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CHAPTER 1. PSEUDO-RELIGION: THE STICK-ON SOUL<br />

You have <strong>to</strong> understand what a light year means, because our galaxy is millions of light years old.<br />

Light travels with a tremendous speed, the greatest speed there is. Anything traveling at that speed<br />

will turn in<strong>to</strong> light. The heat of that speed is such that anything at that speed will be<strong>com</strong>e light. So<br />

there can be no speed greater than the speed of light. We cannot invent any rocket which moves<br />

faster than light, because then it will turn in<strong>to</strong> light itself, immediately it reaches the speed of light.<br />

The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second: per second, one hundred and eighty six thousand<br />

miles. In one minute, sixty times more; in one hour, again sixty times more; in one day, again twentyfour<br />

times more; in one month, again thirty times more; in one year, again twelve times more – that<br />

is the meaning of one light year. And our sun is millions of light years old.<br />

Even if the Christians are right – Adam still must have <strong>com</strong>mitted the original sin at least five<br />

thousand years ago. Somebody <strong>com</strong>mitting a sin five thousand years ago – how many generations<br />

have passed since then? – and you are still miserable for his sin? That seems <strong>to</strong> be absolutely<br />

unjust! If he did <strong>com</strong>mit the sin, God made him suffer. Why should you be suffering? You were<br />

never a part of it. If anybody has <strong>to</strong> suffer, it should be God Himself, because in the first place what<br />

was the need of creating those two trees? If man was not allowed <strong>to</strong> eat from them, it was so simple<br />

– God should not have created those two trees. He was <strong>com</strong>mitting the original sin – if anybody<br />

was.<br />

Then, even if He had created them, what was the need <strong>to</strong> tell Adam not <strong>to</strong> eat from those two<br />

trees?because I don’t think that Adam, on his own, even by now would have found those two trees.<br />

Among the millions of trees, it would have been just a coincidence if Adam had found them. But God<br />

showed him the trees, saying, ”These are the two trees, and you are not <strong>to</strong> eat from them.”<br />

And this God is Jewish. Sigmund Freud understands it more – he is also Jewish, born out of the<br />

original sin – he understands far better than this Jewish God. To tell somebody not <strong>to</strong> do something<br />

is <strong>to</strong> provoke them, is <strong>to</strong> give them a challenge, is <strong>to</strong> make the person fascinated. It is not the snake<br />

who really persuades Adam and Eve, it is God’s ”don’t” that hits hard; and they be<strong>com</strong>e curious why.<br />

And the trees are not poisonous. One tree is the tree of wisdom. There seems <strong>to</strong> be no logic in<br />

why the tree of wisdom should be prohibited <strong>to</strong> man. And the other tree is of eternal life. Both trees<br />

are the best in the whole garden of Eden. God should have <strong>to</strong>ld him, ”Don’t miss these two trees!<br />

Anything else you can miss, but these two trees you should not miss.” On the contrary, He says <strong>to</strong><br />

Adam and Eve, ”Don’t do this.”<br />

That ”don’t” is the real cause of their disobeying; the serpent is just an excuse.<br />

But even if they did <strong>com</strong>mit the sin, whether through God or through the serpent, it is absolutely<br />

certain that you are not part of it – in no way. You were not there <strong>to</strong> support them.<br />

The Christians have been befooling the whole world, the Jews have been befooling the whole world,<br />

saying that it is because of the original sin that man is suffering, he is in misery. He has <strong>to</strong> turn<br />

back, he has <strong>to</strong> undo what Adam and Eve did. They disobeyed; you have <strong>to</strong> obey God. Just as<br />

they disobeyed and were thrown out of heaven, if you obey <strong>to</strong>tally, without any doubt, without any<br />

questioning, you will be allowed back in<strong>to</strong> the world of bliss, paradise.<br />

<strong>From</strong> <strong>Ignorance</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Innocence</strong> 5 <strong>Osho</strong>

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