Alll the great stars come out of nothing and disappear again

I would like to say, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS UTTERLY EMPTY -- but this emptiness is not negative.

    Now even physicists have come to understand... NEW STARS ARE BORN EVERY DAY; OLD STARS DIE EVERY DAY. One can ask, from where do the new stars come...?

    AS FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED, he started creation six thousand years ago and he did his job in six days. The seventh day he went on holiday and since then he has not been seen anywhere. Such a long holiday! One thing is certain: that the world he created must have been created in six days because it is such a mess. You cannot create a better world in six days.

    I HAVE HEARD THAT WHEN HENRY FORD DIED he encountered God -- it is just a rumor, I cannot authorize you to spread it. God asked Henry Ford, "You are a great, intelligent man; you have made such great cars. What do you think of my creation?"
    Henry Ford said, "Just bullshit! Your creation..."
    God said, "You should behave like a Christian! This is not good to use such words. And what is wrong with the world?"
    He said, "Everything is wrong! For example, man has no reverse gear. He cannot go back into childhood, come back again young, go forward and become old and then come back again. An ordinary, intelligent person can understand that a reverse gear would have been of great help. And you have put man's pleasure-point in such an ugly and dirty place -- between two exhaust pipes! And you think yourself a great creator... and anyway, where have you been all this time?"

    But I don't know -- THIS IS A GOSSIP. I don't want to hurt anybody's religious feelings.

    As far as physics is concerned, ALL THE GREAT STARS COME OUT OF NOTHING, AND ALL THE GREAT STARS DIE AND DISAPPEAR INTO NOTHINGNESS AGAIN. For the first time, modern physics has confirmed Gautam Buddha's idea that everything is nothing. Sometimes it takes a form and sometimes it disappears into the ocean of existence.

    JUST LIKE THE WAVES IN THE OCEAN -- in the full moon night they become so tidal... and then they disappear. Just throw a small pebble in a silent lake, and it will create circles upon circles, and again those circles will disappear and the lake will be silent.

    WE ARE MADE OF THE STUFF 'NOTHINGNESS'.

    Nothingness is not nothingness, as it is usually understood; NOTHINGNESS IS THE WOMB OF EVERYTHING. It gives birth to everything and ultimately it goes back to its womb.

    Hence, birth and death both prove only one thing: that existence consists only of nothingness. BIRTH AND DEATH ARE SIMPLY RIPPLES.

OSHO
Turning In
Ch #1: The absolute host
pm in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium