OSHO International Foundation presents
Strange Ideas About Enlightenment
Osho responds to the religious belief and projection that an enlightened person is "all knowing".
But aren't you going to have quite a hard time convincing those authorities
that as an enlightened man you didn't know this was happening?
There is no
reason for an enlightened man
to know these things, that they are happening.
It is not part of enlightenment.
People have strange ideas about enlightenment.
Enlightenment simply means I know myself.
It does not mean that I know that my room is bugged.
Enlightenment and bugging has no relationship.
It will be good for you, rather than asking about
enlightened people
and worrying about what they are doing
and why they are doing it...
The simple way is: become enlightened and you will know!
Between enlightenment and the state of unenlightenment,
it is a very long distance call.
And languages are different:
something is said, something else is heard --
and this has been going on for centuries,
misunderstanding upon misunderstanding.
The phone rang
at the maternity hospital
and an excited voice at the other end of the line said,
"Send an ambulance quickly.
My wife Maureen is about to have a baby!"
"Calm down," replied the nurse.
"Tell me, is this her first baby?"
"No," said Paddy, "this is her husband speaking."
Paddy was very ill,
ill indeed, so Maureen sent for the doctor.
After a brief examination the doctor announced that Paddy was dead.
"I am not," said Paddy from his bed.
"Be quiet," said Maureen.
"Do you think you know better than the doctor?"
"My wife, Bridget,"
Sean confided to Paddy, "is an angel."
"You are lucky," said Paddy, "my wife Maureen is still alive."
Hymie Goldberg was having his first
session with the psychoanalyst.
"Do you cheat on your wife?" asked the shrink.
"My God," said Hymie, "who else could I cheat on?"
A Californian psychiatrist
was driving along in his car,
when he saw a man lying on the sidewalk.
He stopped his car and got out.
It turned out the man had been mugged
and left for dead.
"Quick," said the shrink,
"tell me who did this to you;
he needs help immediately!"
An Indian businessman
who has made millions after a childhood of poverty
was on his deathbed giving advice to his son.
"Listen, son," he said,
"I won my success
to two principles --
honesty and wisdom.
Honesty is if you promise
to deliver some goods, no matter what happens,
even if it means bankruptcy, deliver!"
"I will try to remember, father," replied the boy.
"And what about wisdom?"
"Wisdom is simple, my boy,"
continued the father. "Never make any promises."
From the place you are,
don't be worried about actions
of people
who are existing on a totally different plane.
If you really want to understand them,
reach to the same consciousness
and you will understand without fail.
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