20 Difficult Things to Accomplish in this World by Osho

Author:Osho [Osho]
Language: por
Format: epub
Tags: Espiritualidade, Meditação, Mentalismo, Mente e espírito
Publisher: OSHO MEDIA
Published: 2012-01-24T02:00:00+00:00

Mulla Nasruddin stood quietly at the bedside of his dying father. “Please, my boy,” whispered the old man, “always remember that wealth does not bring happiness.”

“Yes father,” said Nasruddin, “I realize that, but at least it will allow me to choose the kind of misery I find most agreeable.”

That’s what we are doing – trying to find a misery which appears agreeable. That’s your whole search.

Buddha says: It is difficult not to hanker after that which is agreeable. Agreeable or disagreeable is not the point because a dream can be agreeable, a lie can be agreeable, sometimes poison can be agreeable, sometimes suicide can be agreeable – that is not the point. The point is what is real.

The real man endeavors to know the real, and the unreal man tries only to find things which are agreeable, comfortable, convenient. Look, watch out. Don’t go after the agreeable, otherwise dreams will go on pulling you and pushing you here and there, and you will remain like driftwood.

Let your emphasis be on what is real. Even if it is not agreeable, choose the real. Let me repeat it: even if the real is not agreeable to you, choose the real, become agreeable to it. Then only you can come to truth, there is no other way.

It is difficult not to get into a passion when slighted.

Anger is so easy, so mechanical. You need not have any awareness of it, it is robotlike. Somebody insults you, you become angry. Buddha says try – when somebody insults you remain calm and quiet. Don’t miss this opportunity. This is an opportunity to get out of your mechanical world. This is an opportunity to become more conscious. The person is giving you a beautiful chance to grow. Don’t miss it.

Whenever you find an opportunity where it is natural to be mechanical, try to be non-mechanical, become more conscious of the situation and that will become your growth ladder. Somebody insults you. It is very easy to be hurt. It is mechanical, you are not needed for it, no intelligence is needed for it. It is very easy to get into a rage, anger, fire. No intelligence is needed for it. Even animals do it, so nothing is special in it.

Do something special. Remain calm and quiet and collected. Relax, watch inside that the mechanical thing does not possess you. Become a little loose from your mechanical habits and your benefit will be tremendous. You will start becoming more and more aware.

It is difficult not to abuse one’s authority.

Very difficult because in the first place people seek authority just to abuse it.

You have heard Lord Acton’s famous dictum that power corrupts. It is not true. His observation is right in a way, but not true. Power never corrupts anybody, but still Lord Acton is right because we always see people being corrupted by power. How can power corrupt people?

On the other hand, in fact, corrupted people seek power. Of course when they don’t have power, they cannot express their corruption.

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