Feel the satisfaction

Feel the satisfaction

What the Method Is

The core instruction or sutra is: “Wherever satisfaction is found, in whatever act, actualize this.”. This means to fully engage with and become the feeling of satisfaction arising from any act, rather than letting it be a fleeting experience.

How It Is Done

To effectively practise “Feel the satisfaction,” the steps involve:

• Identify moments of satisfaction: Observe and recognise instances where you experience subtle satisfaction in daily life. An example given is the relief and contentment felt after drinking water when thirsty.
• Focus on the feeling, not the cause: Once a feeling of satisfaction arises, “forget the water, forget the thirst” or the external cause of that satisfaction. The emphasis is purely on the internal, subtle feeling itself.
• Actualise the satisfaction: Instead of allowing the satisfaction to be a passing phase, “remain with the subtle satisfaction that you are feeling”. Actively “be filled with it; simply feel satisfied”.
• Become one with the feeling: The goal is to “actualize this, feel it, become one with it”. This means a complete, non-verbal immersion in the state of contentment, transcending any mental analysis or external labels.

Commentaries and Insights

Osho’s commentaries offer extensive insights into the nature and practice of “Feel the satisfaction”:

• Positive approach and reversal of ordinary mind: This technique introduces a “positive approach” and a “total reversal to the ordinary mind and its process”. The typical human mind is often “mischievous” and tends to focus on dissatisfactions and discontent, rarely fully embracing or even noticing moments of satisfaction. This method re-orients the mind towards the positive aspects of existence.
• Windows to existence: Osho explains that every experience is like a “window”. While identifying with pain opens a window to “hell,” becoming one with a “satisfactory moment, a blissful moment, an ecstatic moment” opens a window towards a “greater positive existence”.
• Tantra’s acceptance and amoral stance: This technique aligns with Tantra’s fundamental principle of total acceptance of what is, without moral judgment. Tantra is “amoral”, not concerned with ideals or what should be, but with the direct experience of “what is”. This acceptance leads to a deep relaxation and transformation, as energy is no longer wasted in internal conflict or resistance.
• Not a mental process, but a feeling: Similar to “Self-remembering,” this method is not about verbalising or thinking about satisfaction (e.g., repeating “I am satisfied”). It is a “non-verbal feeling” that transcends intellectual processes and mental repetition, which can often lead to a tranquilised, sleepy state rather than genuine awareness.
• Importance of sensitivity and feeling: For this and other Tantric techniques to be effective, one must develop their feeling dimension and sensitivity. Modern individuals often have “lost feeling completely” and intellectualise experiences, which hinders true transformation. Practising simple acts with full sensation – like feeling water during a shower or listening to sounds without analysis – can re-awaken this crucial sensitivity.
• Indirect approach to bliss: Spiritual phenomena like bliss and enlightenment “cannot be grabbed directly”. They are “by-products” that arise when one is “totally in the act”, absorbed in the doing, rather than being concerned with the result. Being solely focused on the outcome can create a barrier to the experience itself.
• Simplicity and the ego: The apparent simplicity of this technique can be a “deception” that the mind and ego try to dismiss. The ego is often “interested in something which is difficult”, seeing challenges as opportunities for self-validation. However, techniques that don’t appeal to the ego are precisely those that foster genuine spiritual growth and can lead to transformation “in this very moment here and now”.
• Transformation through present awareness: The method helps to bring one into the “here and now”, diverting consciousness from distractions of the past or future. This shift in awareness leads to a transformation, as “the more intense the awareness, the less the possibility for dreaming”. An individual’s current “absent existence” is the fundamental disease, and Tantric techniques aim to make one “more present”.