The Illusion of Information
by Daniel Mitel
“In our very understanding we are free” –Osho
Are Words Just Illusion?
Osho said something really important: we cannot understand more than we experience. Words are just illusions. In other words, we can turn ourselves into great scholars and get a lot of information, but it is still an illusion. People really believe that information is knowledge, but it is not. Information is a memory while knowledge is an experience. A computer is intelligent, but it is not wise.
It is worth saying that the brain always asks, but the heart always listens. The brain is thoughts while the heart is dreams and images. When we are in the brain, we think without interruption. In the brain, what automatically comes to our minds are questions about how to act. When we are in the heart we do not ask anything; we just see and listen. The heart never asks any questions; the heart simply listens and acts.
Once we are in the heart, we see the door, and we move through. As long as we are in the brain, we try to go through the wall, and we continuously hit our heads.
Information – Getting into the Heart
How easy is to get into the heart? Without a doubt, the main obstacle to getting into the heart is the fight with ourselves. We do not trust ourselves. Getting into the heart is easy if we trust ourselves and surrender to the power of the heart.
How can we win without fighting? Well, this is the secret: when we stop fighting, we are able to move like a stream flowing down from the serene mountain to the beautiful valley. If we analyze the tai chi practitioners, we learn the most important thing is to relax, to surrender and let ourselves flow silently. This is the loveliness of feminine energy. It flows, it is soft and gentle.
We might ask ourselves why it is so important to be in the heart and experience, rather than to sit in the head and get only the illusion of words, the illusion of information. The inside of the heart is where the answer is. There is something that will catch your attention. Once you get into the heart and go through this experience, then all of the existence becomes our friend. Our quality of love becomes completely different. It is a state of consciousness that changes our energy completely. We do not merely love somebody in particular. We become love! It doesn’t matter what you do; you are purely unconditional love. And all of the existence gives you abundance.
The Mirror of Our Existence – Celebrate!
We must remember that existence is a mirror: it reflects whatever we do and feel. Existence echoes us. Isn’t that extraordinary? We send a flower and receive a garden! We become so grateful to be alive that every single moment in our existence becomes a celebration.
We have forgotten to celebrate. It is important to see and understand the communities of aboriginals living deep in the middle of nature; they do not need any reason to celebrate; life is enough for them to celebrate. They were kissing the trees, and they were speaking with the animals and each night they would dance until they fell asleep.
Then they would wake up in the morning and work Mother Earth singing happily. All men were kings, and all women were queens. The women never heard about Shakira or Beyoncé and still all of them were dancing and celebrating each moment of their lives. All of them were Shakiras and Beyonces. Isn’t that great?
We were born here to celebrate! We created obstacles, and we now try to overcome them to celebrate. The celebration became a sort of bravery. How do we dare to celebrate? Well, we can celebrate. As Osho said, we do not need to become a Buddha to celebrate. It is exactly the opposite: we can celebrate and then we are already a Buddha. If we can dance and celebrate, we are already a Buddha.
Our entire lives should be one celebration after another. We can dance, run after butterflies, watch a flower, let all of our lives be a wonder. Wonder is even beyond knowledge. It is just now and nothing else. The past, present and future are all happening at the same time. Every moment becomes new, and all life becomes a wonder and a celebration.
About the Author
Daniel Mitel is a world-class master of meditation, helping people understand the intimate connection to their inner selves, utilizing the ancient system of Heart Imagery. Interviewed and published around the world, Daniel’s books, “This Now Is Eternity” and “Heart Imagery: A Path to Enlightenment,” are highly regarded as some of the best meditation and spiritual guide books. Connect with him on Facebook and Twitter, and discover more at www.danielmitel.com, www.heartimagery.org, www.motivate-yourself.org
