The real abode..

Life is a cyclone - a constant conflict, turmoil,struggle. But it is only so on the surface-just as on the surface of the ocean are waves,maddening noise,constant struggle.But this is not all of life. Deep down there is also a centre-soundless,silent,no conflict,no struggle. In the centre life is a noiseless flow,relaxed,a river moving with no struggle,with no fight,no violence.

You can get identified with the surface, with the outer. Then anxiety and anguish follow. Everyone is identified with the surface and with the struggle that goes on there. The surface is bound to be disturbed,nothing is wrong in it. And if you can be rooted in the centre,the disturbance on the surface will have a beauty of its own. If you can be silent within,then all the sounds will become musical.

Once you are centered you can move to the periphery but you will be totally different. The quality of your consciousness will have changed altogether.Then you can move to the periphery but you will never be the periphery again.Then that is beautiful. Then there is no conflict;it is a game. Then there will be no tensions with in you,no anxiety or anguish around you. And any moment that it becomes too much,you can go back to your source.You will be refreshed,rejeuvenated and you can move to the periphery again.

Once you can relax,nothing can disturb you. Not that the world will change;the world will be the same.But you are not constantly ready to be disturbed. If you are too disturbed or if you are prone to be disturbed that shows only one thing:that you are existing near the periphery-nothing else. It is an indication that you have made your abode near the surface. And that is a false abode because your real home is at the centre,the very centre of your being.

Osho