Man Is an Adventure

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From:The Divine Melody

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It seems man has fallen. It seems there has not been an evolution; man has not progressed -- just the contrary. If you look at the animals it is natural to be tempted by their silence, by their acceptance, by the peace that surrounds their being.
Man Is an Adventure
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It seems man has fallen. It seems there has not been an evolution; man has not progressed -- just the contrary. If you look at the animals it is natural to be tempted by their silence, by their acceptance, by the peace that surrounds their being.

Osho continues:
"Before these three hundred years Christianity was teaching to the world that man has fallen from God, and there is no evolution – rather, a sort of involution: man has not evolved but has fallen into dark dismal depths of sin. both attitudes are extremist: the pendulum moved from the Christian attitude to the scientific attitude. Science still remains a Christian endeavor, a reaction.

"In the East we have looked at things in a totally different manner. The first thing to be remember is: man is higher than animals and still man has fallen. This will look paradoxical. But the East says man has fallen because he is higher. Only the high can fall: if you are not high, where are you going to fall to? The animals cannot fall – there is nowhere to fall to.

"When you move on heights you are taking a risk. A man who moves on plain ground cannot fall but a man who goes climbing mountains is always in danger of falling. Animals cannot fall because they have no consciousness yet. Animals cannot commit sin because to commit sin one needs to be aware. To go astray one needs freedom; to do wrong one needs a certain growth capacity, a certain power. Only those people who are capable of doing right can do wrong. Only those people who can rise can fall. The sinners and the saints are not separate – the saint is possible because sin is possible.

"No animal is a sinner but no animal is a saint either. Have you ever heard of any animal becoming a Buddha or a Christ? Yes, they are not Judases, they are not Adolph Hitlers, they are not Joseph Stalins – right – but nobody is born in the world of animals as a Buddha either. Man is an adventure: risky of course, very risky, dangerous. Man is trying to rise higher and higherand the more you rise, the more is the possibility to fall. The higher the peak, the deeper will be the valley surrounding it. Around an animal there is no valley; with man there is a valleyand the greater the man, the greater the valley, remember."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 100 mins
File Size 28.44 MB
Type Individual Talks