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.................I have had various situations in my life. But I always felt comfortable. When I was a student, I had to walk four miles to get to the university. And I liked it! Every day I walked those eight miles with great pleasure. After starting work as a teacher, I began cycling to the university. And I liked that too. It didn't matter what the situation was — whether I had a bicycle or a Mercedes-Benz. I felt comfortable. Comfort is a mental attitude, an attitude toward life. There were times when I lived very poorly. When I became a lecturer at the university, I lived in a room without windows or ventilation. I paid twelve rupees a month for it. And I experienced no problems. I even liked it. I extracted everything that was possible from the present moment. I drank it to the bottom. I desired nothing more and lamented nothing. I rejoiced in whatever happened. You cannot say that I am a hypocrite. I have no ideals, I have no categories of "ought" or "should." There is only what is. That is how I live. So, second — the abandonment of notions about oneself. People always have too many notions about who they should be. To be a coward if you want to be brave is terrible. But cowardice is reality. And an ideal is just an ideal, a fantasy. Abandon ideals and fantasies in favor of reality to find unity with yourself. Everything you rejected will return; everything you suppressed will come to the surface. You will feel like a whole.
For example, if I consider myself a "kind" person, I cannot accept or realize anger. "Kind" people do not get angry. To bring unity into my consciousness, I must understand that I am only a practical, momentary reality. Sometimes I am angry, sometimes I am sad. Sometimes I rejoice, sometimes I am jealous. Accept everything that happens. Then you can achieve wholeness. This is the most important thing. My task and goal are to rid you of all ideals. You came to me with ideals; you want me to support them. Perhaps that is why you came here. But that is not my job. My task is exactly the opposite: to help you accept what is and forget all your fantasies. I want you to become more practical and realistic. For you to put roots into the earth — in your thirst, your striving for the sky, you have completely forgotten about the earth. The sky is open only to those whose roots are deep in the earth. A tree, if it wants to grow high into the sky, whisper with the clouds and stars, and play with the winds, must put its roots deep into the earth. So, first — put roots in the earth. The stronger and deeper the roots, the higher the tree. All I am trying to do is help you put roots deep into the soil of truth. Truth is your essence. When this happens, changes will unexpectedly begin to occur; you will start to grow. The ideals that you always strove for and could never achieve will begin to be realized in life. If a person accepts reality as it is, tension disappears. Suffering, anxiety, despair dissolve. When there is no anxiety, tension, schizophrenia, division — joy unexpectedly arises.
Love unexpectedly arises. Compassion arises. This is very natural. The only thing necessary is to get rid of blocks, or ideals. The more idealistic a person is, the more blocks they have. Yes, fear, cowardice, anger bring you pain — these are negative emotions. Only by not rejecting but accepting negative emotions can harmony be achieved. By rejecting negative, painful emotions, you become weaker. You will be in a state of constant internal war, a civil war in which one hand fights the other and in which you simply waste your strength.
You must remember the main point — acceptance of psychological pain opens the gates to moving beyond it. You must accept everything that causes you pain; you must engage in a dialogue with it. It is you. There is no other way to get rid of pain; the only way is to accept it. In this way, you will unlock enormous potential. Anger and cowardice, as well as fear, are energy. Everything that happens to you possesses a huge amount of hidden energy. If you accept it, it becomes yours. You become stronger, you begin to become freer. Your inner world expands. Psychological pain ends as soon as you accept it in all its fullness. Psychological pain exists not because of the presence of what you call "painful." Pain is generated by your interpretation of reality. Try to understand this. Psychological pain is your own creation. It is not cowardice that causes pain, but the idea that cowardice is wrong. Cowardice condemns your ego. From this condemnation and interpretation, pain arises. Cowardice turns into pain. You cannot accept it, you cannot destroy or reject it. Nothing is destroyed simply because you reject it; sooner or later, you will have to face it. It will disrupt your peace again and again. You do not accept the facts of cowardice, anger, fear, sadness. In doing so, you cause yourself pain. Observe yourself. Become a huge experimental laboratory. Just imagine: you are alone, it is dark, there is no one around, you are afraid. You are lost in the jungle; you are sitting in a tree at night. Lions are roaring. You have two options. First — pull yourself together. This is the option where fear causes pain. Even if you keep yourself composed. Second advice: enjoy your fear. Let your fear become meditation. It is natural — dark night, lions roaring, deadly danger lurks. Enjoy it. Turn your trembling into a dance. Trembling, if you accept it, is a dance. You will be surprised: if you become the trembling, the pain disappears.
If you allow yourself to tremble, instead of pain you feel a huge surge of energy. This is exactly what your body wants. Why does trembling occur? Trembling triggers a chemical process in the body. It triggers the "fight or flight" reflex and releases energy. This gives a feeling of an enormous surge of energy. This is an extreme measure. You begin to tremble — it means you are beginning to warm up. That is why you shiver in cold weather. Why do you shiver? After all, you aren't afraid. The body automatically shivers from the cold to warm up. It is a natural reaction of the body. Internal tissues shiver from the cold to warm up. When, feeling the cold, you suppress the shivering, it becomes a painful reaction. The same goes for fear. The body tries to prepare. It prepares you to meet danger. It releases chemicals into the blood. "Fight or flight." Energy will be needed in any case. Observe the beauty of fear. Fear is an attempt to prepare you to accept a challenge. Instead of accepting the challenge and understanding the nature of fear, you reject it. You say: "You, such a great person, are trembling? Remember: the soul is immortal, there is no death. You are an immortal soul — and you tremble? Remember: death cannot destroy you, weapons cannot wound you, fire cannot burn you. Remember this and do not be afraid." You create conflict. To suppress fear, you introduce unnatural ideas into the natural process of fear — you introduce ideals into it. And since this causes conflict, it causes pain. Do not worry whether the soul is immortal or not. Right now, the truth is that you are afraid. Live in the present moment. This will rid you of pain. Fear is a subtle dance of energies. It is not your enemy; it is your friend. But your interpretation of what is happening does you a disservice. The Schism you created between your feelings and your "I" — between your "I" and fear, anger — divides you in two. You become simultaneously the observer and the object of observation; you say: "I, the observer, am here; pain, the object of observation, is there." This duality generates pain.
You are neither the object of observation nor the observer. You are the observer and the object of observation simultaneously. Do not say: "I feel fear." That is wrong. Do not say: "I am afraid." That is also wrong. Say simply: "I am fear. In this moment, I am fear." No duality! By saying "I feel fear," you separate yourself from it; you perceive your fear as if from the outside. This is the basis of duality. Say simply: "I am fear." If there is fear, you are fear. If you feel love, you are love. If anger — you are anger. This is what Krishnamurti says again and again: "The observer is simultaneously the object of observation." The same applies to experiences. Do not create a division between subject and object. This is the main cause of all unhappiness. Realizing everything as it is — is the key to unlocking the secret mystery of your essence. Do not say that this is good, do not say that this is bad. If you say about something that it is good, attachment arises. When you say about something that it is bad, rejection arises. Fear is fear; it is neither good nor bad. Do not judge it.
Osho
For example, if I consider myself a "kind" person, I cannot accept or realize anger. "Kind" people do not get angry. To bring unity into my consciousness, I must understand that I am only a practical, momentary reality. Sometimes I am angry, sometimes I am sad. Sometimes I rejoice, sometimes I am jealous. Accept everything that happens. Then you can achieve wholeness. This is the most important thing. My task and goal are to rid you of all ideals. You came to me with ideals; you want me to support them. Perhaps that is why you came here. But that is not my job. My task is exactly the opposite: to help you accept what is and forget all your fantasies. I want you to become more practical and realistic. For you to put roots into the earth — in your thirst, your striving for the sky, you have completely forgotten about the earth. The sky is open only to those whose roots are deep in the earth. A tree, if it wants to grow high into the sky, whisper with the clouds and stars, and play with the winds, must put its roots deep into the earth. So, first — put roots in the earth. The stronger and deeper the roots, the higher the tree. All I am trying to do is help you put roots deep into the soil of truth. Truth is your essence. When this happens, changes will unexpectedly begin to occur; you will start to grow. The ideals that you always strove for and could never achieve will begin to be realized in life. If a person accepts reality as it is, tension disappears. Suffering, anxiety, despair dissolve. When there is no anxiety, tension, schizophrenia, division — joy unexpectedly arises.
Love unexpectedly arises. Compassion arises. This is very natural. The only thing necessary is to get rid of blocks, or ideals. The more idealistic a person is, the more blocks they have. Yes, fear, cowardice, anger bring you pain — these are negative emotions. Only by not rejecting but accepting negative emotions can harmony be achieved. By rejecting negative, painful emotions, you become weaker. You will be in a state of constant internal war, a civil war in which one hand fights the other and in which you simply waste your strength.
You must remember the main point — acceptance of psychological pain opens the gates to moving beyond it. You must accept everything that causes you pain; you must engage in a dialogue with it. It is you. There is no other way to get rid of pain; the only way is to accept it. In this way, you will unlock enormous potential. Anger and cowardice, as well as fear, are energy. Everything that happens to you possesses a huge amount of hidden energy. If you accept it, it becomes yours. You become stronger, you begin to become freer. Your inner world expands. Psychological pain ends as soon as you accept it in all its fullness. Psychological pain exists not because of the presence of what you call "painful." Pain is generated by your interpretation of reality. Try to understand this. Psychological pain is your own creation. It is not cowardice that causes pain, but the idea that cowardice is wrong. Cowardice condemns your ego. From this condemnation and interpretation, pain arises. Cowardice turns into pain. You cannot accept it, you cannot destroy or reject it. Nothing is destroyed simply because you reject it; sooner or later, you will have to face it. It will disrupt your peace again and again. You do not accept the facts of cowardice, anger, fear, sadness. In doing so, you cause yourself pain. Observe yourself. Become a huge experimental laboratory. Just imagine: you are alone, it is dark, there is no one around, you are afraid. You are lost in the jungle; you are sitting in a tree at night. Lions are roaring. You have two options. First — pull yourself together. This is the option where fear causes pain. Even if you keep yourself composed. Second advice: enjoy your fear. Let your fear become meditation. It is natural — dark night, lions roaring, deadly danger lurks. Enjoy it. Turn your trembling into a dance. Trembling, if you accept it, is a dance. You will be surprised: if you become the trembling, the pain disappears.
If you allow yourself to tremble, instead of pain you feel a huge surge of energy. This is exactly what your body wants. Why does trembling occur? Trembling triggers a chemical process in the body. It triggers the "fight or flight" reflex and releases energy. This gives a feeling of an enormous surge of energy. This is an extreme measure. You begin to tremble — it means you are beginning to warm up. That is why you shiver in cold weather. Why do you shiver? After all, you aren't afraid. The body automatically shivers from the cold to warm up. It is a natural reaction of the body. Internal tissues shiver from the cold to warm up. When, feeling the cold, you suppress the shivering, it becomes a painful reaction. The same goes for fear. The body tries to prepare. It prepares you to meet danger. It releases chemicals into the blood. "Fight or flight." Energy will be needed in any case. Observe the beauty of fear. Fear is an attempt to prepare you to accept a challenge. Instead of accepting the challenge and understanding the nature of fear, you reject it. You say: "You, such a great person, are trembling? Remember: the soul is immortal, there is no death. You are an immortal soul — and you tremble? Remember: death cannot destroy you, weapons cannot wound you, fire cannot burn you. Remember this and do not be afraid." You create conflict. To suppress fear, you introduce unnatural ideas into the natural process of fear — you introduce ideals into it. And since this causes conflict, it causes pain. Do not worry whether the soul is immortal or not. Right now, the truth is that you are afraid. Live in the present moment. This will rid you of pain. Fear is a subtle dance of energies. It is not your enemy; it is your friend. But your interpretation of what is happening does you a disservice. The Schism you created between your feelings and your "I" — between your "I" and fear, anger — divides you in two. You become simultaneously the observer and the object of observation; you say: "I, the observer, am here; pain, the object of observation, is there." This duality generates pain.
You are neither the object of observation nor the observer. You are the observer and the object of observation simultaneously. Do not say: "I feel fear." That is wrong. Do not say: "I am afraid." That is also wrong. Say simply: "I am fear. In this moment, I am fear." No duality! By saying "I feel fear," you separate yourself from it; you perceive your fear as if from the outside. This is the basis of duality. Say simply: "I am fear." If there is fear, you are fear. If you feel love, you are love. If anger — you are anger. This is what Krishnamurti says again and again: "The observer is simultaneously the object of observation." The same applies to experiences. Do not create a division between subject and object. This is the main cause of all unhappiness. Realizing everything as it is — is the key to unlocking the secret mystery of your essence. Do not say that this is good, do not say that this is bad. If you say about something that it is good, attachment arises. When you say about something that it is bad, rejection arises. Fear is fear; it is neither good nor bad. Do not judge it.
Osho