The Rebel
People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism, a charisma that can take out alive, young people from the traditional imprisonment....
The enlightened man cannot be enslaved - that is the difficulty - and he cannot be imprisoned.... Every genius who has known something of the inner is bound to be a little difficult to be absorbed; he is going to be an upsetting force. The masses don't want to be disturbed, even though they may be in misery; they are in misery, but they are accustomed to the misery. And anybody who is not miserable looks like a stranger.
The enlightened man is the greatest stranger in the world; he does not seem to belong to anybody. No organization confines him, no community, no society, no nation.
Osho The Zen Manifesto
This piece reminds me of my father known as the rebel and peaceful warrior, his country residence was called 'Rebels Rest'.
Love beyond meausre
Kim xx
RE: The Rebel
In the thread, "False Prophets", Roger, who seemed to really know his stuff, delivered a pretty devastating critique of "Osho" aka Rajneesh.
V
RE: The Rebel
well venetian in my experience you and Roger deliver a pretty devastating critique of anyone that you do not agree with. As my son says it is not the messenger that counts but the message being delivered and as Leo says 'do not shoot the messenger'.
and this feels more like the truth to me about the good and not so good aspects of osho's life.
Love beyond measure
kim xx
RE: The Rebel
and for those that are interested here is my critique of Osho's legacy to human kind.
'I have it on good authority he didn't quite evolve to the supreme level and being of a Christal in this last lifetime! It is not what one says that matters it is the actions that accompany the thoughts, words and deeds that really count. He lacked some compassion and to recognise that the box cannot be shifted until it is ready to be shifted and that one cannot force our foot into a shoe that is too small. Temptation of notoriety in the US brought the downfall.
And by their good works we shall know them, but Osho's tree birthed some amazing apples and their seed is of him and their love is from his seed and GOD says this is very good. Each apple now births a new tree, with many branches and many leaves so many more apples may bear fruit. Then more apples fall from the tree to further build the spectrum of light across the planet.'
For those that are interested there is great wisdom in the words of Osho but be warned they do challenge one's comfort zones.
He has my utmost respect as a man that really did try to do his best with the purest of intent but yet the glamour got the better of him. Even Jesus suffered from human weakness as we all do at times. So let us honour the great ones and what they acheived during their lives. Dedicating their lives to helping others raise human consciousness on this planet.
GOD bless him
Kim xx
RE: The Rebel
Apologies. I didn't mean to have a dialogue on this, and have no intention of that, but for the sake of accuracy I must post again in order to correct myself. I thought Roger's post on "Osho" (who fled the USA when he was calling himself Rajneesh) was in the thread "False Gurus". An understandable mistake perhaps. 😀 To correct my error, Roger's informed deconstruction of the Osho myth is on page 1 of the thread, "Sai Baba Documentary". http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=76360
I still never did understand why 89 Rolls Royces were not enough for Osho and he had to take it up to 90. 😉 Maybe he got progressively illumined with each new Rolls, who knows?
So Roger's post, to me, seals the subject. But just one quote from it: "What you tell them is true, but what I tell them (the useful lies) is good for them." Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh 1975
V