Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy - Osho - Oshorajneesh.com

CHAPTER 8. HE ALONE WINS WHO DOES NOT WANT TO WIN
in Rama are very serious, and therefore, instead of taking the joke as a joke they go on interpreting
it seriously. The joke is: ”Rama, you are such a person that a poet like Valmiki can write your story
even before you appear on the scene. There is not much in your life.”
Question 12
QUESTIONER: WHAT IS THE PLACE OF MEMORY IN WHAT YOU CALL A SEQUENTIAL LIFE
AND IN A LIFE OF SPONTANEITY?
While a life with sequence follows its memory like a slave, a spontaneous life uses it like a master.
This is the difference. If you live a natural life, if you are renewed from moment to moment, it does
not mean your memory is wiped out – it is rightly stored in your mind, and you can use it as you
like. It is as if many things are stored in the basement of your house and you can take out anything
you need from this store. That is why Buddha has called it an agaar, a storehouse of memories, of
consciousness. One who lives spontaneously also needs his memory. If he is in town and wants to
return to his house in the evening, it is his memory of the house and the way to it that will enable
him to do so. And he will use it rightly.
Question 13
QUESTIONER: DO NOT OLD MEMORIES CREATE A PROBLEM FOR KRISHNA WHEN HE IS
EXPLAINING THE GEETA TO ARJUNA?
It is a different matter, an altogether different matter, What I am explaining to you right now is that
some, one who lives spontaneously does not lose his memory; on the contrary, his memory will
be fully alive and fresh. And his consciousness, which is being renewed every moment, will be the
master of this memory and use it the way he needs it. On the other hand, one who lives a sequential
life, a life of continuity with the dead past, will ever remain old and stale, will not know what renewal
is, will remain a slave of his memories, which really rule over him and his activities.
Question 14
QUESTIONER: DOES NOT KRISHNA, IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ARJUNA, MAKE USE OF
HIS PAST MEMORIES? IS HE ALWAYS YOUNG AND SPONTANEOUS?
He is always spontaneous, but he does use his memory. I say again that only Krishna uses his
memory as its master. So fat as you are concerned, you are not the master of your memories; you
are a slave in their hands and they use you as they like.
Someone is sitting with you in the bus, and you inquire about his caste. He tells you he is a
Mohammedan. Your memory already has something regarding a Mohammedan, what he is, how
he is, and you will immediately impose your memory, your idea of a Mohammedan on this man who
may have nothing to do with this Mohammedan of your memory. Maybe the Mohammedan of your
memory lives in your village, is a hoodlum, and burned your village’s temple. Although this man
sitting next to you has nothing to do with the hoodlum of your village, you will move away from him
scornfully. Now you are a slave of your memory.
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy 157 Osho