The Whole Challenge of Life

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"Man is born awake and then he falls asleep. Man is born one and then he becomes many. Man is born individual and then he falls asleep and dreams of being a crowd. This is..."
The Whole Challenge of Life
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"Man is born awake and then he falls asleep. Man is born one and then he becomes many. Man is born individual and then he falls asleep and dreams of being a crowd. This is..."

Osho continues:
"One night, a seeker asked Jesus, 'What should I do to know God?' And Jesus said, 'Unless you are born again, you will not know him.' One has to move to that original space where we were before we were born.

"Legend has it that Jesus refused to learn his alphabet, his letters. He would not allow the teachers to discuss the beta – two – until they could explain to his satisfaction the meaning of alpha – one. and of course they could not explain it. One is the number upon which arithmetic rests; one is the number upon which each individual, the whole of the universe, the concept of God, of reality, rests. And the child Jesus insisted, 'Unless you explain to me what the meaning of one is, I am not going to move to another letter of the alphabet. First tell me what alpha is. Then only am I ready to go to two – the beta.' And because it could not be explained he refused to go to school.

"This is not recorded in the Christian gospels because much is left unrecorded in Christian gospels. But it is one of the oldest Essenes traditions. It has been handed over, this story, from master to disciple down the centuries. It is one of the most meaningful stories about Jesus: his insistence that the one must be known first, because it is the one which is the base of all.

"When you are awake, you are one. When you fall asleep, you become many. Have you watched it? – in a dream you play so many roles simultaneously. In the morning when you are awake, you are one. In the dream you are the dreamer, you are the dreamed; you are the director of the dream, you are the actor, you are the story, you are the stage, and you are the audience too. You become many, you become split, you become a crowd. In a dream, you are no more one. When you are awake, suddenly the director, the actor, the story, the stage, the drama, the audience, the dreamed and the dreamer, all disappear into one unity. Hindus call this whole world a dreamland – maya."
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Publisher Osho International
Duration of Talk 108 mins
File Size 30.04 MB
Type Individual Talks