Man has lost one quality,
the quality of zestfulness.
And without zest,
what is life? Just waiting for death?
It can't be anything else.
Only with zest do you live;
otherwise you vegetate.
Osho
the quality of zestfulness.
And without zest,
what is life? Just waiting for death?
It can't be anything else.
Only with zest do you live;
otherwise you vegetate.
Osho
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Forge the meaning (for a change), what motivated me to comment is that whenever I hear the master speak, I always awe at his energy and the vibrations he dissipates across the audience.
"Zestfulness", "Exuberance",
"Celebration", "Ecstasy"... wow such flowery words can flow only from a poet beaming with love in his heart, like a volcano about to erupt. This is the quality I like most about Osho. Just reading, just hearing, just knowing what he spoke is enough to instigate a spike of inspiration (Atleast so long as I am concerned). Thanks Madhu for the share.
Sreesha
Sreesha
Will someone be able to feel the same vibrations and feelings when they are not in love with Osho? Or atleast when they do not like even hearing his name? Forget Osho, if truth were to come out of someone very ordinary and unknown, will we ever heed them? Will those words of wisdom ever create some change in us?
My intention is not to question others. I'm questioning myself so. I would want to develop a quality of openness that can embrace everything in this world. I hope right now, being zestful will actually help me in the path. I'm too damn serious for a human I feel.
But reality is different: What we see today is a dynamic changing world... and there are thousands of seers and prophets and reformers who are spreading (or atleast seem to) spread spirituality in different ways. Can a common man get instigated the same way with everyone, even assuming (hypothetically) that all would speak the same content? NO!
Thats because, in this busy world, competetion plays a trick even at spritual worlds - unless the common psyche is tapped, the message is not delivered. That was Osho's forte - to capture the mass psychology and humm the tunes in accordance.
As far people who even hate the name of Osho (read biased), I can only say one thing - to just hear his talk or read his book just once, just for the heck of it, just to challenge themselves to see if they get moved. And my stake here is - if they have an open mind - Osho's words will pregnate their being and change their attitude towards him.
In my opinion, stuff/content in this world is only 50% os success. How one presents/delivers/sells is the other 50% of success.
Sorry for a lengthy passage, but hope I touched your questions.
Sreesha
My dad gave me a secret mantra to wisdom. He said wisdom could be lying anywhere. It could be in the words written between leatherbound covers, could be on the wall, could be in a piece of paper lying in garbage. Wisdom emanates from every living and non-living thing in this world.
At 'Art of Living foundation' the first lesson we are taught is to bow down to each other and say 'Jai Gurudev'. The essence of this exercise is to realize that every human being is moving around in this world with a creator within him(or her), a guru within him. To recognize this is a simple step to being open for other's ideas.
Now where will 'zestfulness' help? We all know seriousness is a disease and a lot of people toil just because of this. Being zestful could make us unwind, relate, learn and understand others. This opens our minds and lets in the wisdom to flow through us.
Thanks for reading.