Out of Emptiness, Fullness is Born
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Osho,
Though your talk was quite serious and deep yesterday, there were strange tickles and laughter arising in me. Somewhere deep within, there was a sense of humor as a subtle undercurrent. Tears often rolled down!
Do the moments of clarity and insight give birth to a sense of humor? And what are the tears?
Though your talk was quite serious and deep yesterday, there were strange tickles and laughter arising in me. Somewhere deep within, there was a sense of humor as a subtle undercurrent. Tears often rolled down!
Do the moments of clarity and insight give birth to a sense of humor? And what are the tears?
Osho,
Though your talk was quite serious and deep yesterday, there were strange tickles and laughter arising in me. Somewhere deep within, there was a sense of humor as a subtle undercurrent. Tears often rolled down!
Do the moments of clarity and insight give birth to a sense of humor? And what are the tears?
Osho continues:
Though your talk was quite serious and deep yesterday, there were strange tickles and laughter arising in me. Somewhere deep within, there was a sense of humor as a subtle undercurrent. Tears often rolled down!
Do the moments of clarity and insight give birth to a sense of humor? And what are the tears?
"They go together; they are parts of one climate – the climate of clarity, depth, height.
"You may be surprised to know that schizophrenics cannot laugh, and a person who cannot laugh has something of schizophrenia in him, is mentally ill. Schizophrenics start laughing only when they are getting out of their schizophrenia. It has been observed that a psychoanalyst can terminate treatment once he sees a schizophrenic laughing. This is a fact of great importance.
"Many so-called saints are really schizophrenic, they cannot laugh. And if you cannot laugh, how can you weep, how can you cry? Both become impossible, and when laughter and crying are impossible, your heart is completely closed. You don't have any emotions, you start living only in the head; your whole reality consists of thoughts. Thoughts are dry: they cannot bring laughter, they cannot bring tears. Tears and laughter come from the heart. Clarity is of the heart, not of the mind; confusion is of the mind.
"So, it has been a good experience: your schizophrenia is disappearing, I can terminate the treatment. Laugh more, cry more, become a child again. Seriousness is your disease: drop seriousness and don't confuse seriousness and sincerity. Seriousness is not sincerity. Sincerity need not be serious; sincerity can have laughter, can cry, and can weep. Seriousness is a blocked stage of mind, a stage where you cannot flow; it is a state of unflowing stagnancy. Serious people are ill people.
"Religion has been destroyed by serious people. There is one thing about serious people that you have to remember: they are very articulate, because they live in the head. They are logic choppers; they can express well. And because they have no heart, because they cannot feel, they are very authoritative. A man of feeling cannot be authoritative – how can compassion be authoritative?
"A man of feeling always hesitates; he cannot make dogmatic statements. The man of feeling whispers, persuades, he cannot convince; he comes indirectly, like a subtle breeze. But the serious person, the person who lives in the head, the schizophrenic, is articulate, verbal, logical, rational, loud, authoritative, and these qualities enable him to gather a following.
"All political leaders are schizophrenic."
"You may be surprised to know that schizophrenics cannot laugh, and a person who cannot laugh has something of schizophrenia in him, is mentally ill. Schizophrenics start laughing only when they are getting out of their schizophrenia. It has been observed that a psychoanalyst can terminate treatment once he sees a schizophrenic laughing. This is a fact of great importance.
"Many so-called saints are really schizophrenic, they cannot laugh. And if you cannot laugh, how can you weep, how can you cry? Both become impossible, and when laughter and crying are impossible, your heart is completely closed. You don't have any emotions, you start living only in the head; your whole reality consists of thoughts. Thoughts are dry: they cannot bring laughter, they cannot bring tears. Tears and laughter come from the heart. Clarity is of the heart, not of the mind; confusion is of the mind.
"So, it has been a good experience: your schizophrenia is disappearing, I can terminate the treatment. Laugh more, cry more, become a child again. Seriousness is your disease: drop seriousness and don't confuse seriousness and sincerity. Seriousness is not sincerity. Sincerity need not be serious; sincerity can have laughter, can cry, and can weep. Seriousness is a blocked stage of mind, a stage where you cannot flow; it is a state of unflowing stagnancy. Serious people are ill people.
"Religion has been destroyed by serious people. There is one thing about serious people that you have to remember: they are very articulate, because they live in the head. They are logic choppers; they can express well. And because they have no heart, because they cannot feel, they are very authoritative. A man of feeling cannot be authoritative – how can compassion be authoritative?
"A man of feeling always hesitates; he cannot make dogmatic statements. The man of feeling whispers, persuades, he cannot convince; he comes indirectly, like a subtle breeze. But the serious person, the person who lives in the head, the schizophrenic, is articulate, verbal, logical, rational, loud, authoritative, and these qualities enable him to gather a following.
"All political leaders are schizophrenic."
| Publisher | Osho International |
|---|---|
| Duration of Talk | 87 mins |
| File Size | 15.15 MB |
| Type | Conversa Individual |
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