Guest guest Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 " Deep down you would like to move in a total surrender where all your worries are dissolved and you can simply rest. But you are afraid; everybody is afraid of surrendering. " " Ordinarily we think we are somebody--and we are nothing! What have you got to surrender? --just a bogus ego, just an idea that you are somebody. It is just a fiction. When you surrender the fiction, you become the real. When you surrender that which you don't really have, you become that which you are. But we cling, because for our whole lives we have been trained to be independent. For our whole lives we have been trained, programmed to fight, as if the whole of life is nothing but a struggle to survive. Life is known only when you start surrendering. Then you stop fighting and start enjoying. But in the West, the concept of the ego is very strong, and everybody is trying to conquer something. People even talk of conquering nature; how can we conquer it? We can destroy it we cannot conquer it. There is nothing to conquer. In fact, one has to move with nature, in nature, and allow nature to be. " Osho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 That was beautiful and helpful!! Thank you so much!! Love to you!! Scott , " novalees " <Novalees wrote: > > " Deep down you would like to move in a total surrender where > all your worries are dissolved and you can simply rest. But > you are afraid; everybody is afraid of surrendering. " > > " Ordinarily we think we are somebody--and we are nothing! What > have you got to surrender? --just a bogus ego, just an idea > that you are somebody. It is just a fiction. When you surrender > the fiction, you become the real. When you surrender that > which you don't really have, you become that which you are. > But we cling, because for our whole lives we have been trained > to be independent. For our whole lives we have been trained, > programmed to fight, as if the whole of life is nothing but > a struggle to survive. > > Life is known only when you start surrendering. Then you > stop fighting and start enjoying. But in the West, the > concept of the ego is very strong, and everybody is trying > to conquer something. People even talk of conquering nature; > how can we conquer it? We can destroy it we cannot conquer it. > > There is nothing to conquer. In fact, one has to move with > nature, in nature, and allow nature to be. " Osho > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Novalees, How wonderful! How appropriate! Thanks! Blessings! Fenix , " novalees " <Novalees wrote: > > " Deep down you would like to move in a total surrender where > all your worries are dissolved and you can simply rest. But > you are afraid; everybody is afraid of surrendering. " > > " Ordinarily we think we are somebody--and we are nothing! What > have you got to surrender? --just a bogus ego, just an idea > that you are somebody. It is just a fiction. When you surrender > the fiction, you become the real. When you surrender that > which you don't really have, you become that which you are. > But we cling, because for our whole lives we have been trained > to be independent. For our whole lives we have been trained, > programmed to fight, as if the whole of life is nothing but > a struggle to survive. > > Life is known only when you start surrendering. Then you > stop fighting and start enjoying. But in the West, the > concept of the ego is very strong, and everybody is trying > to conquer something. People even talk of conquering nature; > how can we conquer it? We can destroy it we cannot conquer it. > > There is nothing to conquer. In fact, one has to move with > nature, in nature, and allow nature to be. " Osho > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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