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Meditation for Today

“Look At an Object as a Whole”

The Method

Look upon a bowl without seeing the sides or the material.

In a few moments become aware.

Look at anything. A bowl or any object will do, but look with a different

quality.

Look upon a bowl without seeing the sides or the material. Look upon

any object, but

with these two conditions…. Do not look at the sides, look at

the object as a whole. Ordinarily, we look at parts.

It may not be done so

consciously, but we look at parts. If

I look at you, first I see your face, then

your torso, and

then your whole body. Look at an object as a whole; do not

divide it in parts. Why? Because when you divide

something in parts, the eyes

have an opportunity to

move from one part to another. Look at a thing as a

whole. You can do it.

I can look at all of you in two ways. I can look from this

side and then move. I can look at A, then at B, then

I look at C and go on

moving. When I look at A, B and

C, I am not present – or just present on the

fringe, but

not focused. When I look at B, I am leaving A. When I look at C, A

has been completely lost; he has gone out

of my focus. I can look at this group

in this manner,

but I can look at the whole group without dividing it into

individuals, into units, taking it as a whole.

Try it. First look at a thing moving from one fragment to another. Then

suddenly look at this thing as a whole; do not divide it. When you look at a
thing as a whole, the eyes have no need to move. In order not to give any
opportunity for movement, this has been made a condition: look at an object

totally, taken as a whole. And secondly, without seeing the material. If the
bowl is of wood, do not see the wood: just see the bowl, the form. Do not see
the substance. It may be of gold, it may be of silver – observe it. Do not look

at the material of which it is made, just look at the form. The first thing is to
look at it as a whole. Secondly, look at it as a form, not as a substance. Why?
Because substance is the material part, form is the spiritual part, and you are
to move from the material to the non-material. It will be helpful.

Try it. You can try it with anyone. Some man or some woman is standing: look,
and take the man or woman wholly into your look, totally into it. It will be a

weird feeling in the beginning because you are not habituated this way, but it
is very beautiful in the end. And then, do not think about whether the body is
beautiful or not, white or black, man or woman. Do not think; just look at the
form. Forget the substance and just look at the form.

In a few moments

become aware. Go on looking at the form as a whole.

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Do not allow the eyes any movement. Do not start thinking about the material.

What will happen? You will suddenly become aware of your self. Looking at
something, you will become aware of your self. Why? Because for the eyes
there is no possibility to move outwards. The form has been taken as a whole,

so you cannot move to the parts. The material has been dropped; pure form
has been taken. Now you cannot think about gold, wood, silver, etc. A form is
pure form. No thinking about it is possible. A form is just a form; you cannot
think about it. If it is of gold, you can think many things. You would like, you

may like to steal it, or to do something with it, or to sell it, or you can think
about the price – many things are possible. But of pure form, no thinking is
possible. Pure form stops thinking. And there is no possibility of changing from

one part to another; you have taken it as a whole. Remain with the whole and
the form. Suddenly you will become aware of yourself, because now the eyes
cannot move. And they need movement; that is their nature. So your look will

move toward you. It will come back, it will return home, and suddenly you will
become aware of your self. This becoming aware of one’s self is one of the
most ecstatic moments possible. When for the first time you become aware of
your self, it has such beauty and such bliss that you cannot compare it with

anything else you have known. Really, for the first time you become your self;
for the first time you know you are. Your being is revealed in a flash.