"The mind works like a prism, and when a ray of light enters the prism it is divided into seven colors. Mind is a prism and reality is divided through it."
— Osho (1931-1990)
Author
Date
1974
Metaphor
"The mind works like a prism, and when a ray of light enters the prism it is divided into seven colors. Mind is a prism and reality is divided through it."
Metaphor in Context
The mind works like a prism, and when a ray of light enters the prism it is divided into seven colors. Mind is a prism and reality is divided through it. That is why mind revels in analysis. It goes on dividing things into fragments, and it cannot prevent itself unless there is nothing to be divided anymore. So mind has a tendency to reach to the atomic, the lowest division. It goes on dividing, dividing, until a moment comes when no division is possible. If division is still possible, it will divide still further.
Provenance
Searching GoogleBooks
Citation
Osho. The Book of Secrets: the Science of Meditation: a Contemporary Approach to 112 Meditations Described in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra. New York: McMillan, 2008. Link to GoogleBooks
Date of Entry
12/21/2009
