Basic drive of the average man? God? No.

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Leave man aside for the moment. If we look at the animal or vegetable

kingdom, what will we find at the core of anything? If we observe the

activity of a plant, what do we find? Where is its growth leading?

Its whole energy is directed toward producing a new seed. Its entire

being is occupied with forming a new seed. What is a bird doing? What

is an animal doing? If we closely observe the activities of nature,

we will find that there is only one process, only one wholehearted

process going on. And that process is one of continuous creation, of

procreation, of creating new and different self-forms. Flowers have

seeds; fruits have seeds. And what is the seed's destiny? The seed is

destined to grow into a new plant, into a new flower, into a new

fruit, into a new seed -- and so the cycle repeats itself. The

process of procreation is eternal. Life is a force that is

continuously regenerating itself. Life is a creativity, a process of

self-creation.

 

The same is true of man. And we have christened the

process "passion,sex." We have also termed it "lust." This

labeling amounts to name-calling; it is a kind of abuse. And this

very disparagement itself has polluted the atmosphere.

 

Then, what is lust? What is passion? What is the force called "sex?"

 

Since time immemorial, waves have rolled in succession and dashed

against the shore. The waves come in, break apart and fall back.

Again they rush in. They push, they struggle, they disperse and fall

back once again. Life has an inner urge to progress, to march

forward. There is a kind of restlessness in these waves, and in

life's waves as well. There is a continuous effort to achieve

something. What is the aim? It is an intense desire for a better

position; it is a passion to reach greater heights. Behind this never

ending energy is life itself -- life striving for a good life, life

striving for a better existence.

 

It's not long at all -- only a matter of some thousands of years --

since man first appeared on the earth. Before that, there were only

animals. And it's not so very long since animals came into being

either. Prior to that there was a time when there weren't any

animals, when there were just plants. Nor have plants existed on this

planet for a very, very long time. Before that there were only rocks,

mountains, rivers and oceans.

 

And what was this world of rocks, mountains, rivers and oceans

restless about? It was striving to produce plants. And gradually,

ever so gradually, plants came into existence. The life-force had

manifested itself in a new form. Then the earth was covered with

vegetation. It continued to bring forth life; it continued to

procreate: flowers bloomed and fruit grew.

 

But the plants were also restless. They were not satisfied with

themselves either; their inner urge was also for something higher;

they were eager to produce animals and birds. Then animals and birds

came into being and occupied this planet for ages. But man was

nowhere in sight. And yet man was always there, inherent in the

animals, striving to break through the barrier, striving to be born.

Then, in due course, man entered existence.

 

Osho, From Sex to Superconsciousness