dieper ik (3)

The first thing is... 

that you have the guide within you. 

But you don't use it... And you have not used it for so long, for so many lives, that you may not even be aware that a guide exists within you. 

I was reading Castaneda's book... 

His master, Don Juan, gives him a beautiful experiment to do. It is one of the oldest experiments... On a dark night, on a very hilly track, dangerous, without any light, Castaneda's master said: "You simply believe in the inner guide and start running!" 

It was dangerous. 

It was a hilly track, unknown, with trees, bushes, abysses. He could fall anywhere. Even in the daylight, he had to be alert walking there, and at night everything was dark. He could not see anything, and his master said: "Don't walk, run!" 

He couldn't believe it! 

It was simply suicidal. 

He became scared - but the master rán. He ran off just like a wild animal. And came running back. And Castaneda could not understand how he was doing it. Not only was he running in this darkness, but each time he came running directly to him, as if he could see. 

Then, by and by, Castaneda gathered courage. 

If this old man could do this, why not he? 

He tried. 

And, by and by, he felt an inner light coming in. 

Then he started running...

~osho~

vigyan bhairav tantra

(1972) - vol.ii, ch.37