The Messiah, Vol 2

Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet

Talks given from 20/01/87 am to 10/02/87 am English Discourse series

1 In this silence

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 In this silence 20 January 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND AN ORATOR SAID, SPEAK TO US OF FREEDOM. AND HE ANSWERED: AT THE CITY GATE AND BY YOUR FIRESIDE I HAVE SEEN YOU PROSTRATE YOURSELF AND WORSHIP YOUR OWN FREEDOM, EVEN AS SLAVES HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE A TYRANT AND PRAISE HIM THOUGH HE SLAYS THEM. AY, IN THE GROVE OF THE TEMPLE AND IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITADEL I HAVE SEEN THE FREEST AMONG YOU WEAR THEIR FREEDOM AS A YOKE AND A HANDCUFF....

10 Evil is nothing but an absence of good

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Evil is nothing but an absence of good 3 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND ONE OF THE ELDERS OF THE CITY SAID, SPEAK TO US OF GOOD AND EVIL. AND HE ANSWERED: OF THE GOOD IN YOU I CAN SPEAK, BUT NOT OF THE EVIL. FOR WHAT IS EVIL BUT GOOD TORTURED BY ITS OWN HUNGER AND THIRST?...

11 Only a question of awareness

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 Only a question of awareness 3 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, YOU ARE GOOD WHEN YOU ARE FULLY AWAKE IN YOUR SPEECH. YET YOU ARE NOT EVIL WHEN YOU SLEEP WHILE YOUR TONGUE STAGGERS WITHOUT PURPOSE. AND EVEN STUMBLING SPEECH MAY STRENGTHEN A WEAK TONGUE. YOU ARE GOOD WHEN YOU WALK TO YOUR GOAL FIRMLY AND WITH BOLD STEPS....

12 The silent gratitude

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 The silent gratitude 4 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN A PRIESTESS SAID, SPEAK TO US OF PRAYER. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: YOU PRAY IN YOUR DISTRESS AND IN YOUR NEED; WOULD THAT YOU MIGHT PRAY ALSO IN THE FULLNESS OF YOUR JOY AND IN YOUR DAYS OF ABUNDANCE. FOR WHAT IS PRAYER BUT THE EXPANSION OF YOURSELF INTO THE LIVING ETHER?...

13 The seed of blissfulness

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 The seed of blissfulness 4 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN A HERMIT, WHO VISITED THE CITY ONCE A YEAR, CAME FORTH AND SAID, SPEAK TO US OF PLEASURE. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: PLEASURE IS A FREEDOM-SONG, BUT IT IS NOT FREEDOM. IT IS THE BLOSSOMING OF YOUR DESIRES, BUT IT IS NOT THEIR FRUIT. IT IS A DEPTH CALLING UNTO A HEIGHT, BUT IT IS NOT THE DEEP NOR THE HIGH....

14 A dewdrop cannot offend the ocean

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 A dewdrop cannot offend the ocean 5 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND SOME OF YOUR ELDERS REMEMBER PLEASURES WITH REGRET LIKE WRONGS COMMITTED IN DRUNKENNESS. BUT REGRET IS THE BECLOUDING OF THE MIND AND NOT ITS CHASTISEMENT. THEY SHOULD REMEMBER THEIR PLEASURES WITH GRATITUDE, AS THEY WOULD THE HARVEST OF A SUMMER. YET IF IT COMFORTS THEM TO REGRET, LET THEM BE COMFORTED....

15 A heart aflame, a soul enchanted

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 A heart aflame, a soul enchanted 5 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND A POET SAID, SPEAK TO US OF BEAUTY. AND HE ANSWERED: WHERE SHALL YOU SEEK BEAUTY, AND HOW SHALL YOU FIND HER UNLESS SHE HERSELF BE YOUR WAY AND YOUR GUIDE? AND HOW SHALL YOU SPEAK OF HER EXCEPT SHE BE THE WEAVER OF YOUR SPEECH?...

16 From dawn to dawn, a wonder and surprise

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 From dawn to dawn, a wonder and surprise 6 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, AND AN OLD PRIEST SAID, SPEAK TO US OF RELIGION. AND HE SAID: HAVE I SPOKEN THIS DAY OF AUGHT ELSE? IS NOT RELIGION ALL DEEDS AND ALL REFLECTION, AND THAT WHICH IS NEITHER DEED NOR REFLECTION, BUT A WONDER AND A SURPRISE EVER SPRINGING IN THE SOUL, EVEN WHILE THE HANDS HEW THE STONE OR TEND THE LOOM?...

17 In you are hidden all men

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 In you are hidden all men 6 February 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, YOUR DAILY LIFE IS YOUR TEMPLE AND YOUR RELIGION. WHENEVER YOU ENTER INTO IT TAKE WITH YOU YOUR ALL. TAKE THE PLOUGH AND THE FORGE AND THE MALLET AND THE LUTE, THE THINGS YOU HAVE FASHIONED IN NECESSITY OR FOR DELIGHT. FOR IN REVERIE YOU CANNOT RISE ABOVE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS NOR FALL LOWER THAN YOUR FAILURES....

18 I call it meditation

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 I call it meditation 7 February 1987 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium BELOVED OSHO, THEN ALMITRA SPOKE, SAYING, WE WOULD ASK NOW OF DEATH. AND HE SAID: YOU WOULD KNOW THE SECRET OF DEATH. BUT HOW SHALL YOU FIND IT UNLESS YOU SEEK IT IN THE HEART OF LIFE? THE OWL WHOSE NIGHT-BOUND EYES ARE BLIND UNTO THE DAY CANNOT UNVEIL THE MYSTERY OF LIGHT....