So Mulla Nasrudine finally sits down and writes his will, because to be in accordance with the law everybody needs to have a will. So he sits down and he writes it. He wrote, “I have nothing. Let all the nothing that I have go to all my dependents.” He listed them all out. “Then,” …
Apr 1 2023 - Mulla's Inheritance Nothingness
Published: Sat, 04/01/23
Yesterday was about nothing
Yesterday’s Mulla Nasrudine story was about nothing. This is my favorite subject: nothing. If you really understand this, then you’ll know how to look inside and find nothing. Mulla has nothing and yet he’s dividing nothing up between everybody else… and whatever’s left over will go to the poor. That’s quite ridiculous but it gets …
How do you divide nothing?
How do you divide up nothing? You can’t. There’s nothing there. You divide it by anything and it’s still nothing. That’s the secret of Mulla Nasrudine’s inheritance.
I love talking about nothing
I love talking about nothing, about zero. The reason for that is because it is the best way that I know to help you see who you are. This is because that was my experience. When I finally looked inside myself I saw that there was nothing there. Then there was no division. No division …
The Good Doctor
So Mulla Nasrudine is at the doctor. The doctor looks at him and says, “Mulla. It’s not looking good. You are in bad shape. You don’t have long to live. Have you written your will?” Mulla looks at the doctor and says, “Oh yes. I have my will. Everything that I own goes to the …
Bliss can be sad
Bliss can be sad. Bliss (Ananda) includes everything, so it can be angry. It can be sad. It can be anything.
Changing the conversation
So my teacher, Osho, did lots of stuff that didn’t really work out all that well. But one of the things that he did do, that I think is a huge breakthrough in the conversation about Enlightenment, in the searching for awareness, in all non-dual studies, and all Zen studies, is that he talked directly …
