For wholeness and harmony, we need to hold a balance of the masculine and feminine – a balance of the ‘doing’ and ‘being’ energies. Because our present way of life puts so much attention on ‘doing,’ I have found it hard to give time to being passive. I’ve realized I even ‘do’ meditation! And so I really appreciate the wisdom and, may I say … the permission I received from Osho’s words below.

~ Patrice

“Listening is one of the basic secrets of entering into the temple of God. Listening means passivity. Listening means forgetting yourself completely – only then can you listen.

“When you listen you become just a passage, a passivity, a receptivity, a womb: you become feminine. And to arrive one has to become feminine. You cannot reach God as aggressive invaders, conquerors. You can reach God only … or it will be better to say; God can reach you only when you are receptive, a feminine receptivity. When you become yin, a receptivity, the door is open. And you wait.

“Listening is the art for becoming passive.”

-- Osho