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Fred. "And with only six months to live, I'd better make the most of my time."
"May I make one more suggestion?" asked the doctor.
When Fred nodded, he said, "Marry a Jewish girl."
"A Jewish girl -- how come?" wondered Fred.
The doctor replied, "Then six months will seem like six lives."
It is your choice, but my suggestion is: you have been married to Jewish conditioning; now get divorced. Just be a human being, rejoicing, dancing, singing. And if tears come they have to be of joy, of blissfulness, of peace, of silence. And the moment you feel relaxed, ecstasy will enter within your being from all sides. The whole existence will recognize you, not only me.
Ecstasy can be explained in other words:
A recognition by the whole existence that you are needed, that you are beautiful, that without you existence will be poorer.
Okay, Vimal?
Yes, Osho.
The Hidden Splendor
Chapter #15
Chapter title: This is the last dance
19 March 1987 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 8703195
ShortTitle: SPLEND15
Audio: Yes
Video: Yes
Length: 95 mins
Question 1
BELOVED OSHO,
WHILE READING YOUR BOOKS AND LISTENING TO YOUR TAPES WHEN I AM ALONE, I BECOME IMMENSELY HAPPY AND I WEEP, CRY AND DANCE IN ALONENESS. BUT I CAN'T EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS, EVEN THOUGH I WISH VERY MUCH TO DO SO. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
Kishor Bharti, it is one of the basic human problems, because our whole upbringing creates a split in our very mind. You have to show a face to the society, to the crowd, to the world -- it need not be your real face; in fact, it must not be your real face. You have to show the face that people like, that people appreciate, that will be acceptable to them -- their ideologies, their traditions -- and you have to keep your original face to yourself.
This split becomes so unbridgeable because most of the time you are in the crowd, meeting with people, relating with people -- very rarely are you alone. Naturally, the mask becomes more and more part of you than your very nature itself.
And
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