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A simple person has never been the goal of society until now. A simple person cannot be a goal, because you are born simple! Every child is simple; they are merely a blank slate. Then parents begin to write on that slate who the child should become. Teachers, priests, leaders—they all continue to insist that you must become someone, otherwise your life will be wasted. But in reality, it is quite the opposite...©
Why has man created so many complexities and why does he not believe in the simple?
The simple is not a challenge to the human ego; the difficult is a challenge, the impossible is a wonderful challenge. To understand how inflated your ego has become, you must look at the difficulties you have decided to fight. The ego is measurable by your ambitions. But the simple does not attract the ego. The simple is the death of the ego.
And man chose complexities even where there was no need for them, for the reason that this allows him to continue growing and feeding his ego. He continues to become more and more important in politics, in religion, in society—everywhere.
All psychology is geared toward making the ego stronger. Even those fools, the psychologists, emphasize that a person needs a strong ego. Therefore, education is programmed to use the carrot and stick method to create ambitions within you, to force you to move in a certain direction. From the very beginning, your parents have too many hopes for you. They think that perhaps Alexander the Great himself was born to them, or that their daughter is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. From the moment of your birth, parents drum it into your head that until you have proven your worth, you are worth nothing. A simple person is considered a simpleton.
A simple person has never been the goal of society until now. A simple person cannot be a goal, because you are born simple! Every child is simple; they are merely a blank slate. Then parents begin to write on that slate who the child should become. Teachers, priests, leaders—they all continue to insist that you must become someone, otherwise your life will be wasted. But in reality, it is quite the opposite.
You are being. You do not need to become anyone else. This is the meaning of simplicity: when you are at ease with yourself, you do not strive to become someone—and such striving never ends.
There is not a single place where you would feel: "Now my journey is over. I have reached the highest peak I sought." No one in all of human history has been able to do this for the simple reason that man walks in a circle. Therefore, someone is always ahead of you in something.
You may become the president of America, but you will feel inferior compared to Muhammad Ali. You do not have that animal strength. Muhammad Ali could give Ronald Reagan a good punch in the nose, and Ronald Reagan would lie motionless on the ground. You could continue the count: one, two, three—Ronald Reagan will not get up to get hit again. He is simply waiting for the count to reach ten so he can stand up and go to the hospital. You may be the prime minister of a country, but upon meeting Albert Einstein, you will feel like a pygmy—not a prime minister, but a pygmy.
Life is multifaceted. It is impossible to strive in all directions and be first in everything. It is simply impossible; existence does not work that way.
The ego is a human disease. Those in power want you to remain sick. They do not want you to be healthy and whole, because your health and wholeness pose a danger to their interests. That is why no one wants to be simple, no one wants to be nobody. And my entire approach is aimed at making it easy for you to be with yourselves, so that you accept your essence.
Becoming is a disease; being is health. But the simple, the whole, the healthy, the full of bliss—you know the taste of none of these. Your society leaves you not a single moment for yourself, therefore you know only one path: the path of the ego. You were told to become Jesus Christ. There are societies that set as their goal that everyone should become a god. This mad world! You need to free yourself from all this programming. If you want to experience pleasure, to relax, to feel the peace and beauty of existence, this false ego must fall away.
I do not want to take anything else from you. I only want to take your ego, which in any case is merely a fantasy. It is not real, so in reality, I am taking nothing from you. And I want to give you that which you are. Of course, I do not need to give this to you: you already have it! You just need to be shaken up and returned to the striking beauty of innocence.
At that moment, you reach the state of a child.
You risk nothing. But you run after a shadow that you can never catch, forgetting all the treasures you brought with you into this world. Death will finish you before your ego is satisfied. Life is short; it should not be wasted on such foolish games.
Osho
Why has man created so many complexities and why does he not believe in the simple?
The simple is not a challenge to the human ego; the difficult is a challenge, the impossible is a wonderful challenge. To understand how inflated your ego has become, you must look at the difficulties you have decided to fight. The ego is measurable by your ambitions. But the simple does not attract the ego. The simple is the death of the ego.
And man chose complexities even where there was no need for them, for the reason that this allows him to continue growing and feeding his ego. He continues to become more and more important in politics, in religion, in society—everywhere.
All psychology is geared toward making the ego stronger. Even those fools, the psychologists, emphasize that a person needs a strong ego. Therefore, education is programmed to use the carrot and stick method to create ambitions within you, to force you to move in a certain direction. From the very beginning, your parents have too many hopes for you. They think that perhaps Alexander the Great himself was born to them, or that their daughter is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. From the moment of your birth, parents drum it into your head that until you have proven your worth, you are worth nothing. A simple person is considered a simpleton.
A simple person has never been the goal of society until now. A simple person cannot be a goal, because you are born simple! Every child is simple; they are merely a blank slate. Then parents begin to write on that slate who the child should become. Teachers, priests, leaders—they all continue to insist that you must become someone, otherwise your life will be wasted. But in reality, it is quite the opposite.
You are being. You do not need to become anyone else. This is the meaning of simplicity: when you are at ease with yourself, you do not strive to become someone—and such striving never ends.
There is not a single place where you would feel: "Now my journey is over. I have reached the highest peak I sought." No one in all of human history has been able to do this for the simple reason that man walks in a circle. Therefore, someone is always ahead of you in something.
You may become the president of America, but you will feel inferior compared to Muhammad Ali. You do not have that animal strength. Muhammad Ali could give Ronald Reagan a good punch in the nose, and Ronald Reagan would lie motionless on the ground. You could continue the count: one, two, three—Ronald Reagan will not get up to get hit again. He is simply waiting for the count to reach ten so he can stand up and go to the hospital. You may be the prime minister of a country, but upon meeting Albert Einstein, you will feel like a pygmy—not a prime minister, but a pygmy.
Life is multifaceted. It is impossible to strive in all directions and be first in everything. It is simply impossible; existence does not work that way.
The ego is a human disease. Those in power want you to remain sick. They do not want you to be healthy and whole, because your health and wholeness pose a danger to their interests. That is why no one wants to be simple, no one wants to be nobody. And my entire approach is aimed at making it easy for you to be with yourselves, so that you accept your essence.
Becoming is a disease; being is health. But the simple, the whole, the healthy, the full of bliss—you know the taste of none of these. Your society leaves you not a single moment for yourself, therefore you know only one path: the path of the ego. You were told to become Jesus Christ. There are societies that set as their goal that everyone should become a god. This mad world! You need to free yourself from all this programming. If you want to experience pleasure, to relax, to feel the peace and beauty of existence, this false ego must fall away.
I do not want to take anything else from you. I only want to take your ego, which in any case is merely a fantasy. It is not real, so in reality, I am taking nothing from you. And I want to give you that which you are. Of course, I do not need to give this to you: you already have it! You just need to be shaken up and returned to the striking beauty of innocence.
At that moment, you reach the state of a child.
You risk nothing. But you run after a shadow that you can never catch, forgetting all the treasures you brought with you into this world. Death will finish you before your ego is satisfied. Life is short; it should not be wasted on such foolish games.
Osho