Life is full of divine glory
But we are unconscious.
We are so deeply asleep
That we go on missing the glory of it.
It is the most perfect existence possible,
The most beautiful, the most magnificent.
It cannot be improved upon.
But we are asleep
Hence we cannot have any connection with it.
It is as if it is spring
And the trees are flowering
And the birds are singing
And the wind is dancing through the trees
And you are asleep.
You will not know the sunrays coming to you
Through the trees
And the beautiful patterns
They are creating around you.
You will not see the flowers, their colours.
You will not see the dance
Of the trees and the wind.
You will not even know that you are in a garden!
You will have no connection with the spring.
You will be enclosed within yourself.
You may be having a nightmare
And you may be suffering in your nightmare.
You may be suffering in your nightmare.
You may be screaming, crying and weeping.
It has no relationship with the reality
Surrounding you.
That's exactly the situation of man.
Existence is always in spring
But one has to be awake
To know it, to feel it, to live it.
And once you have tasted of the joy
That surrounds you, you are religious
Because great gratitude arises in you
And thankfulness and prayer.
OSHO