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CHAPTER 10. WHOLENESS
the thought comes that you can fly, there is no doubt. You believe in it totally, because the doubter,
the ego, is not there. Who is there to doubt? You believe it. But the whole has not asserted itself.
Chuang Tzu might have flown. Chuang Tzu might have gone out of the window like a bird on wings,
but under lsd you cannot. The ego is not there so you cannot doubt, but the whole has not taken
possession so you are not powerful. The power is not there, only the illusion of power. That creates
trouble.
Under alcohol you can do certain things....
A circus was traveling in a special train from one town to another and a cage was damaged and the
lion escaped. So the manager gathered all his strong men and said, ”Before you go into the night,
into the jungle to find the lion, I will give you some wine. It will give you courage.”
All twenty of them took big shots. The night was cold and dangerous and courage was needed –
but Mulla Nasruddin refused. He said, ”I will only have soda.”
The manager protested, ”But you will need courage!”
Nasruddin replied, ”In such moments I don’t need courage. These moments are dangerous – night
time and the lion, and courage can be dangerous. I would rather be a coward and alert.”
When you don’t have power and a drug can give you courage, it is dangerous. You can move madly
on a certain path – this is the danger of drugs.
But society is not afraid because of this. Society is afraid that if you have a glimpse beyond society
then you will never be adjusted to it. And society is such a madhouse – to be adjusted to it you must
not be allowed any glimpse outside.
Religions are also against drugs and alcohol, but for a different reason. They say: Be a drunkard, a
drunkard of the divine wine, because then you are rooted, centered. Then you are powerful.
IF THERE IS SUCH SECURITY IN WINE,
HOW MUCH MORE IN TAO?
THE WISE MAN IS HIDDEN IN TAO,
NOTHING CAN TOUCH HIM.
Absolutely nothing can touch him. Why? If you follow me rightly, only the ego can be touched. It is
very touchy. If somebody just looks at you in a certain way, it is touched. He has not done anything.
If somebody smiles a little, it is touched; if somebody just turns his head and does not look at you, it
is touched. It is very touchy. It is like a wound, always open, green. You touch it and the pain arises.
A single word, a single gesture – the other may not even be aware of what he has done to you, but
he has touched it.
The Empty Boat 188 Osho