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That crushes you. Life never crushes anybody -- only the ego. And then when you succeed, you don't enjoy.
If an egoist succeeds he never enjoys. If he fails he fails very miserably, because the ego always goes on goading. It says 'What is this? You have to achieve more. You have to show more to the world. This is nothing.' The ego never allows you rest. It says 'It's okay, but go ahead, do something bigger.' So when you achieve, it is not happy. If you fail, it is terribly unhappy. And an egoless person, when he succeeds, he's happy, he dances. When he fails, still he dances -- because it is not a question of achievement or failure. It is a question of trying, it is a question of living in critical moments, in dangerous moments. It is the thrill that is valuable.
So there is nothing to be worried about. Just go on accepting challenges. And I am nothing but a challenge to you. I am creating something in you which will become your very life's challenge. And this mountain is such that you cannot exhaust it. By the time you reach the peak, you are no more, because the only way to reach this peak is to disappear. That's why I call religion the passion for the impossible. It is a passion for the impossible. The impossible happens -- that too is true -- but it happens only when you have disappeared.
So go into the world. Try whatsoever has happened to you. It will be deepened. Because this is my observation -- that if something has really happened, then it goes on deepening by all life experiences. If it has not happened, then only it disappears. Good.
The Passion for the Impossible
Chapter #5
Chapter title: None
25 August 1976 pm in Chuang Tzu Auditorium
Archive code: 7608255
ShortTitle: PASSIO05
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[An indian visitor says: With so many ideas before me, and having to make a decision, I feel that by making a choice I'm locking myself within a definition. By making a choice, I think I define myself, and in a sense imprison myself.]
Mm, I understand. But whether you choose or not, you choose. Even if you don't choose, that becomes your definition. If you
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