“Gather all courage and take a jump. Even the dewdrop slipping from a lotus leaf trembles for a moment, tries to hang on a little more, because it can see the ocean below. Once it has fallen from the lotus leaf it is gone….but it is not a loss. It will become oceanic. The ocean of existence is unlimited.” – Osho

Jafree Ozwald – There once was a man who was very passionate about his search to find God. He searched everywhere. For years he looked in churches, mosques, and temples only to find that those places simply deepened his internal search. So he decided to search for those beings who he felt had a “special” relationship with God.

Each person he met only gave him love and a few wise words to reflect upon which only made his yearning burn deeper. Years went by and totally frustrated now, he started to look for God in the not so obvious places.

He looked in the bars, on T.V, movies, in his relationship with his wife, in his bank account, and even far out of town in nature. He searched to the very depths of his own mind and felt that God was nowhere to be found.

Then one day he was out walking his dog in a nearby park and came to the conclusion that this search was utterly hopeless. He would give up his search, it was just too painful. So he decided to just be content with not knowing God and lead a very ordinary normal life. In that moment a miracle happened.

St. Peter instantly appeared before his eyes and showed him a secret backdoor that had a golden staircase which spiraled high into the sky.  St. Peter said that this was a direct path to God’s door and that he could go meet God today!

The man was thrilled. He was overcome with such excitement that he ran up all 10,000 stairs! At the top, completely exhausted, he saw the great Divine Door in front of him with golden light pouring through the edges. The word GOD was written in bold print radiating with Light.

He slowly walked up to the door and was just about to knock when he stopped himself. He wondered if he was just a bit too tired and out of sorts to be 100% prepared to really meet God. He knew God was behind this door, and he wanted to look good, and feel at his best for this amazing encounter. So he sat down and leaned his back against the door to rest.

Many hours had passed and he decided he felt well rested. Yet, during this time he had started to think about all the questions he was going to ask, and then wondered what if God didn’t have time for all these silly questions. So he sat back down and pondered even more about what would be that ONE most important questions he would ask God.

Soon the hours rolled into days, into weeks, months and then years! (being so close to God he was in a place of timelessness so didn’t need to eat, drink or sleep)

Finally, looking back he realized that his life on Earth was almost over and if he didn’t knock now, it would never happen!  However, being steeped for years in hesitation and contemplation his courage to knock had dwindled down to nothing, and he could barely lift his hand. So he yelled out, “God, are you in there?”

He heard a great silence in return. The man waited and waited, expecting God to come out, or at least say something back. There was nothing. Only a deep silence was heard. Yet this silence somehow penetrated every cell in his being.  After much time listening to the depth and stillness of the silence, he felt a deep peace inside.

He realized this was what he was searching for his whole life. This eternal silence was God’s presence, and was within him the entire time.

SF Source Enlightened Messages December 7 2011