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Mulla Nasruddin constantly irritated his friends with his eternal optimism. No matter how bad the situation, he would always say, “It could have been worse.” To cure him of this annoying habit his friends decided to invent a situation so completely black, so dreadful that even Nasruddin could find no hope in it.

 

Approaching him at the club bar one day, one of them said, “Mulla, did you hear what happened to George? He went home last night, found his wife in bed with another man, shot them both, then turned the gun on himself.”

 

“Terrible,” said the Mulla, “but it could have been worse.”

 

“How in the hell,” asked his dumbfounded friend, “could it possibly have been worse?”

 

“Well,” said Nasruddin, “if it had happened the day before, I would be dead now.”

 

-Osho, "The Beloved, Vol 2, #3“

 

 

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Osho Dictionary

A Spiritual Dictionary for the Here and Now

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No. Category Subject
20 O Obedience : The people who are obedient, who have no individuality, no freedom of expression, never say no to anything
19 O Obsession : You are paying too much attention
18 O Occultism : Don't waste your time in ghosts and goats. If you want to explore inner space, explore inner space.
17 O Ocean : Every river is destined to disappear one day into the ocean.
16 O Ocean : Only a wave can die, not the ocean
15 O Ocean : The river has become the ocean,
14 O Old Age : Old age has a beauty of its own, a grandeur of its own, a ripeness, a maturity, a centering.
13 O Old Age : Old age is not a misery, that it can become a tremendously beautiful experience.
12 O Old(Being old) : Because of the fear of death, old age also gives fear
11 O Om Mani Padme Hum : This mantra om mani padme hum has a whole philosophy within it.
10 O Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
9 O Opening : In an open hand the whole sky is ther
8 O Opinions : People cling to their opinions. They are baseless but still they cling.
7 O Opinions and Personality : Your ego depends on others’ opinions, your being depends on nobody.
6 O Opportunity : I am in favor of creating equal opportunities for everybody to be himself. In other words, in my vision, each individual is unique.
5 O Opposites : The polar opposites are really not opposites but complementaries. Enjoy the polarity, the paradox.
» O Optimism
3 O Optimism and Pessimism : A pessimist is an optimist who has become frustrated with his optimism.
2 O Orgasm : Man's orgasm is local, genital, and the woman's orgasm is more total.
1 O Others : The other is hell because the other takes away your freedom.
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