Summary

The article discusses the apparent contradictions in Osho's teachings, questioning the relationship between intelligence, doubt, trust, discipline, and creativity.

Abstract

The article presents a series of quotes from Osho, which seem to contradict each other. The author questions the apparent contradictions between the dangers of intelligence and the importance of thinking on one's own, the lack of truth in scriptures and the need to seek one's own company, and the relationship between doubt, trust, discipline, and creativity. The author concludes that contradictions are inevitable when people talk for too long and that Osho's teachings should be seen as a reflection of his imperfect humanity.

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The author believes that Osho's teachings contain apparent contradictions.
The author questions the relationship between intelligence, doubt, trust, discipline, and creativity in Osho's teachings.
The author suggests that contradictions are inevitable when people talk for too long.
The author implies that Osho's teachings should be seen as a reflection of his imperfect humanity.
The author uses humor to criticize Osho's teachings and imply that they are not infallible.

These Osho quotes seem to be contradictory.

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“Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking on your own; you will start looking around on your own. You will not believe in the scriptures; you will believe only in your own experience.”― OshO

“Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself. ”― Osho

So thinking on my own is dangerous, but I should still do it? Not believing in the scriptures is also dangerous, but there is no truth in them?

“Doubt — because doubt is not a sin, it is a sign of your intelligence. You are not responsible to any nation, to any church, to any God. You are responsible only for one thing, and that is self knowledge. And the miracle is, if you can fulfill this responsibility, you will be able to fulfill many other responsibilities without any effort. The moment you come to your own being, a revolution happens in your vision. Your whole outlook about life goes through a radical change. You start feeling new responsibilities — not as some thing to be done, not as a duty to be fulfilled, but as a joy to do.”― Osho, The Book of Understanding: Creating Your Own Path to Freedom

If you want to learn anything, learn trust: nothing else is needed. If you are miserable, nothing else will help: learn trust. If you don’t feel any meaning in life and you feel meaningless, nothing will help: learn trust. Trust gives meaning because trust makes you capable of allowing the whole descend upon you. — Osho

Trust and doubt don’t go hand in hand, do they?

“What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos.” ― Osho, Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega Volume 10

“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.” ― Osho

Am I chaos that needs to be disciplined, or perfection that cannot be improved?

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” ― Osho

“Be — don’t try to become” — ― Osho

Bring a little more music, poetry, or dance to life or just be if you don’t have the sense to music, poetry, or dance?

“Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny — he has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally — you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The whole intends to do something through you.”― Osho

“I love this world because it is imperfect. It is imperfect, and that’s why it is growing; if it was perfect it would have been dead. Growth is possible only if there is imperfection. I would like you to remember again and again, I am imperfect, the whole universe is imperfect, and to love this imperfection, to rejoice in this imperfection is my whole message.”― Osho

“Some work to be completed”. If the work is completed, would you want it to be imperfect? If we were to rejoice in imperfection, would we want the work to be perfect?

IMHO, that’s the phrase people use right, but I am not humble, at least for now. So IMO, if any person talks for too long, they’ll contradict themselves. Which is not a crime.

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