Ошо – Человек обычно существует в состоянии сна. он не бдительный, он не осознает, что делает; он даже не знает кто он. He is not conscious of from where he has come and to where he is going. He is an utterly deep, deep slumber.
Meditation is just the opposite of this somnambulistic state. It is bringing in consciousness. It is becoming alert of three things: первый, the body and its activities — because that is the grossest thing and it is easier to become aware of it — second, разум — the thoughts, the desires, the memories — and third, feelings — the sentiments, the emotions… which are the subtlest.
If one becomes aware of these three layers then suddenly the fourth happens of its own accord. You do these three and the fourth simply happens; you have earned it, you deserve the fourth. The fourth means awareness of awareness, it means awareness of your being. And that is the greatest experience in life.
And this is the gracious gift of god — the fourth state of awareness. George Gurdjieff used to call his way the fourth way. His disciple, P.D. Успенский, has written a beautiful treatise; he gave it the name THE FOURTH WAY. But it has been a known secret for thousands of years in the East. We call the ultimate state of meditation, turiya. Тогда человек как маленький ребенок, simply the fourth. We don’t give it a name but a number.
Begin with the body, go to the mind, then to the heart and suddenly you have come to your centre, to your very being. And in coming to your very being you transcend all misery, вся тьма, вся смерть. You transcend both time and space. This is the experience of god. The fourth is nothing but pure godliness.
Source – Osho Book “Just the Tip”
