Come Follow To You, Vol 1 - Oshorajneesh.com

Watch people who think of committing suicide. They are not against life. In fact,on the contrary, they are so attached to life that life cannot fulfill them. They takerevenge, they complain. They murder, kill themselves, just to lodge a complaintagainst the whole existence -- that it was not a fulfillment. They are grumbling;they are saying, "Life is not worth it."But why is life not worth living? They expected too much; that's why it is notworth it. They asked too much; they never earned it. They asked too much and itwas not delivered. They are frustrated.One who is ready to die WITHOUT frustration.... Seeing the truth of life, seeingthe truth that life is just a dream.... It cannot fulfill anything, it cannot frustratealso. Fulfillment, frustration, both are parts of the illusion that life is real. Onewho sees that life is unreal, just like a dream, becomes detached. A renunciationcomes.In the Upanishads there is one very vital saying: "TEN TYKTEN BHUNJITHA...those who have indulged in life have always renounced." It is veryrevolutionary; the implication is tremendous. It says: those who have indulged inlife are bound to renounce because they have seen the truth -- that life is false.They have looked into it and found nothing. Not that they are frustrated, becauseif you are frustrated that only shows that you were still expecting something.Frustration shows deep expectation.One who has become aware that life can only promise but can never deliver -- itis a dream! -- is neither frustrated nor fulfilled in life. Then comes renunciation.Renunciation is not leaving life; renunciation is seeing life as it is. Then one isready to die because there is nothing in life.That readiness for death is the point John the Baptist was driving peopletowards. When they were ready he would bring them to the River Jordan andperform the ritual, the final touch. With the water flowing over the head anddown the river, the ego, the old personality, is gone. Pure essence -- bathed in anew sense of being, with a new mystery of being alive, with a new sense ofexistence -- is born.Of course, death can either be a very terrifying experience or tremendouslybeautiful. It depends on the attitude. If you feel terrified in death then you willdie, but you will not be resurrected. If death becomes a beautiful experience, thenyou are dying and at the same time resurrecting. Ordinarily death is terror; that'swhy you are so afraid to die. In life nothing beautiful happens until you die, butyou are terrified.A Master has to persuade you, by and by, about the beauty of death. He has tosing the glories of death. He has, by and by, to convince you and create a trust indeath so that you can let go. Once you let go nothing dies, only the ego. Youremain for ever and ever.You are eternity, you cannot die -- the fear is absolutely futile and unbased -- butthe ego has to die. The ego is a created phenomenon. It was not there when youwere born, society created it. Society has given you the ego -- and that ego can beCome Follow To You Vol 1Osho