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Chapter 6 - The Irrational Rationalist
all what is truth and is adamant not to listen to anything which can disturb his dogmatic ideas, ideologies.
Now, a few nonserious questions. Question
OSHO, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I AM UNHAPPY. YOU ARE GIVING MUCH
LOVE, BUT I CANNOT TAKE IT. WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE, BUT I CANNOT
FOLLOW IT. I WANT TO BE TRANSFORMED, BUT WHAT IS PREVENTING ME?
I will just tell you one anecdote:
After passing a group of women talking near his church, the minister decided to preach a sermon on gossip.
"Members of the congregation," he began, "as I entered the church the other day prior to one of your Ladies' Aid meetings, in one group someone was saying, 'Mrs. Wilson is a wonderful woman, but ...' At another group I heard, 'Miss Brown is really a nice woman, but ...' At still another group someone was saying, 'The Arnolds seem to be a lovely couple, but ...' And I am telling you right now, that if you are not careful, you are going to slide right into hell on your BUTS!"
Question
OSHO, I AM ALWAYS AFRAID OF WASTING TIME. TIME IS VALUABLE, AND I WANT TO USE IT RIGHTLY. CAN YOU GUIDE ME AS TO WHAT I SHOULD DO SO
THAT NO MISTAKE IS COMMITTED?
First, time is not valuable. There have been people who have been saying "time
is money."
They are neurotic people. They have created much neurosis in the world. Time is not valuable, because eternity is available. There is no end to time and there is no beginning to time. So don't be worried about it. The more you worry, the more you waste. Only an unworried person knows how to live joyously, moment to moment. Time consciousness is a great disease ... and the whole West is suffering from it. And the disease is spreading to the East too. It has even spread to the animals. I was reading one anecdote ...
An old lady kept a parrot which was always swearing. Every Sunday she kept a lid over the cage, removing it on Monday morning, thus preventing the bird from swearing on the Sabbath. On a Monday she saw the minister coming towards the house; so she again placed the cover on the cage. As the priest was about to step into the parlor, the parrot remarked,
"This has been a damned short week!" Osho - The First Principle
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