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CHAPTER 7. MAKE WORK A CELEBRATION THROUGH IT? AND IF IT IS SO, IS IT ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE INSTINCTUAL BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS? When I say Krishna has gone beyond mind it does not mean that he is not left with a mind. To go beyond the mind means that one has known that which is beyond mind. Mind remains even after you have transcended it, but it is a different mind altogether, it is a mind cleansed and stilled and saturated with the beyond. Krishna is larger than his mind, but the mind has a place in him. Transcendence of mind can be attempted in two ways. If you try to transcend it through suppression, through fight, the mind will be divided and torn, it will degenerate into a schizophrenic mind. But if you transcend it in a friendly way, through love and understanding, the mind will be integrated and settled in wisdom. When I say that I have transcended my body it does not mean that I am not my body, or that my body has ceased to be, it only means that I am now not only my body, but much more than it. I am body plus something, something has been added to it. Until yesterday I thought I was only the body, but now I know that I am something more than the body. I remain the body; that ”something plus” has not eliminated it, rather it has highly enhanced and enriched it. Now I have also a soul; I am both body and soul. In the same way, when I come to know God it does not mean that my soul or spirit has ceased to be, it only means that I am now body, spirit and God all together. Then mind and soul are absorbed in that which is immense, which is infinite. It is not a matter of losing something, it is gaining more and more all the way up. So when I say that Krishna has gone beyond mind I mean to say that he has known that which is beyond the mind, he has known the immense, the eternal. But he continues to have a mind, a mind with heightened sensitivity and awareness. Krishna is not inimical to mind; he has not transcended it by way of fight and suppression, he has gone beyond it by living with it in a very friendly way. Therefore I say that whatever happens between him and his girlfriends is the spontaneous outpouring of his exceedingly innocent mind; he cannot but act naturally, innocently and spontaneously. Mind is unnatural when it is in conflict, when it is fighting with itself. Mind is unnatural when one of its fragments says do this and another says don’t do this. And when the whole mind is together, integrated and one, then everything it does becomes natural, then whatever happens or does not happen is natural and spontaneous. Then there is nothing unnatural about it. And what is natural is right. But you have rightly asked: If it is so what is the difference between man and animal? In one respect there is no difference whatsoever between man and animal, and in another respect the difference is great. The animal is natural and innocent, but it is not aware of it. Krishna is natural and innocent, but he is also aware of it. In respect to their naturalness and innocence Krishna and the animal are very similar, but with regard to their consciousness there is a tremendous difference. An animal moves and acts instinctively, spontaneously and naturally, lives in a state of let-go, but has no awareness of it, all its acts are mechanical. Krishna also lives in a state of let-go, allows his nature free and full play, but he is fully aware of it. His witnessing center is always alert and aware of everything that happens in and around him. The animal has no witnessing center. Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy 136 Osho
CHAPTER 7. MAKE WORK A CELEBRATION While Krishna has gone beyond mind, the animal is below the level of mind. The animal does not have a mind, it has only a body and instincts and it functions mechanically. So there is a kind of similarity between one who is above mind and one who is below it. There is an old saying prevalent among sages that when one attains to the highest wisdom he becomes like the most ignorant person on the earth. There is some truth in this saying. One of the sages of ancient India is known as Jarbharat, which literally means Bharat the Ignorant. Really, he was one of the wisest sages of this country, but he was named Jarbharat, Bharat the Ignorant, because he looked like an extremely ignorant person. In a way perfect wisdom looks like perfect ignorance; at least in perfection they are similar. A man of wisdom is at rest, because he has known everything, nothing remains to be known. An ignorant person is also at rest, because he does not know a thing. To be restless it is necessary to know a little. An animal functions very unconsciously; Krishna functions with full awareness. Nothing happens to him in unawareness. That is why we say when someone attains to the highest wisdom he becomes like a child. Somebody asks Jesus, ”How is your kingdom of God? How is one who attains to God?” Jesus says, ”One who attains to God becomes like a child.” But Jesus does not say that a child attains to God. If it were so all children would attain to God. He does not say that one who attains to God becomes a child, he says he becomes like a child. If he says that a sage becomes a child, it would mean that a child has perfect wisdom, which is not the case. If children were perfect we need not do anything with them. No, the child is below the level of the developed mind, while the sage has gone beyond. The child will have to pass through a phase of conflict, tension and struggle; the sage has outlived all conflicts and tensions. The child potentially carries with him all the sicknesses man is heir to; the wise man has outlived such sicknesses. In the course of evolution even the animal will have to pass through all the sicknesses of man. But here is Krishna who has outlived them, transcended them, gone beyond them. The similarity and difference between man and animal are well-defined. Question 8 QUESTIONER: YOU TALKED ABOUT SWADHARMA, SELF-NATURE, THE INNATE INDIVIDUALITY OF MAN. THE GEETA SAYS THAT ONE’S OWN NATURE, EVEN IF IT BE INFERIOR IN QUALITY, IS PREFERABLE TO AN ALIEN NATURE OF SUPERIOR QUALITY. THEN THE QUESTION IS: HOW CAN SELF-NATURE, WHICH IS ONE’S INNATE INDIVIDUALITY, BE INFERIOR IN QUALITY? Let it be the last question for this discourse, and then we will sit for meditation. You ask how one’s self-nature or the innate individuality can be inferior in quality. In this connection two things have to be considered. The first. Everything in its origin is without any attribute, quality; it gathers attributes only after it takes a form and grows. There is a seed; it has no attributes whatsoever. The seed has just potentiality; it has no quality other than this. It can give birth to a flower which is not yet there. Tomorrow it will turn Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy 137 Osho
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CHAPTER 7. MAKE WORK A CELEBRATION<br />
THROUGH IT? AND IF IT IS SO, IS IT ANY DIFFERENT FROM THE INSTINCTUAL BEHAVIOR<br />
OF ANIMALS?<br />
When I say <strong>Krishna</strong> has gone beyond mind it does not mean that he is not left with a mind. To go<br />
beyond the mind means that one has known that which is beyond mind. Mind remains even after<br />
you have transcended it, but it is a different mind altogether, it is a mind cleansed <strong>and</strong> stilled <strong>and</strong><br />
saturated with the beyond. <strong>Krishna</strong> is larger than his mind, but the mind has a place in him.<br />
Transcendence of mind can be attempted in two ways. If you try to transcend it through suppression,<br />
through fight, the mind will be divided <strong>and</strong> torn, it will degenerate into a schizophrenic mind. But if<br />
you transcend it in a friendly way, through love <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing, the mind will be integrated <strong>and</strong><br />
settled in wisdom.<br />
When I say that I have transcended my body it does not mean that I am not my body, or that my<br />
body has ceased to be, it only means that I am now not only my body, but much more than it. I am<br />
body plus something, something has been added to it. Until yesterday I thought I was only the body,<br />
but now I know that I am something more than the body. I remain the body; that ”something plus”<br />
has not eliminated it, rather it has highly enhanced <strong>and</strong> enriched it. Now I have also a soul; I am<br />
both body <strong>and</strong> soul.<br />
In the same way, when I <strong>com</strong>e to know God it does not mean that my soul or spirit has ceased to<br />
be, it only means that I am now body, spirit <strong>and</strong> God all together. <strong>The</strong>n mind <strong>and</strong> soul are absorbed<br />
in that which is immense, which is infinite. It is not a matter of losing something, it is gaining more<br />
<strong>and</strong> more all the way up.<br />
So when I say that <strong>Krishna</strong> has gone beyond mind I mean to say that he has known that which<br />
is beyond the mind, he has known the immense, the eternal. But he continues to have a mind,<br />
a mind with heightened sensitivity <strong>and</strong> awareness. <strong>Krishna</strong> is not inimical to mind; he has not<br />
transcended it by way of fight <strong>and</strong> suppression, he has gone beyond it by living with it in a<br />
very friendly way. <strong>The</strong>refore I say that whatever happens between him <strong>and</strong> his girlfriends is the<br />
spontaneous outpouring of his exceedingly innocent mind; he cannot but act naturally, innocently<br />
<strong>and</strong> spontaneously.<br />
Mind is unnatural when it is in conflict, when it is fighting with itself. Mind is unnatural when one of<br />
its fragments says do this <strong>and</strong> another says don’t do this. And when the whole mind is together,<br />
integrated <strong>and</strong> one, then everything it does be<strong>com</strong>es natural, then whatever happens or does not<br />
happen is natural <strong>and</strong> spontaneous. <strong>The</strong>n there is nothing unnatural about it. And what is natural is<br />
right. But you have rightly asked: If it is so what is the difference between man <strong>and</strong> animal?<br />
In one respect there is no difference whatsoever between man <strong>and</strong> animal, <strong>and</strong> in another respect<br />
the difference is great. <strong>The</strong> animal is natural <strong>and</strong> innocent, but it is not aware of it. <strong>Krishna</strong> is natural<br />
<strong>and</strong> innocent, but he is also aware of it. In respect to their naturalness <strong>and</strong> innocence <strong>Krishna</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
the animal are very similar, but with regard to their consciousness there is a tremendous difference.<br />
An animal moves <strong>and</strong> acts instinctively, spontaneously <strong>and</strong> naturally, lives in a state of let-go, but<br />
has no awareness of it, all its acts are mechanical. <strong>Krishna</strong> also lives in a state of let-go, allows his<br />
nature free <strong>and</strong> full play, but he is fully aware of it. <strong>His</strong> witnessing center is always alert <strong>and</strong> aware<br />
of everything that happens in <strong>and</strong> around him. <strong>The</strong> animal has no witnessing center.<br />
<strong>Krishna</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Man</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>His</strong> <strong>Philosophy</strong> 136 <strong>Osho</strong>
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