People become transformed

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People become transformed only during emergencies.

 

If one knows that one can transform tomorrow or even the day after, he will not

do anything today; he will postpone it for tomorrow or the day after. But if he

knows that there is no tomorrow, then that capacity for transformation comes

into being.

 

In a way, when civilizations are on the verge of disintegration tomorrow becomes

uncertain. One is not sure of the next day. Then the today has to be so compact

that it can complete all that has to be done. If one has to enjoy, he has to do

it today. If he has to surrender and renounce, that too he has to do today. Even

if one has to destroy the ego or transform, that also must be done today.

 

So in Europe and America, a positive, decisive mentality has come into being

that whatever one wants to do must be done today: "Forget the worries of

tomorrow. If you want to drink, drink; if you want to enjoy, enjoy; if you want

to steal, steal. Whatever you want to do, do it today." On the material plane,

this has happened.

 

I want this to happen also on the spiritual plane. This can run parallel to what

is happening on the material plane. I am in a great hurry for this idea to dawn.

It is definite that this idea will come from the East. Only Eastern winds could

carry it to the West, and the West will jump into it with full vigor.

 

There are particular places suitable for the rise and growth of certain things.

All types of trees cannot grow in all countries. There are particular roots, a

particular kind of land, a particular climate and particular water required for

the growth of certain things. Similarly, all types of ideas also cannot arise

everywhere, because different roots, land, climate and water are necessary for

these as well.

 

Science could not develop in the East. For that tree there are no roots in the

East. Religion could develop in the East because for that the East has deep

roots. The climate, the land and the water -- everything required for its growth

-- are available in the East. If science has come to the East, it is only from

the West.

 

If religion goes to the West, it will be only from the East.

 

Sometimes there is an exception to this. For example, Japan, a country of the

East, can challenge any country of the West in science. But it is interesting to

note that Japan only imitates; it cannot be original. But it imitates in such a

way that even the original looks pale before it. But still, it is imitation.

Japan does not invent anything. If Japan makes a radio, it can outwit America in

doing so, but it has to copy the basic one. Japan will be very skillful in

copying, but the seed will come from Western countries. It will sow the seed and

bring up the plant carefully, but it will never have original seeds of its own.

 

With religion also, America can outshine and surpass the East.

 

Once the seed of religion reaches there, America will outdo the East in its

growth. But all the same, this will be imitation. The initiative, the first step

in this matter, lies in the hands of the East.

 

That is why I am in a great hurry in planning to prepare people in the East who

could be sent to the West. The spark will catch like wildfire in the West, but

it has to come from the East.

 

Osho, Dimensions Beyond the Known