Search Within-Osho

Anecdotes

oi-Priya Devi

By Priya Devi

Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:30

To search within is the key to spiritual awakening. A short story, a Sufi story narrated by Osho about the Sufi mystic Rabia conveys the truth.

Once as dusk was falling, Rabia, the old mystic was found searching for something on the street. Though she was of a crazy temperament, the people loved her and so opted to help her.

“You seem to have lost something. What are you searching?"

“Oh I am searching for my lost needle," said Rabia

The gathered group set off to look for the lost needle immediately.

One man asked, “Which is the exact spot where you have lost it? It will be easier to find"

Rabia answered, “Don't ask me that for I have lost it inside my house and not outside"

The crowd was baffled. “What! you have lost it inside your house? Then why are you searching outside you crazy woman?"

Rabia said, “You see there is only darkness inside the house and I do not have a lamp. Hence I am looking for it outside as the sun has not set completely!"

“How can you ever find the needle outside that you have lost inside your house? You could have borrowed a lamp from one of us"

Rabia was quick, “Oh you are all so wise! Then why are you seeking outside instead of searching within? I was just trying to follow your ways. I am aware that there is darkness inside. If only you can borrow a lamp from me and search within!"

Osho says that no one who has searched outside has ever found their lost being, bliss or God. The bliss of the being is found only when searched within. Osho says that one deep look inwards is enough to bring about a shift in the attention for transformation.