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something to share. And then you are not doing anything as an obligation to anybody -- on the contrary, the person who receives something from you is obliging you. You should be thankful, because the other could have rejected your help; the other has been generous.
My whole insistence is that the individual should be so happy, so blissful, so silent, so content, that out of his state of fulfillment he starts sharing. He has so much, he is like a raincloud: he has to shower.
If others' thirst is quenched, if the thirst of the earth is quenched, that is secondary. If each individual is full of joy, full of light, full of silence, he will be sharing it without anyone telling him, because sharing is such a joy. Giving it to someone is more joyful than getting it.
But the whole structure should be changed. People should not be told to be altruistic. They are miserable -- what can they do? They are blind -- what can they do? They have missed their life -- what can they do? They can give only what they have got. So people are giving misery, suffering, anguish, anxiety to everybody else that comes in contact with them. This is altruism! No, I would like everybody to be utterly selfish.
Each tree is selfish: it brings water to its roots, it brings juices to its branches, to the leaves, to the fruits, to the flowers. And when it blossoms, it releases fragrance to everybody: known, unknown; familiar, stranger. When it is loaded with fruits, it shares, it gives those fruits. But if you teach these trees to be altruistic, all these trees will die, just as the whole humanity is dead -- just corpses walking. And walking to where? Walking to their graveyard, finally to rest in their graves.
Life should be a dance. And everybody's life can be a dance. It should be a music -- and then you can share; you will have to share. I don't have to say it, because this is one of the fundamental laws of existence: the more you share your bliss, the more it grows.
But I teach selfishness.
Question 4
BELOVED OSHO,
WHY SHOULDN'T WE LIVE IN THE PAST? CANNOT RELIVING ONE'S PAIN MAKE ONE STRONGER? CANNOT REJOICING ONE'S HAPPY MOMENTS
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