You can be with me even in my absence

NOW I CAN BE AVAILABLE not from the outside but ONLY FROM THE INSIDE. And that is a great meeting, of utter fulfillment, of absolute joy. So don't make it a despair, don't fall into anguish. Don't feel that you are far away from me.
 
YOU ARE FAR AWAY ONLY WHEN YOU ARE NOT SILENT. You are far away only when waiting is not there; otherwise you are very close to me. Wherever you are, the silence will join you with me; and your waiting will prepare the whole ground for the meeting, which is nonphysical, nonspatial, nontemporal.
 
Use this opportunity. And remember always that WHATEVER HAPPENS HAS TO BE USED AS AN OPPORTUNITY. There is no situation in the world which cannot be used as an opportunity.
 
You feel sad that you are far away; that is a natural reaction, but not a very alert use of the opportunity. DON'T WASTE IT IN SADNESS. Otherwise despair becomes almost a cancer of the soul.
 
I have been with you long enough, it is time for you to see whether YOU CAN BE WITH ME EVEN IN MY ABSENCE. If you can be with me in my absence, with the same celebration -- however difficult it may seem in the beginning -- you will find a tremendous fulfillment.
 
And the absence will no longer be an absence. YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH MY PRESENCE WHEREVER YOU ARE. It is a question of a certain rhythm -- otherwise two persons can sit together touching each other's body and may be as far apart as distant stars. You can be in a crowd and still be alone.
 
SO THE QUESTION IS NOT OF PHYSICAL CLOSENESS, the question is of understanding what happens in the presence of a Master. Your heart starts beating in the same tune as your master's heart. Your being starts having the same song of silence as the Master's being always has. These are the ingredients that bring you close to him. If you can manage these two things... you may be on another planet, it will not make any difference. It has nothing to do with distance.
 
You have been so long with me, you know perfectly well what happens to you in my presence. Just GIVE IT A CHANCE: close your eyes, sit silently, awaiting the same happening. And you will be surprised that I AM NOT NEEDED TO BE THERE PHYSICALLY. Your heart can beat in the same rhythm -- you are acquainted with it. Your being can be silent at the same depth -- you are well experienced in it. And then there is no distance. Then you are not lonely. You are alone -- but this aloneness has a beauty, a freedom, a deep integrity and centering.

OSHO
The Path of the Mystic
Ch #28: Nowhere to go
am in Punta Del Este, Uruguay