Art making Quote by Osho
““Prem means love, yoga means union - love union. And that is the goal, the target, for you. Start making as many contacts with existence as possible, wherever possible. Sitting by a tree, hug the tree and feel that you are meeting and merging with the tree; let there be a union of energies. Swimming in water, close your eyes and feel you are melting into water; let there be a union. And so on and so forth. Find out ways and means wherever you can relax and unite with something. The more you unite your energy with some other energy, in any form - a cat, a dog, a man, a woman, a tree - the closer home you will be. This is going to be your work; and it is pleasant work, it is ecstatic work. Once you have come to feel it, once you have come to know the knack of it, you will be surprised at how much you have missed in your life. Each tree that you have passed could have given you a great orgasm, and each experience - a sunset, a sunrise, the moon, the clouds in the sky, the grass on the earth - all those things could have become great ecstatic experiences again and again. Lying down on the lawn, feel you are becoming one with the earth. Melt into the earth, disappear into it; let the earth penetrate you. This is your meditation: attain to yoga, to union, through as many ways as possible. That's why sometimes it happens that lovers come to know of meditation in deep orgasm. That is one of the ways of creating union, but that is only one of the ways; there are millions. If one goes on searching there is no end to it.””
About This Quote
Source Speech: Lectures on Yoga and Meditation, 1970s
The passage describes yoga as a practice of merging one's energy with all aspects of existence to achieve ecstatic unity.
In simple terms: Yoga is about uniting with everything around you.
Seek union with nature and beings.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- nature walks
- pet interaction
- water immersion
- tree hugging
- quiet contemplation
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What simple practices can foster a sense of unity?
- How does feeling one with nature impact wellbeing?
Union may be idealized and difficult to sustain in daily life.