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Evil : That is a state of unconsciousness, unknowing, unawareness. I will not call it evil

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I cannot support this prayer.

 

Jesus says, "LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION..."

 

One thing is certain: that Jesus is feeling the temptation, otherwise why this prayer? He is feeling that God is leading him into temptation. And if God is leading, why not surrender? Then the real prayer would have been: "Lead us really into total temptation. When you are leading, why do it half-heartedly? When you have decided to lead, then lead us totally!"

 

He is tempted; his prayer is an absolute confirmation of his temptation. And it is natural -- he was a human being just like you, as alive as you are. And he must have felt all natural likes, dislikes. He must have loved things, he must have preferred things. But he is afraid -- the past is heavy on him.

 

"LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL."

 

There is no evil, hence there is no need to be delivered from anything. There is only one thing and that is a state of unconsciousness, unknowing, unawareness. I will not call it evil -- it is a situation, a challenge, an adventure. It is not evil. Existence is not evil, existence is an opportunity to grow. And, of course, the opportunity to grow is possible only if you are tempted in thousands of ways, if you are called forth by unknown aspirations, if a tremendous desire in you arises to explore.... And the only thing that can prevent you is unconsciousness, unawareness. That too is a great challenge -- to conquer

 

Become more conscious, become more aware, become more alive. Let all your juices flow. Don't hold yourself back. Respect your nature, love yourself, and don't be worried about unnecessary things. Unworried, move into the thick of life, explore it. Yes, you will commit many mistakes -- so what? One learns through committing mistakes. Yes, you will go into many errors -- so what? It is only by going into errors that one comes to the right door. Before one knocks at the right door, one has to knock on thousands of wrong doors. That is part of the game, part of the play.

 

-Osho, "The Goose is Out, #7, Q1"

 

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Osho Dictionary

A Spiritual Dictionary for the Here and Now

List of Articles
No. Category Subject
63 E Ears : You hear only what you want to hear.
62 E Earth : This is the only sacred place where life exists, where consciousness exists
61 E Eating : If you are eating, then let your whole consciousness be that of taste, of smell.
60 E Eccentricity : The greater the person is, the more crazy, more eccentric.
59 E Ecology : The outer ecology is being destroyed because the inner ecology has been destroyed.
58 E Ecology and Lao Tzu's wisdom
57 E Economics : The inner economics is totally different, just the polar opposite of the outer
56 E Ecstasy : All our misery is because we are divided.
55 E Ecstasy : Ecstasy is natural. It is not something that happens only to great sages.
54 E Education : Education Is not Meant for Teaching Discipline
53 E Education : Help them to be creative, help them to be joyous
52 E Education : Help Them to Be More Creative
51 E Education : It does not give you life, and it does not give you love.
50 E Education : Not teach you to compete; it will teach you to cooperate.
49 E Education : What we call education is not education at all, it is just the opposite of education.
48 E Efficiency : The whole effort of the society is to reduce you to efficient mechanisms.
47 E Ego : It is a false entity. It is not.
46 E Ego : Osho on Ego
45 E Ego : The ego is the accumulated effect of others' opinions about you.
44 E Either/Or : If mind is either/or, then the heart is both/and. The heart has no logic
43 E Ejaculation/Lovemaking : Ejaculation takes place quicker when the mind is tense.
42 E Elections : You have to choose between two kinds of dodos!
41 E Embarrassment : It is the ego that is embarrassed.
40 E Emergencies : When suddenly you were more aware than you usually are
39 E Emotions : Don't start borrowing problems from people.
38 E Empathy : Sympathy and apathy are opposed to each other. Empathy is beyond both.
37 E Emptiness : Emptiness is full of freedom; everything else has been removed. It is spacious
36 E Endings : From one side it is an end, from another side it is a new beginning.
35 E Enemies : With whomsoever you are fighting, you become like him.
34 E Energy : Energy is delight.
33 E Enlightenment : Enlightenment is a process of losing; you don’t gain anything.
32 E Enlightenment : Enlightenment is not an effort to achieve something. It is a state of effortlessness.
31 E Enough : Nothing is enough to the mind.
30 E Entertainment : Entertainment is not ecstasy, entertainment is just an opium.
29 E Equality : The idea of equality is dangerous
28 E Escapism : Challenges are growth opportunities
27 E Esotericism : All esotericism is nonsense
26 E Esotericism : Esoteric teachings are only for the fools.
25 E Essence : Life is indivisible, it is an organic whole.
24 E Eternity : Eternity is deathlessness.
23 E Etiquette : It is not a question of becoming more informed. It is a question of transformation, not of information.
22 E Euphemisms : You have certain ideas about certain things.
21 E Euthanasia : If he does not want to continue, nobody should prevent him.
20 E Euthanasia : Should be accepted as a birthright of every human being.
» E Evil : That is a state of unconsciousness, unknowing, unawareness. I will not call it evil
18 E Evolution : Evolution has no purpose.
17 E Evolution : Evolution is an Eastern concept discovered by the mystics
16 E Examinations : Examinations emphasize people's memory, not their intelligence.
15 E Excitement : You cannot find any place better than your own inner being.
14 E Existence : It makes no discrimination. To the sinners, to the saints, it is the same.
13 E Existentialism : Existential Nausea, Alienation
12 E Existentialism : Meditation is the only existentialist approach. It is not intellectual
11 E Existentialism Philosophy : Life is Meaningless
10 E Expectations : Don‘t fulfill any expectations of anybody.
9 E Experience : Experience life in all possible ways
8 E Experiment : Life is a divine experiment.
7 E Experiment : One cannot experiment with truth.
6 E Experiment and Experience : Experiment means something you can do outside; experience means something you can do inside.
5 E Experimentation : Always decide something by experimentation. Never decide anything a priori.
4 E Explanations : All explanations about the mysteries of life are nothing but explaining away those things.
3 E Exploitation : Using something for the sake of my ego, then it becomes exploitation.
2 E Exploite : If you want to exploit, you will be exploited.
1 E Extramarital Relationship : Extramarital relationships help marriage, they don't destroy it.
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