations of life,their is nothing which cannot happen to you. The light will start circulating; you just be watchful. Meditate in the morning and then keep close to your center. Go into the world but keep close to your center, go on remembering yourself. Remain conscious of what you are doing.... And when things arise, act, but don't get identified in the act. Remain a spectator. Do whatsoever is needful, just like a reflex. Do whatsoever is needful, but don't become a doer, don't get involved in it. Do it, and be finished with it--like a reflex.
~OSHO~ The Secret Of Secrets Vol II
