नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।
पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।।
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।
- Remaining absorbed in the Self, the knower of Reality should think, ‘I certainly do not do anything’, even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, speaking, releasing, holding, opening, and closing the eyes—remembering that the organs function in relation to the objects of the organs.
- Remaining absorbed in the Self, the knower of Reality should think, ‘I certainly do not do anything’, even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, speaking, releasing, holding, opening, and closing the eyes—remembering that the organs function in relation to the objects of the organs.
Osho’s Commentary
The one who knows the truth—the tattvavit—even while engaged in all the activities of life, from seeing and hearing to speaking and breathing, remains convinced of one thing: “I am not the doer.” This is the great shift in consciousness. The ignorant man thinks, “I am seeing, I am hearing, I am walking.” The wise man knows that the senses are simply functioning according to their nature. The eyes are instruments for seeing; the ears are instruments for hearing. It is a mechanical process, a play of nature. The real “I”, the pure consciousness, is just a witness. It is a profound state of dis-identification. You are in the body, but you are not the body. You are using the senses, but you are not the senses. You are a detached observer, a watcher on the hills. For such a person, action continues, but the bondage of action disappears, because the actor is no more.