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You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. You are a part of it! You are not an outsider. You didn't come here by chance, you are needed. Remember: the greatest need in life is to be needed, and if you can feel that all of Existence needs you, you will become unimaginably joyful and vibrant, you will be ≪turned on≫! You will experience the most significant experience, you will feel ecstasy if you can feel that all of Existence
needs you, that you will be missed, that a void will arise if you are not here. You are not superfluous, you are not unnecessary; you have immense significance. Therefore, love yourself. You are needed just as much as trees, flowers, birds, the sun, the moon, and the stars. You must be here, and you have the right to be the way you are. Accept yourself as you are, never feel guilty.
Religions have created a sense of guilt in you, and it is through this that they have exploited you. They create a sense of guilt in you, and then you must go to a priest, you must go to church, to the Temple to pray, because you feel guilty, sinful. They continue to assure you that you are a sinner. But why are you a sinner, why does God continue to create sinners? If that is how he works, then it is his mistake! Why did God create Adam and Eve the way he created them? Why did he order them not to eat from the tree of knowledge? If he hadn't ordered them, I don't think they would have found that tree of knowledge; they wouldn't have been able to find it in the vast garden of Eden. By telling them: ≪Do not eat from the tree of knowledge≫, he made them obsessed with this idea. After that, it became very difficult for them not to taste its fruits. God is responsible – no one else.
Therefore, do not judge anyone, let them follow everything that they feel is right for them. There are no two identical people, so no one path, no one hypothesis is suitable for everyone. That is why I am talking here about Jesus, about Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, Lao-tzu, Chuang-tzu, Dionysius, and Heraclitus. I have spoken about the most diverse mystics. And people think that I am eclectic – no, that is not so. I am simply introducing you to millions of paths to truth, because on each path I see the beauty that other paths lack. Each of them has its own beauty. You will have to choose your own path – you will have to choose. There are millions of options, and it is good that you can choose. When Ford built his first cars, they were all black, and he told customers: ≪You can choose any color, as long as it is black≫. Then what choice remains?
≪...As long as it is black≫. It is good that Existence has so many colors of different shades, different forms, different sizes, with different aromas. This makes Existence multidimensional. ≪...Whatever you imagine it to be≫. Desiderata says nothing to you about God, it simply says: ≪Be at peace with Existence≫. Any hypothesis that helps you to be at peace is good.
Osho
needs you, that you will be missed, that a void will arise if you are not here. You are not superfluous, you are not unnecessary; you have immense significance. Therefore, love yourself. You are needed just as much as trees, flowers, birds, the sun, the moon, and the stars. You must be here, and you have the right to be the way you are. Accept yourself as you are, never feel guilty.
Religions have created a sense of guilt in you, and it is through this that they have exploited you. They create a sense of guilt in you, and then you must go to a priest, you must go to church, to the Temple to pray, because you feel guilty, sinful. They continue to assure you that you are a sinner. But why are you a sinner, why does God continue to create sinners? If that is how he works, then it is his mistake! Why did God create Adam and Eve the way he created them? Why did he order them not to eat from the tree of knowledge? If he hadn't ordered them, I don't think they would have found that tree of knowledge; they wouldn't have been able to find it in the vast garden of Eden. By telling them: ≪Do not eat from the tree of knowledge≫, he made them obsessed with this idea. After that, it became very difficult for them not to taste its fruits. God is responsible – no one else.
Therefore, do not judge anyone, let them follow everything that they feel is right for them. There are no two identical people, so no one path, no one hypothesis is suitable for everyone. That is why I am talking here about Jesus, about Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, Lao-tzu, Chuang-tzu, Dionysius, and Heraclitus. I have spoken about the most diverse mystics. And people think that I am eclectic – no, that is not so. I am simply introducing you to millions of paths to truth, because on each path I see the beauty that other paths lack. Each of them has its own beauty. You will have to choose your own path – you will have to choose. There are millions of options, and it is good that you can choose. When Ford built his first cars, they were all black, and he told customers: ≪You can choose any color, as long as it is black≫. Then what choice remains?
≪...As long as it is black≫. It is good that Existence has so many colors of different shades, different forms, different sizes, with different aromas. This makes Existence multidimensional. ≪...Whatever you imagine it to be≫. Desiderata says nothing to you about God, it simply says: ≪Be at peace with Existence≫. Any hypothesis that helps you to be at peace is good.
Osho