The New Man will not be like me in the sense that he will not be my carbon copy. But in a way, in a very different way, he will be like me. I am independent; he will be independent. I am my own self; he will be his own self. I HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED ANYTHING JUST AS A BELIEF UNLESS I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. Then there is no question of belief -- I know it. So either I know something or I don't know, there is nothing in between.
THE BELIEVER is in between. HE DOES NOT KNOW, YET HE PRETENDS TO KNOW. You will find all these hypocrites assembled in churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, all over the world. They don't know God, and they are praying to him. They don't know that any prayer has ever been heard, and still they are praying. They don't know that any prayer has ever been answered, but still they are praying.
THE NEW MAN WILL BE A SEEKER, NOT A BELIEVER. He will trust in inquiry, in doubt -- and doubt is the only method that can lead you to the truth. Belief is a barrier, not a bridge. NO BELIEVER HAS EVER KNOWN THE TRUTH. His belief never allowed him to inquire.
So in a very different sense, the New Man will be like me. I HAVE DOUBTED EVERYTHING. I have never accepted anything because it is written in the holy scriptures, because the great founders of religions have said it, because great saints verify it. I have insisted my whole life that NOTHING ELSE CAN PROVE IT TO ME, EXCEPT MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
And when it comes as your own experience, IT BRINGS TREMENDOUS REJOICING, GREAT BLESSINGS, FLOWERING. Your being finds its home. The wandering is finished, you have arrived.
NOW MY WANDERING AND YOUR WANDERING WILL BE DIFFERENT. The point where I started and the point where you will start will be different. I will arrive to my own innermost core; you will arrive to your innermost core. The ultimate experience of blossoming will be the same, but the paths will be totally different. EVERYBODY HAS TO SEARCH AND SEEK IN HIS OWN WAY.
THE WAY TO TRUTH is just like the sky. The bird flies, but leaves no footprints. YOU CANNOT FOLLOW, there are no footprints. The inner sky is exactly the same, and everybody has to find his own way. It will be better to say the NEW MAN MAKES HIS WAY.
HE DOES NOT MOVE ON A READY-MADE WAY. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism... these are ready-made ways, super-highways, comfortable -- you need not bother -- BUT THEY GO NOWHERE! They go round and round... around the earth. You can go on moving on them for millions of lives, and you will never reach to your own being -- because that way is not connected to you; it is not yours.
THE REAL SEEKER STEPS OUT FROM ALL THESE READY-MADE WAYS. He moves into the unknown. It is great excitement, great ecstasy.
And every step that brings you closer to home also brings you peace that you have not known before, brings you love and compassion that are absolutely unknown to you. Closer and closer... and you start feeling a new music, a new poetry, a new song arising out of your own heart. Your every heartbeat becomes music.
These are the signs that HOME IS COMING CLOSER... Your whole being becomes harmonious; you can feel in yourself a new coolness, freshness, aliveness -- indications that the source of life is not far away. And when you are just coming, maybe a few more steps, suddenly your walk is no more a walk, it becomes a dance. NOBODY HAS REACHED INTO HIS BEING IN ANY OTHER WAY EXCEPT DANCING. It is not up to you. Your feet start feeling the dance. The whole milieu around you makes you thrive, thrilled!
Yes, I AM THE NEW MAN, and I am preparing the way for you to become the new man. That's why I go on insisting that you keep yourself intelligent, meditative, silent. KEEP YOURSELF ALERT, AWARE.
AND CHANGE EVERY STONE ON THE PATH INTO A STEPPING-STONE. Don't think that, "Now the stone is blocking the way." No stone blocks the way. You just have to know that every stone can be turned into a stepping-stone.
OSHO
The Last Testament
Vol 3, Ch #1: The end of heroes
pm in Sanai Grove
THE BELIEVER is in between. HE DOES NOT KNOW, YET HE PRETENDS TO KNOW. You will find all these hypocrites assembled in churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, all over the world. They don't know God, and they are praying to him. They don't know that any prayer has ever been heard, and still they are praying. They don't know that any prayer has ever been answered, but still they are praying.
THE NEW MAN WILL BE A SEEKER, NOT A BELIEVER. He will trust in inquiry, in doubt -- and doubt is the only method that can lead you to the truth. Belief is a barrier, not a bridge. NO BELIEVER HAS EVER KNOWN THE TRUTH. His belief never allowed him to inquire.
So in a very different sense, the New Man will be like me. I HAVE DOUBTED EVERYTHING. I have never accepted anything because it is written in the holy scriptures, because the great founders of religions have said it, because great saints verify it. I have insisted my whole life that NOTHING ELSE CAN PROVE IT TO ME, EXCEPT MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
And when it comes as your own experience, IT BRINGS TREMENDOUS REJOICING, GREAT BLESSINGS, FLOWERING. Your being finds its home. The wandering is finished, you have arrived.
NOW MY WANDERING AND YOUR WANDERING WILL BE DIFFERENT. The point where I started and the point where you will start will be different. I will arrive to my own innermost core; you will arrive to your innermost core. The ultimate experience of blossoming will be the same, but the paths will be totally different. EVERYBODY HAS TO SEARCH AND SEEK IN HIS OWN WAY.
THE WAY TO TRUTH is just like the sky. The bird flies, but leaves no footprints. YOU CANNOT FOLLOW, there are no footprints. The inner sky is exactly the same, and everybody has to find his own way. It will be better to say the NEW MAN MAKES HIS WAY.
HE DOES NOT MOVE ON A READY-MADE WAY. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism... these are ready-made ways, super-highways, comfortable -- you need not bother -- BUT THEY GO NOWHERE! They go round and round... around the earth. You can go on moving on them for millions of lives, and you will never reach to your own being -- because that way is not connected to you; it is not yours.
THE REAL SEEKER STEPS OUT FROM ALL THESE READY-MADE WAYS. He moves into the unknown. It is great excitement, great ecstasy.
And every step that brings you closer to home also brings you peace that you have not known before, brings you love and compassion that are absolutely unknown to you. Closer and closer... and you start feeling a new music, a new poetry, a new song arising out of your own heart. Your every heartbeat becomes music.
These are the signs that HOME IS COMING CLOSER... Your whole being becomes harmonious; you can feel in yourself a new coolness, freshness, aliveness -- indications that the source of life is not far away. And when you are just coming, maybe a few more steps, suddenly your walk is no more a walk, it becomes a dance. NOBODY HAS REACHED INTO HIS BEING IN ANY OTHER WAY EXCEPT DANCING. It is not up to you. Your feet start feeling the dance. The whole milieu around you makes you thrive, thrilled!
Yes, I AM THE NEW MAN, and I am preparing the way for you to become the new man. That's why I go on insisting that you keep yourself intelligent, meditative, silent. KEEP YOURSELF ALERT, AWARE.
AND CHANGE EVERY STONE ON THE PATH INTO A STEPPING-STONE. Don't think that, "Now the stone is blocking the way." No stone blocks the way. You just have to know that every stone can be turned into a stepping-stone.
OSHO
The Last Testament
Vol 3, Ch #1: The end of heroes
pm in Sanai Grove
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