Please Help Me.

MASTER, PLEASE HELP ME.

I cannot do that. I am not your enemy. I am not a do-gooder. I don’t “help,” because the help, the very desire to be helped, is a desire to continue as you are. You want some props, some supports. You want consolation, comfort. No, I am the last person to give you any consolation. I am going to withdraw all props, so you fall flat on the ground.

From there starts a new life, a new beginning.

Henry Thoreau once observed that if he knew for certain that a man was on his way to see him with the single purpose of trying to help him, he would run for his life.

That should be the attitude towards helpers. If somebody is coming to help you, E…S…C…A…P…E !

Your life is in danger. Avoid the do-gooders, the so-called saints and mahatmas. I am not here to console you, to comfort you, to make you secure. I am here to destroy you utterly, because only then is the new born — the new man, the new consciousness. If I help, the old will continue. All help goes to help the old. All help keeps the old surviving; it nourishes it. No, I am not going to help in any way.

I know you want help. You don’t want resurrection. You want help. You don’t want death; you don’t want a new life. But if you are around me long enough, by and by I will withdraw all your supports. I will even take the earth beneath your feet away, so you fall into the bottomless abyss of existence. You disappear into that abyss… and in that very disappearance, God appears to you. When you are utterly helpless, God’s help becomes available.

I am not going to help you. I am going to make you utterly helpless so that in your helplessness a prayer arises, so that in your helplessness, surrender becomes possible, and then comes God’s help. Only God can help. And all other help is a barrier to God’s help.

One beautiful story that I always love…. Krishna has just sat down to take his lunch and in the middle of the lunch he rushes towards the door, and his wife, Rukamani, says, “Where are you going?” But he is in such a hurry that he doesn’t answer. At the door he suddenly stops, then comes back slowly, a little sad, sits back, starts eating. Rukamani asks, “What is the matter? What happened? Where were you going so suddenly, as if there was some emergency? And now suddenly you turn back from the door, and you are sad. What happened?”

Krishna says, “One of my lovers, one of my devotees, is passing through a capital and people are throwing stones at him and blood is flowing from his head and he has wounds, but he remains utterly helpless — not a condemnatory word on his lips, not even in his mind. His surrender is total. I had to rush to help him. He was so helpless!”

Then Rukamani is even more surprised. “Then why did you come back?”

Krishna says, “By the time I reached the door, he had taken a stone in his own hand. Now he is ready to answer himself. Now I am not needed. Now he is no more helpless.”

Remember, all human help becomes a barrier to divine help. My purpose here is to make you REALLY helpless, utterly helpless, so God rushes towards you and fills your emptiness. That will be the day of real rejoicing, ecstasy.

Surrender is not towards somebody; it is simply a way of life. A God is not needed to surrender to. There are religions which believe in God, there are religions which don’t believe in God, but all religions believe in surrender. So surrender is the real God. Even the concept of God can be discarded. Buddhism does not believe in any God, Jainism does not believe in any God — but they are religions. Christianity believes in God, Islam believes in God, Sikhism believes in God — they are also religions. The Christian teaches surrender to God; God is just an excuse to surrender. Because it will be difficult for you to surrender without any object. The object is just an excuse so that in the name of God you can surrender. Buddhism says simply surrender — there is no God. You relax. It is not a question of some object; it is a question of your own subjectivity. Relax, don’t fight. Accept.

Don’t ask for my help. Ask that I destroy all that you have arranged around yourself as help, comfort, consolation. Ask that I kill you. Ask that I behead you. The moment your head has rolled down on the earth, you will grow a new head, and that head will be the divine. That will be God’s head.

Osho: The First Principle Chapter #6 Chapter title: The Irrational Rationalist (excerpts)
Osho: Ancient Music in the Pines Chapter #4 Chapter title: Be a light unto yourself Q 1 (excerpts)

HAPPY JANMASTHAMI !!!

कुछ तो तन्हाई की रातों में सहारा होता
तुम न होते न सही ज़िक्र तुम्हारा होता…………..अख़्तर शीरानी

kuchh to tanhaa.ii kii raato.n me.n sahaaraa hotaa
tum na hote na sahii zikr tumhaaraa hotaa…………..Akhtar Shirani

“In the lonely nights, there would have been some solace;
Even if you weren’t there, at least there would have been talk of you.”

With reference to the story above, the song “Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne…” takes on a deeper meaning. Simply being together becomes crucial, as it provides tremendous strength to lead a fulfilling life.This song is from the film “Kaaalia” (1981), Music Director: R D Burman Singers: Kishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri

Tum Saath Ho Jab | Kaalia | Amitabh Bachchan | Parveen Babi | Asha Bhosle | Hindi Romantic Songs HD (youtube.com)