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From:The Book of Secrets

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Osho,
Is it not true that an immoral life creates hindrances in meditation?

"What is meditation? It is not your character, it is not what you do. It is what you are."
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Osho,
Is it not true that an immoral life creates hindrances in meditation?

"What is meditation? It is not your character, it is not what you do. It is what you are."

Osho continues:
"The society will help you.

"You can be moral without being meditative, but the immorality will always be just behind you. Just like a shadow it will follow, and your morality will be just skin deep because your morality can only be imposed from without when you are asleep. It can only be pseudo, false, a facade, it cannot become your being. You will become moral outwardly, but inwardly you will remain immoral. And the more moral you become outwardly, the more immoral you will be within – in the same proportion, because your morality is bound to be nothing but a deep suppression. You cannot do anything else while asleep; you can only suppress.

"And through this morality you will also become false. You will not be a person, but simply a 'persona' – just a pseudo entity. Misery will follow, and you will consequently be on the verge of explosion – explosion of all that you have suppressed. It is there waiting for you. And if you are really honest in being moral while asleep, you will go mad. Only a dishonest person can remain moral without being mad. That is what hypocrisy means. Hypocrites just show that they are moral, that they are not, and they find ways and means to be immoral, constantly remaining moral on the surface or pretending to be moral. Then only can you remain sane; otherwise you will go insane.

"This so-called morality leaves only two alternatives. If honest, you will become insane; if dishonest, you will become a hypocrite. So those who are clever, cunning, they are hypocrites. Those who are simple, innocent, who become victims of such teachings, go mad.

"While asleep, real morality cannot happen to you. And what do you mean by 'real morality'? Something which is a spontaneous flowering out of your being, not imposed from without. And real morality is not in opposition to immorality; a real morality is just an absence of immorality, it is not in opposition. For example, you can be taught to love your neighbors, to love everyone, to be loving. It can become a moral attitude, but the hate remains within. You force yourself to be loving, and a forced love cannot be real, cannot be authentic."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 84 mins
File Size 18.51 MB
Type Individual Talks