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of the ego. And there is no way to satisfy the ego; it is always asking for more.
Zarathustra's whole approach is exactly the same as Chuang Tzu: "Easy is right. Right is easy." And when you are utterly relaxed, at ease, at home, so relaxed that you have even forgotten that you are at ease; that you have forgotten that you are right -- you have become so utterly innocent like a child, you have arrived. But ego has no interest in this. This whole process is something like the suicide of the ego; hence, religions which have been giving the ego difficult tasks, arduous paths, unnatural ideals, impossible goals -- they have attracted millions of people.
Zarathustra's followers can be counted on the fingers. Nobody has bothered about Zarathustra, until, after almost twenty-four centuries, Nietzsche suddenly picked up on him. Nietzsche was against Jesus Christ, and he was against Gautam Buddha -- but he was for Zarathustra.
It is something very significant to understand. The man who was against Jesus Christ, against Gautam Buddha.... Why should he be for Zarathustra? -- because Nietzsche also has the same attitude and approach towards life. He has seen all these religions, great religions, creating more and more guilt in humanity; creating more and more misery, wars, burning people alive; talking all kinds of nonsense for which no proof at all exists, for which they don't have any evidence at all; keeping the whole of humanity in darkness, in blindness, because their teachings are based on belief -- and belief means blindness.
There is no belief which is not blind. A man with eyes does not believe in light, he knows it -- there is no need to believe. Only the blind man believes in light because he does not know it. Belief exists in ignorance, and all the religions -- with a few exceptions like Zarathustra and Chuang Tzu who have not been able to create great followings or great traditions -- are all for belief. In other words, they are all for blindness.
Nietzsche was against them -- symbolically. As far as the East is concerned, he chose Gautam Buddha as the symbol and as far as the West is concerned he chose Jesus Christ as the symbol.
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