About courage

THE GREATEST COURAGEOUS LIFE in the world NEEDS TO HAVE THE GUTS TO STAND ALONE without ever bothering about the majority of the world and what their opinion is.

BUT THIS IS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN YOUR REBELLIOUS IDEA IS not borrowed, is not only a thought in the mind but is a realization, A DEEP INSIGHT OF YOUR OWN INTO THINGS.

IF YOUR AUTHORITY IS SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT MUCH COURAGE. If your authority is within you, IF YOU FEEL THAT WHAT YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR IS YOUR EXPERIENCED TRUTH -- and that it is not to destroy the world, but to create a better world, a better humanity, better people, better individuals, better opportunities for growth for all -- then YOU ARE THE MAJORITY OF ONE, AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS THE MINORITY OF FIVE BILLION PEOPLE.

Then it does not matter how many people are against you. IF THE TRUTH IS YOURS, THEN NOTHING MATTERS; no wavering ever comes to you, not even in your dreams. And when I am saying this to you, I am saying this out of my own experience.

Not for a single moment have I been visited by the thought that "Perhaps I am alone, the whole world is against me; and the whole past, millions and millions of people -- if they were alive, they would also be against me." My being alone has never created a single doubt in me, because I am not fighting for anybody else's truth; I AM FIGHTING FOR MY OWN EXPERIENCED TRUTH.

I feel it in every beat of my heart, that EVEN IF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS AGAINST ME, THEN TOO I WILL REMAIN UNWAVERING, UNDISTURBED -- for the simple reason that TRUTH IS WITH ME. They may be a vast crowd, but truth is not with them. And TRUTH IS REAL POWER.

Truth is THE SEED OF FINAL VICTORY. However long it may take, but TRUTH IS GOING TO WIN. The Upanishads have a tremendously beautiful statement, satyame jayate -- "TRUTH IS ALWAYS VICTORIOUS."

It is possible IT MAY TAKE LONG TIME -- you may not be able to see the victory in your own life... perhaps your children, or your children's children. BUT ONE DAY, TRUTH IS GOING TO WIN. Lies can win small battles here and there -- but THE FINAL VICTORY is going to be of THE TRUTH.

This conviction is not a belief. If it is a belief, you will start doubting when you will encounter condemnation from every side, from everywhere. THIS TRUTH HAS TO BE A CONVICTION OF YOUR OWN BEING. Then it does not matter -- EVEN IF GOD STANDS BEFORE YOU AND IS AGAINST YOU, it will not make any change -- because TRUTH IS HIGHER THAN ANY HYPOTHESIS OF GOD.

OSHO
The Rebel Chapter #30
Chapter title: The slavery of marriage [part 2 of 6]

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