Making Mistakes & Feeling alright
Here is what Osho says.
Everybody has to make errors. Doing a wrong
thing is good for you. One can be reassured that one is still a human-being! Why
do you want to become a Super-man or someone like an Avatar? Both are boring.
Being a human-being is beautiful. Commit blunders, then! There is nothing wrong
in committing mistakes!
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| k p krishnakumar - "monkey"-coloured wood- 1984 |
Somehow, people have a feeling that
wronging is dreadful. One single mishap and you've had it. So you become
over-cautious and start pushing your body to the extreme. In spite of all these precautions, you are
most likely to slip-up and that’s the end! You are thrown into an open-ended abyss. You
feel worthless and dejected. Now you’re
shifting the focus to the repentance part.
Let me be damned…….
See, there is no need to carry the cross. Why
should you feel guilty? Don’t repeat the
same mistake, that’s the only thing you should bear in mind. You cannot slip twice. In other words, you should make only fresh
mistakes! One grows with them, in fact.
Find your ways to make at least one new
mistake everyday! Try it out! Make or buy mistakes! Enjoy yourself.
It’s human to err. You’re a human-being,
after all. Don’t harbour any esoteric ideals in mind, your evolution will be at
a standstill.
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| k p krishnakumar- The tragedy of a lone revolutionary - 1985 |
Osho is all set to get a standing ovation
at this point. Not because he is playing to the gallery. His prescription is
just the sweet stuff that we always wanted.
A cushy life without taking up any responsibilities. Nobody is willing
to walk an extra mile. At the same time we wouldn't forgo our share in the cake,
no way. In fact, leading a meaningful
life is as difficult as walking on “a barber’s razor”! You have to take a conscious
effort, update continuously and correct your ways in real-time.
‘Open
your eyes and wake up your ears’! Observe what’s happening around you. Learn
from Nature. You’ll find that everything is connected. Everything has a purpose. You cannot
discriminate between two life-forms, let alone two human-beings! You’ll soon discover there is a collective momentum
created by individual life-forces which is called Rthm in Sanskrit. Our actions
should be conductive to Rthm. Never ever retard it. If you do so, it becomes a
mistake. One’s action aiding Rthm is always right. In other words, Right and
Wrong are NOT relative.
Applying Rthm at ground level is next to
impossible, you might wonder. Try this prescription. Take up an issue. There will be more than one stake-holder.
Sometimes it so happens that some stake-holders are not visible. Find out the
major stake-holder. The decision should be in his/her/their favour.
How can you make a mistake at this
juncture? Simply not possible.
If you find the procedure rather difficult,
there exists an alternative.
Contribute more to the world than what you
take from it. Lead a simple life. One gets increasingly purified. One’s mind
will be cleared of impurities. In those testing times when you are stuck for an
answer, the same will be flashed across your mind. Do accordingly and you’ll be
right.
Anybody can do some right things in life.
No big deal! To do the right things continually without making mistakes is great indeed!
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