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oneself first, then it becomes possible to know the whole that surrounds one.
We are just like dewdrops, but the secret of the dewdrop is also the secret of the whole ocean, of all the oceans that have ever existed or that will ever exist. Every person is carrying a deep secret, every person is a miniature existence, a temple of God. But begin from the very beginning: begin with yourself.
Even Bein' Gawd Ain't A Bed of Roses
Chapter #3
Chapter title: None
3 October 1979 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7910035
ShortTitle: GAWD03
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AKHIL, AND SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER PREMO:
OSHO (TO PREMO): When did you arrive?
NO RESPONSE. HE TURNS TO AKHIL.
And how long she will be staying?
AKHIL: Forever.
OSHO: That's good! Come here... come close to me!
People who stay forever, I have to change their minds!
ARIANO, AN OCCULT NAME GIVEN TO CHILDREN BORN IN THE AGE OF AQUARIUS.
OSHO: The age of Aquarius represents peace and brotherhood, it heralds the birth of a new man. The past has been very ugly; man has lived in a very aggressive, violent, inhuman way. The whole past history is worth destroying. It is better not to remember it. It is disgusting, nauseating. It seems almost impossible that man can do such things to other human beings.
War has been our way of life in the past. And because of war we have been taught to hate, to be ready to kill, to murder in beautiful names, behind beautiful slogans. The capacity to love has been destroyed, because a man of love cannot be reduced to a warrior. A man of love is bound to become a sannyasin. To be a sannyasin means to live at peace with existence, in deep love and joy and celebration. And that is going to be the way of life of the new man.
The new man has to change many things. First: all the nations have to disappear from the earth, all the churches, all the races, all that divides humanity has to disappear. The earth has to be transformed into one humanity, into one brotherhood, into one family. That is the task before us, and for the first time it
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