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CHAPTER 20. BASE YOUR RULE ON THE RULE
The institution of monogamy – togetherness of one man and one woman – is woman’s gift to society,
not man’s. She has always insisted that a man or woman should have only one spouse. And this
insistence is justifiable both on biological and psychological grounds. It is always woman who has
to depend on, to lean on man, and she cannot be dependent on many men. That would create
uncertainty and unreliability.
For instance, a creeper can lean on or e tree alone, it cannot lean on many. But a tree can
accommodate more than one creeper, and it will be the richer for it. Similarly many women can
lean on one man, and he will be the richer for it.
As I said, the reason for a woman’s preference for depending on one man and not more is both
psychological and biological, but on well-grounded reasoning it can be said that it is more biological
than psycho logical. Woman alone has to bear and rear children and will need someone to care for
them and for their future. And if there is more than one person in this position there will be confusion
and difficulties. That is why I say that it will take a thousand or more years for women to get rid of
the idea of monogamy.
With the growth of scientific knowledge it is quite possible in the future when woman will not be
required to carry children in her womb; soon laboratories will take over this job from the mother. And
the day woman is free of child-bearing she can be as natural and spontaneous as Krishna is.
This matter of being natural and spontaneous is crucial to humanity and its future. This is the
only way for us to free ourselves from the age-old clutches of gnawing anxiety and anguish. Most
of our stress and strain stems from our struggle against our own nature. All our anxieties and
miseries arise from our fight with ourselves. Ever since man has gone against himself he has been
perpetually in pain and misery, anxiety and anguish. And the tragedy is that while we can easily
fight with ourselves, we can never win against ourselves. In fighting with ourselves we can only be
defeated and destroyed.
Once in a long while, someone, a Mahavira, a Gorakh, wins in a fight with himself. It is rare. But in
emulation of this tare person, millions fight with themselves only to end up in defeat and despair.
In my vision, one in a million can succeed on the path of Mahavira, but unfortunately a vast majority
of seekers choose this path. On the other hand while ninety-nine out of a hundred can succeed on
Krishna’s path, rarely one takes to it. As I said, the paths of Mahavira, Buddha and Jesus are narrow
and hard, because one has to go the whole way fighting with himself. So one in a million succeeds.
On the other hand, Krishna’s highway is wide and easy, but very few choose it.
It seems man has by and by lost his capacity for being natural; to be unnatural has become natural
for him. It seems he has forgotten altogether what it is to be healthy and whole. So a thorough
re-thinking on his part is the need of the hour. And as I see it such a re-thinking is already on its
way.
After Freud, Krishna is going to be more and more relevant for our future. For the first time – because
of Freud – man has come to realize the utter importance of naturalness and spontaneity in life. Now
a social milieu is coming into being in which acceptance of a simple and natural being will be easier.
Man as he is will be accepted and allowed to grow the way he is.
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy 399 Osho