The Miracle
“One of the most important things to be understood is that language goes on changing with time. What looked very significant one thousand years ago will not look very significant now. What was thought to be very profound in the times of Gautam Buddha will be thought to be childish today.
“Talking on these ancient masters I am in a constant difficulty because their language does not belong with contemporary intelligence. I have to bring the essence into a contemporary context, otherwise it will look just mythological – talking about nonsense. Perhaps it was possible for the primitive man not to object to it, but for the modern mind it is impossible not to object.
“And the master’s whole status is that he should be in a position where your trust deepens and is not disturbed. If the master disturbs your trust he is taking you farther away from yourself, because your undisturbed being – settled, centered, at home – is the realization of truth.
“So I have to be very careful with all these old masters. They use the language of their times. It was perfectly right then, and today the essence is perfectly right, but the language is no longer relevant. It is true about all the masters I will be speaking to you about.” Osho
Publisher | Osho Media International |
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Type | Series of Talks |
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