Come Follow To You, Vol 1 - Oshorajneesh.com

When the sword is in your Master's hand and he is going to kill you, if you trusthim, only then will you die peacefully, lovingly, gracefully. And out of thatgrace... and out of that peace... and out of that love... you will create thepossibility where the new can arrive. If you die afraid, the new will not arrive.You will simply die. That's why Jesus says: FOR MY SAKE -- let me be thebridge.FOR WHAT IS A MAN ADVANTAGED, IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD,AND LOSE HIMSELF, OR BE CAST AWAY?And remember, you can gain the whole world and lose yourself -- as people aredoing all over the world, throughout time: gaining the world and losingthemselves. Then one day they suddenly find that all they have gained is nottheirs. Empty-handed they come; empty-handed they go. Nothing belongs tothem. Then, anguish takes over.FOR WHAT IS A MAN ADVANTAGED, IF HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD,AND LOSE HIMSELF, OR BE CAST AWAY? The only way to be reallyintelligent in the world is first to gain yourself. Even if the whole world is to belost, it is worth it. If you gain your own being, your own soul, your owninnermost core, and the whole world is lost, it is worth it.To gain that innermost core you will not only have to lose the world. You willhave to lose the idea of yourself -- because that is the innermost barrier: the ego.The ego is a false identity. Not knowing who you are, you go on thinking thatyou are somebody. That somebody -- the false identity -- is the ego. And unlessthe false goes, the true cannot enter.Let the false go and the true is ready. Repent, return, answer; the kingdom ofGod is at hand.Come Follow To You Vol 1Osho