Satyam, Shivam, Sundram
7 November 1987 am in Gautam the Buddha Auditorium
Question 1
BELOVED OSHO,
WHAT IS THE MYSTIC CONCEPTION OF ULTIMATE REALITY?
Maneesha, the mystic’s conception of the ultimate reality is the only authentic, real experience. It is
not a thought or a concept, but an existential experience.
But the mystic does not deal with the mind. His whole effort is to get rid of the prison of the mind.
The mystic is not a philosopher; his world is beyond all philosophies. Philosophies are simply byproducts of mental processes. They do not reflect the reality, they only reflect you. That’s why there are so many philosophies in the world, contradicting each other.
The reality is one. How can there be so many philosophies? – there are not so many mystical
experiences. There is only one experience; neither time changes it, nor space. Since millennia,
the mystic in every country, in every race, in every age has experienced the same reality. The
philosopher thinks about reality; the mystic simply drops all thinking. In his silence, utter silence and
serenity, he becomes a mirror, and the reality reflects itself.
The mystic is the greatest flowering of human consciousness. His ultimate vision can be described
in three beautiful words which have been used for thousands of years and there has not been
any improvement on them. They are three words from the ancientmost sources: Satyam, Shivam,
Sundram
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