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Osho, I know that you love contradictions. A lot of it I can accept

now as two sides of one coin. But today after lecture some questions

still arose. On the one side you say the good and the bad are two

sides of the same coin and both have to be and the one can't be

without the other. On the other side you want to create a better

world with your sannyasins. On the one side you tell us not to think

in terms of the future. On the other side you are talking about the

coming third world war. On the one side you tell us not to wish

anything. On the other side it seems you want to avoid the third

world war. On the one side you say things are okay as they are, there

is no goal, nothing to achieve, to change. On the other side: what

are you doing here? What are we doing here? I can feel there is an

answer, but I can't point it out. Can you?

 

Osho:

 

It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory.

Existence itself is possible only through contradictions. It is the

mind that has been trained in Aristotelian logic that becomes

disturbed because of contradictions. The Aristotelian logic gives you

a linear mind, a one-dimensional mind. It says: A can only be A and

can never be B, and B can only be B and can never be A, and for two

thousand years our minds have been conditioned by this logic.

 

This logic never had any sway over the mystics, and now even

scientists are escaping from the Aristotelian prison. If you want to

be true to life you cannot be a follower of Aristotle; to be true to

life you will have to say things as they are. If you want to be true

to Aristotle then you will have to repress a few things of life,

deny, at least avoid, not look at them, choose only what fits with

your logic.

 

The whole world has existed up to now according to one-dimensional

logic -- and existence is multi-dimensional, it is rooted in

contradictions. In fact, to call it a contradiction is again to use a

word from Aristotle.

 

The mystics use the word "paradox," not "contradiction." In the very

word "contradiction" there is condemnation: something is wrong,

something has to be put right. But a paradox is a totally different

phenomenon: nothing has to be put right. A paradox is a mystery,

elusive, inexplicable.

 

Existence is a mystery. Mathematics is incapable of understanding it;

mind is utterly impotent in understanding it, because mind knows only

one way. The Aristotelian way is the mind's way. And anybody who

knows life knows that Aristotle has been a calamity, the greatest

that has ever existed in the world. And he is the father of modern

philosophy, the father of modern science! But there are revolts

against him. Mystics have always been revolting, now physicists are

revolting.

 

According to Aristotle there is no mystery: everything is explainable

in logical terms -- that is his fundamental tenet. And my fundamental

tenet is: nothing is explainable in terms of logic. If you try to

explain life in terms of logic you destroy life.

 

It is as if to explain the beauty of a rose you take the rose to the

chemist to dissect it, to analyze it, and to find out where the

beauty is. The chemist is capable of analyzing the rose, but he will

find only chemicals, not beauty. Beauty will evaporate. Beauty was in

the paradox of the rose. It should not be according to logic -- hence

logic is very blind.

 

Your problem, Suresh, is that you suffer from Aristotelitis. It is

one of the most deep-rooted diseases.

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I do not feel there is such thing as right and wrong, black and

white...Everything is a rainbow of sorts and one will take from each experience

what they at the time need in order to learn and gain knowledge which if left to

transmute, transform and transcend will allow one to further in their path. When

we concern ourselves w/right and wrong-we fail to see what it is we are supposed

to learn from the experience and the lesson is "lost" shuffled misplaced....We

are all spiritual beings in human form. I cannot comprehend the whole concept of

linear thinking...It makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever, but am trying

to understand where the people around me are coming from so that I can

communicate w/them..lol If we are to truly be happy we must seek the path of

self knowledge, in knowing ourself we are able to fully appreciate the

interconnectedness and beauty of everything and everybeing around us. In order

to do this we must learn to look beyond the veils of what society has

shown us and not be afraid to question the reality that is made for us. Create

and define reality for yourself. Depending on one's life story it will be

different but that is what makes us Individuals...Just some of my own rambling

thoughts on this one...I do hope they are taken in the proper

context...Brightest blessings and peaceful journeys, Bella

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

neela_tantrik <neela_tantrik wrote:

Osho, I know that you love contradictions. A lot of it I can accept

now as two sides of one coin. But today after lecture some questions

still arose. On the one side you say the good and the bad are two

sides of the same coin and both have to be and the one can't be

without the other. On the other side you want to create a better

world with your sannyasins. On the one side you tell us not to think

in terms of the future. On the other side you are talking about the

coming third world war. On the one side you tell us not to wish

anything. On the other side it seems you want to avoid the third

world war. On the one side you say things are okay as they are, there

is no goal, nothing to achieve, to change. On the other side: what

are you doing here? What are we doing here? I can feel there is an

answer, but I can't point it out. Can you?

 

Osho:

 

It is not that I love contradictions: life is contradictory.

Existence itself is possible only through contradictions. It is the

mind that has been trained in Aristotelian logic that becomes

disturbed because of contradictions. The Aristotelian logic gives you

a linear mind, a one-dimensional mind. It says: A can only be A and

can never be B, and B can only be B and can never be A, and for two

thousand years our minds have been conditioned by this logic.

 

This logic never had any sway over the mystics, and now even

scientists are escaping from the Aristotelian prison. If you want to

be true to life you cannot be a follower of Aristotle; to be true to

life you will have to say things as they are. If you want to be true

to Aristotle then you will have to repress a few things of life,

deny, at least avoid, not look at them, choose only what fits with

your logic.

 

The whole world has existed up to now according to one-dimensional

logic -- and existence is multi-dimensional, it is rooted in

contradictions. In fact, to call it a contradiction is again to use a

word from Aristotle.

 

The mystics use the word "paradox," not "contradiction." In the very

word "contradiction" there is condemnation: something is wrong,

something has to be put right. But a paradox is a totally different

phenomenon: nothing has to be put right. A paradox is a mystery,

elusive, inexplicable.

 

Existence is a mystery. Mathematics is incapable of understanding it;

mind is utterly impotent in understanding it, because mind knows only

one way. The Aristotelian way is the mind's way. And anybody who

knows life knows that Aristotle has been a calamity, the greatest

that has ever existed in the world. And he is the father of modern

philosophy, the father of modern science! But there are revolts

against him. Mystics have always been revolting, now physicists are

revolting.

 

According to Aristotle there is no mystery: everything is explainable

in logical terms -- that is his fundamental tenet. And my fundamental

tenet is: nothing is explainable in terms of logic. If you try to

explain life in terms of logic you destroy life.

 

It is as if to explain the beauty of a rose you take the rose to the

chemist to dissect it, to analyze it, and to find out where the

beauty is. The chemist is capable of analyzing the rose, but he will

find only chemicals, not beauty. Beauty will evaporate. Beauty was in

the paradox of the rose. It should not be according to logic -- hence

logic is very blind.

 

Your problem, Suresh, is that you suffer from Aristotelitis. It is

one of the most deep-rooted diseases.

 

 

 

 

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