Below is Osho’s response to a follower who shares that he feels depressed and self-judging, but does not know why.
“This is the way to remain the same… this is a trick of the mind.
Instead of moving toward understanding, the energy begins to move toward judgment… and change comes through understanding, not through judgment. So the mind is very cunning: the moment you begin to see a fact, the mind jumps upon it and starts judging it. Now all the energy becomes judgment, so understanding is forgotten, put aside, and your energy moves toward judgment… and judgment cannot help.
It can make you depressed, it can make you angry, but whether you are depressed or angry, you never change. You remain the same and move in the same vicious circle again and again.
Understanding is liberating, so when you see a fact there is no need to judge it, there is no need to worry about it. The only need is to look at it deeply and understand it.”
Osho, This Is It!, Talk #5
*Translation from Bulgarian
