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If you follow meditation, one day you will find the beloved has come, he has knocked at the door.

Remember, meditation is not simply a practice; it is an invitation to the divine. It is the quieting of the mind, settling of the dust, so that you become a mirror reflecting the infinite. When Osho speaks of the beloved, he is not talking about a lover in the physical sense, but the essence of love itself – the ultimate truth, the core of your being, the fundamental nature of existence.

Meditation is a journey towards that essence. As you meditate, as you become more silent, more aware, you start dissolving the barriers you have built around your heart, the walls that prevent you from experiencing the totality of your own being. The chatter of the mind is like a constant knocking on the door that distracts you from hearing the subtle knocks of the beloved – truth, love, existence.

When you are deep in meditation, the mind no longer distracts you; the incessant knocking ceases. In that profound silence, you can hear the real knocking. That is the moment the beloved comes to you, not as a person but as an experience of oneness with existence. Suddenly, all separation dissolves. You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the ocean in a drop. The lover and the beloved become one. It is a divine communion, beyond words, beyond thoughts – a merging with the vastness of existence.

This is not a metaphorical knock but a real transformation that occurs within you. It is a homecoming, a realisation that what you sought was always there, hidden beneath the layers of your conditioned self. It is a moment of profound revelation, an awakening to your true nature, which is pure love, pure consciousness.

So understand that meditation is not a doing but a happening. It’s not something you can force; it only happens when you are ready, receptive, and open. The beloved is always there, waiting. Your job is to prepare, to become silent, to become loving, to become the one who can perceive that knock when it finally comes. That is the transformative potential of meditation.