"Meditation
is a death – death of all that you are now. Of course there will be a
resurrection, but that will be a totally new, fresh original being which you
are not even aware is hidden in you.
"It
happens in poetry, in music, in dance, only for a small moment that you slip
out of your personality and touch your individuality. But only because it
happens for a small moment, you are not afraid; you always come back.
"In
meditation, once you are gone in, you are gone in. Then, even when you
resurrect you are a totally different person. The old personality is nowhere to
be found. You have to start your life again from abc. You have to learn
everything with fresh eyes, with a totally new heart.
That's why meditation
creates fear."
Osho, Rinzai:
Master of the Irrational, Talk #1
