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

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Question 1
CHAPTER 21
Choose the Flute or Perish
QUESTIONER: SPEAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF KRISHNA AND JESUS, YOU OBSERVED, ”THE
CIVILIZATION THAT BEGAN WITH THE CROSS HAD TO END UP IN AN ATOMIC WAR, AND
THEREFORE THE MODERN CIVILIZATION IS FACED WITH A CHOICE BETWEEN THE CROSS
AND THE FLUTE.” BUT EH QUESTION IS THAT THE CIVILIZATION THAT BEGAN WITH THE
FLUTE ALSO ENDED UP IN A WAR – THE WAR OF MAHABHARAT. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE
ANOMALY.
The cross is the symbol of death. It is okay as an emblem of the grave, but it is dangerous to accept
it as a symbol of life. But many so-called religious people have treated human life and body as no
more than a grave, and it is going to result in a disaster.
A man bearing a crucifix on his breast declares that life is not acceptable to him; he is worshipping
death really. For him life is a curse, not a blessing. Christianity – I don’t mean Jesus – believes that
man is born in sin, that life is the original sin. According to them, what we think of as life is not God’s
gift, but a form of punishment inflicted on man.
This kind of thinking is essentially masochistic, pessimistic, morbid. Standing near a rosebush a
pessimist takes note of every thorn, but he ignores the flowers altogether. Looking at day and
night, a pessimist sees two dark nights sandwiching a short day instead of seeing two bright days
enclosing a brief dark night. Such a mind gathers together all the hurt and pain of life and completely
forgets its delights and pleasures.
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