At any moment all of life on this planet can disappear

MAN IS GETTING TIRED of everything old -- the old POLITICS, the old RELIGION, the old SPIRITUALITY, the old SAINTLINESS, the old values. Man is getting UTTERLY BORED.

    The Twentieth Century gave birth to only one philosophical school, and that is EXISTENTIALISM. In existentialism, boredom is the central theme -- not God, not whether existence consists of matter or consciousness, not heaven and hell, not theories about reincarnation, about rebirth. THE MAIN THEME IS BOREDOM.

    It is not a small matter that the best thinkers of this age are finding that man's most essential need today is HOW TO GET OUT OF THIS BOREDOM. That is becoming heavier and heavier, like a black cloud, and destroying all joy; MAKING LIFE MEANINGLESS, creating a situation in which it seems that TO BE BORN IS A CURSE, NOT A BLESSING. The philosophers are saying that life is a curse, a meaningless boredom, an unending anguish which serves no purpose at all. You suffer so much, and you sacrifice so much, and the end result is simply nothing.

    AND THE POLITICIANS HAVE BROUGHT THE NATIONS INTO A STATE OF CONTINUOUS WAR -- sometimes cold, sometimes hot, but the war continues. And scientists have provided the means to DESTROY THIS EARTH AT LEAST SEVEN HUNDRED TIMES. And that calculation of seven hundred times is almost ten years old. Within these ten years, they must have become able to destroy the earth at least seven thousand times --  SO MANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS!

    It is a STRANGE COMBINATION: PHILOSOPHERS GIVING THE IDEA OF SUICIDE as the only way out, out of this mess; AND POLITICIANS CREATING communism, democracy, socialism, fascism, ALL KINDS OF IDEOLOGIES -- not for man, but man is there to be sacrificed for these ideologies. And the scientists have created the right weapons in the right time, so that AT ANY MOMENT ALL OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET CAN DISAPPEAR.

    I don't think it is going to happen, although preparations are complete -- more than complete. IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN -- because life has an intrinsic longing to live forever, to love forever; IT IS NOT DESIROUS OF DEATH. Hence the guarantee of a New Man, a rebellious man who WILL destroy all that which has been bringing man close to ultimate death.

    OBSTACLES ARE GREAT, but THOSE OBSTACLES ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE SIDE. Because they are bringing death to humanity, HUMANITY IS BOUND TO SEARCH FOR A WAY TO SURVIVE. A great rebelliousness is being born against nations, religions, and stupid philosophies like existentialism; against a destructive science and technology, against politicians and religious leaders who are dividing humanity and discriminating between people for no reason at all.

OSHO
The Rebel
Ch #6: Herald a New Dawn
pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium

posted by Subhuti at RiverIIOsho