This is an article published in the Times of India, which is a talk given by Osho.It is deep, profound knowledge told in simple words, a guideline to find yourself, your identity, and an answer to the perinnial question everybody asks ,as to how to find my inner voice, MY VOICE! After reading it carefully, I think atleast I have found an answer to my query. I have done this in my life... I am an individual with my own identity, and cannot just live life following somebody's guidance or instructions for ever! I should be able to do whatever I want to do, albeit with some restrictions, which is a rule that applies to each and every person. So, we should be able to listen to our own mind, think, and make decisions for ourself, not completely disregarding the advice of our wellwishers..our near and dear ones!
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU LIVING WITH?
Everybody is born as one single individual, but by the time he is mature enough to participate in life, he has become a crowd. This is almost the case with everybody. Become aware of it.
If you just sit silently and listen to your mind, you will find so many voices. You will be surprised;you can recognize those voices very well. Some voice is from your grandfather, another is from your grandmother., your father, mother, priest, teachers, neighbours, friends and enemies too.All these voices are jumbled up in a crowd within you. And if you want to find your own voice, it is almost impossible, the crowd is too thick.
Infact, you may have forgotten your own voice long before. You were never given freedom enough to voice your opinions. You were always taught OBEDIENCE..to say 'yes'to everything that your elders were saying to you. You were taught that you have to follow whatever your teachers or priests are saying or doing. Nobody ever told you to search for your own voice -Have you got a voice of your own or not?
So, your voice has remained very subdued, asnd other voices are very loud, commanding, because they were orders and you had followed them_despite yourself. Naturally, only one voice is missing in you, only one person is missing in you and that is YOU. Otherwise, there is a whole crowd. And that crowd is constantly driving you mad, because one voice says, "Do this", another says, "Never do that"! "Dont listen to that voice!" And you are torn apart.
This whole crowd has to be withdrawn. It has to be told, "Now please leave me alone!"Those who went away to the mountains or secluded forests, were really not going away from society; thery were trying to find a place where they can disperse their crowd inside. And those who have made a place within you are obviously reluctant to leave.
But if you want to become an individual in your own right, get rid of this continuous conflict and mess within you; then you have to say goodbye to them_even when they belong to your respected father, mother anyone else dear to you. It does not matter; One thing is certain; they are not your voices. They are the voices of people who have lived in their time, and they had no idea what the future was going lto be. They have loaded their children with their own experience; and their experience is not going to match with the unknown future.
Their child is going to face new storms, new situations, and he needs a totally new conscicousness to respond. Only then is his respsonse going to be fruitful; only then can he have a life that is not just a long drawn-out despair, but a dance from moment to moment, which goes on becoming more and more deep to the last breath.
So, dont create any fight with the crowd. Let them fight amongst themselves. Meanwhile, you must try to find YOURSELF. The man who is HIMSELF... , unburdened of the past, Original, strong as a lion and innocent as a child...he can reach the stars, or even beyond; His future is golden.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU LIVING WITH?
Everybody is born as one single individual, but by the time he is mature enough to participate in life, he has become a crowd. This is almost the case with everybody. Become aware of it.
If you just sit silently and listen to your mind, you will find so many voices. You will be surprised;you can recognize those voices very well. Some voice is from your grandfather, another is from your grandmother., your father, mother, priest, teachers, neighbours, friends and enemies too.All these voices are jumbled up in a crowd within you. And if you want to find your own voice, it is almost impossible, the crowd is too thick.
Infact, you may have forgotten your own voice long before. You were never given freedom enough to voice your opinions. You were always taught OBEDIENCE..to say 'yes'to everything that your elders were saying to you. You were taught that you have to follow whatever your teachers or priests are saying or doing. Nobody ever told you to search for your own voice -Have you got a voice of your own or not?
So, your voice has remained very subdued, asnd other voices are very loud, commanding, because they were orders and you had followed them_despite yourself. Naturally, only one voice is missing in you, only one person is missing in you and that is YOU. Otherwise, there is a whole crowd. And that crowd is constantly driving you mad, because one voice says, "Do this", another says, "Never do that"! "Dont listen to that voice!" And you are torn apart.
This whole crowd has to be withdrawn. It has to be told, "Now please leave me alone!"Those who went away to the mountains or secluded forests, were really not going away from society; thery were trying to find a place where they can disperse their crowd inside. And those who have made a place within you are obviously reluctant to leave.
But if you want to become an individual in your own right, get rid of this continuous conflict and mess within you; then you have to say goodbye to them_even when they belong to your respected father, mother anyone else dear to you. It does not matter; One thing is certain; they are not your voices. They are the voices of people who have lived in their time, and they had no idea what the future was going lto be. They have loaded their children with their own experience; and their experience is not going to match with the unknown future.
Their child is going to face new storms, new situations, and he needs a totally new conscicousness to respond. Only then is his respsonse going to be fruitful; only then can he have a life that is not just a long drawn-out despair, but a dance from moment to moment, which goes on becoming more and more deep to the last breath.
So, dont create any fight with the crowd. Let them fight amongst themselves. Meanwhile, you must try to find YOURSELF. The man who is HIMSELF... , unburdened of the past, Original, strong as a lion and innocent as a child...he can reach the stars, or even beyond; His future is golden.
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