“Human being has two sides, outer and inner. The outer can be public property, but the inner cannot… Just as seeds need the darkness and intimacy of the earth, so all relationships that are deep and intimate remain internal. In ordinary human relationships, intimacy is necessary… Secrecy has a reason to exist. Remember this, and […]
“The purpose of pain is not to make you sad, remember that. This is where people always miss the point… This pain’s purpose is to make you more alert, because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into the heart and wounds it. Otherwise, they pay no attention. When life is easy, comfortable, […]
“The way of the heart is the way of courage. It is to live in insecurity, it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is moving on dangerous paths. Life is dangerous, and only cowards can […]
“But don’t follow rules imposed from the outside. No imposed rule can ever be right, because rules are created by people who want to control you! Yes, sometimes great enlightened ones appear in the world — like Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed. They did not give rules to the world; they gave their love. But sooner […]
A story told and commented by Osho: “There were two beggars who lived outside a village. One was blind and the other had no legs. One day the forest near the village where the beggars lived caught fire. These beggars were, of course, competitors — of the same profession, begging from the same people — […]
“…your responsibility is only toward your own being. Don’t go against it, because going against it is committing suicide, is being self-destructive. And what is the gain? Even if people respect you, even if people think you are a very sober, moral, respectable man, these things are not going to nourish your being. They are […]
“What is my definition of right? That which is in harmony with existence is right, and that which is in disharmony with existence is wrong. You have to be very alert every moment because it has to be decided every moment again and again. You cannot have readymade answers about what is right and what […]
“Truth is an experience, not a belief. Truth never comes by studying it; truth has to be encountered, one has to face it. One who studies love is like a person who studies the Himalayas by looking at a map. The map is not the mountain! And if you start believing in the map, you […]
A Zen story told by Osho: “Life moves so fast; it is dynamic, not static. It is not a stagnant pool; it is the Ganges, it is flowing. It is never the same for two consecutive moments. Therefore, one thing may be right this moment and may be wrong the next moment. What to do […]
“A King lost his kingdom. Everything went wrong—a drought, an epidemic, and then an invasion. His family died, his people were slaughtered, and he had to flee for his life. On his way to a neighboring kingdom to seek help from a friend, he was captured by robbers and forced into slavery for three years. […]
“A Frenchman was crossing the desert with his Arab guide. Days passed, and not a single day went by without the Arab kneeling on the burning sand to call upon his God. Finally, one evening, the unbeliever asked the Arab: ‘How did you come to know that there is a God?’ The guide glanced at […]
“If you cannot fight with your beloved, if you cannot be angry, then the authenticity of love is lost… If I am angry and I suppress my anger, then when I love, the suppressed anger is present, and this deadens my love. If I have not been true in my anger, in my rage, I […]
