... has no population, except rats. All the trees have died. There is a tremendous amount of atomic radiation which can kill any human being, but the rats have not died. They quickly became immune to any radiation. It was thought that in the third world war all life will disappear. Now it is known rats will live, third world war or no third world war. All kinds of poisons have been used on rats to save...

... becomes so beautiful, so musical, such a dance of rejoicing ... But you should start from the inner. Question 2: BELOVED OSHO, WHAT IS CIVILIZATION? Milarepa, civilization has not happened yet. It is a false idea that we are civilized people - civilized people and continuously preparing for war? Even the animals don't eat, don't kill their own species. It is only man who kills his own species - no lion...

... their conscience a little bit, but not much, because it was absolutely clear what was going to happen. In emergency situations man shows his real face; otherwise our civilization is only a mask. In a civilized humanity a few things are absolutely necessary. One: there should be no possibility of war because it is life-destructive. And a civilized humanity will have the sensitivity not to destroy life...

... begin by dropping war, by dropping nations. What is the need of nations if you are not going to fight? Nations are needed for wars. Why create these stupid lines on the map of the world? The world is one. There are no natural lines dividing nations. Then why do you go on? There is a deep desire to dominate and there are so many people in the world to dominate: they need many nations. Otherwise just a...

... of God. Popes and Ayatollah Khomeinis and shankaracharyas - these are not the representatives of God; they may be representatives of the devil. Because these are the people who have divided humanity, and who for centuries have been continuously creating conflicts, bloodshed, wars, crusades, jihad, holy war, and all kinds of nonsense. In the name of religion, these people are oppressing humanity. I...

..., right, polishing their guns, their shoes, their buttons - that's all they do. And all over the world, seventy percent of the budget goes to the military and whole countries have to live on thirty percent of their budget. If the nations disappear, one hundred percent of the budget is available for the whole country - because the armies are useless. Right now there is no problem of there being any war...

... a more feminine nature, the qualities of a woman - for them hypnosis will be more helpful than meditation. And there may be a few women who have characteristics of men - like Joan of Arc or the queen of Jhansi, Laxmibhai, women who can fight with a sword in a war - for them meditation will be easier than hypnosis. But both are exactly the same processes. In meditation, you simply relax yourself...

... only that which he had come to know. Ouspensky lived with Gurdjieff for many years. Then the first world war came, and Gurdjieff had to escape from Russia; Ouspensky also had to escape. Ouspensky was welcome anywhere, any university would be proud of having him. He had written a book which has become almost the most important book about not only mathematics, but about life and all its problems. He...

... both. The book caused a great stir in the whole world. London University invited him, because Russia was no longer a safe place; the first world war and the communist revolution were going on together. Gurdjieff was hiding in a very faraway part of Russia, Tiflis. It was almost another planet from London. And he asked Ouspensky to drop everything and come back to Tiflis. Ouspensky loved the man so...

... be a bad sannyasin too? To be a sannyasin is to be goodness itself. Okay. Question 6: BELOVED OSHO, IF ENLIGHTENMENT MEANS TO BE BEYOND ALL DUALITIES, NOT CHOOSING, THEN WHY ARE YOU AGAINST WARS, POLITICS AND OTHER STUPIDITIES OF MANKIND? Yes, enlightenment means choicelessness - but you are not enlightened yet. For me there is no choice. If the third world war comes, I will be just the same as I...

...; All hope that someday man will become human seems to be a far away utopia. I have always believed in non-violence, believed in peace, but after this world tour I have to confess to you that I cannot believe in peace and non-violence any more. I have been against the third world war, but with great pain I have to tell you that perhaps the third world war is needed. This humanity is so rotten that it...

... planet. I have called you simply to say that I am utterly disappointed, disillusioned. I will live only for those people who are individually interested to evolve. As a humanity, there is no hope. Only one thing I can hope -- the sooner the third world war happens the better. Let us be finished with all this garbage. Q: DO YOU PLAN TO SETTLE IN INDIA? A: Yes. Q: WHY DID YOU LEAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE? A...

... cold war - preparation for another war, that's all. Obviously, to prepare for another war, for a few days, for a few moments, you have to be silent. But it has not been possible up to now, because all the religions have decided on a wrong path. They have decided to separate men and women; they have decided to make them enemies. And they are all against me because I am trying for a single thing: that...

...; And since then God has been at peace. Of course since then you have not been in peace, because even complaining gives a great relief, and now there is nobody to complain to. In the churches, in the synagogues, in the temples, people are still doing the same nagging device they call prayer. They are still suggesting, "Do it this way! Don't do it that way!" In the Second World War Germany...

... was praying, "Victory has to be to the Germans," and England was praying, "Victory has to be to the English." But now all these prayers disappear into the empty sky; there is nobody to hear them. Two generals after the Second World War, one English and one German, were talking in a restaurant in Paris. The German said, "What went wrong? Five years we were continually winning...

..., and then suddenly came the collapse." The English general smiled and said, "My friend, you don't understand. War is not all ... we were praying to God continually. Our armies were praying to God before they started moving, every morning." The German said, "Do you think we were doing otherwise? We were also praying all the time." The English general laughed and said, "...

... occupying the same space - not the candles, but the light; not your body but your presence. I am not talking about surrender, but you are experiencing it. It is no longer destructive of your self-respect, no longer destructive of your individuality. It has nothing to do with obedience; it has nothing to do with any submission. The word ?surrender' comes from the vocabulary associated with war. When two...

... you. If you want to ask for anything that I can give to you, I will be honored." And she said, "In the war that is going to happen please don't kill my husband; he is your brother-in-law. You will be destroying my lover. Remember this thread. You have promised to protect me." Poras could see the strategy, but he was a man of his word. He said, "Don't be worried." And she was...

... he was just going to kill Alexander when he saw the thread on his own wrist. The spear that was going to kill turned back in a second, and Poras said to Alexander, "I cannot kill you. I have promised your wife that I will not harm anything that harms her, that I will protect her." This was the reason that Poras lost the war. But Alexander still could not understand, because he could not...

... be just a reflection of your craziness, insanity. Unless you know the no-mind, unless you know the space beyond mind, your painting, your poetry, your music cannot be sane. We are living on an insane planet. From the second world war to today, without any great war happening, seventeen million people have been killed in small wars, which people hardly notice. Is something basically wrong with the...

... stone. All diamonds are nothing but ordinary stones. Just think of one day the third world war happens and the whole of humanity disappears from the earth, will there be any difference between a stone and a diamond? Will there be any difference at all between the great Kohinoor and the pebble by the side of the road? There will be none. That means the difference is created by man, is projected by man...

... all my companions, birds and beasts, and they won't understand these diamonds and their value. Please take it back, please oblige me by taking it back. This is perfectly good where human stupidity prevails, but here it is meaningless." It is man who has created the distinctions and categories, otherwise all is one. But there is no need for the third world war to happen to understand this. The...

... example, the followers of Mahatma Gandhi think that his ideology will bring peace to the world. You have not learned a single lesson from history. No ideology can ever bring peace to the world; all ideologies bring wars to the world in their wake. Do you think Mohammed knowingly gave an ideology to the world to bring war? The name that he gave to his religion is "Islam": Islam means peace. But...

... the ideology didn't bring peace, it brought thousands of wars. Jesus is the man of peace. Who else can claim more peaceful attitudes towards life than Jesus? But Christianity, the ideology that was created around Jesus, has been a calamity. All ideologies are bound to bring war, even ideologies based on peace and for peace. Then how can peace come? Peace can come only if man understands the...

... stupidity of all ideologies and drops them. If man simply starts living without any ideology, there will be peace. Otherwise there cannot be any peace. And remember, you can make an ideology out of it also: "This is our ideology, that we will not believe in any ideology." Then war will come again. Then those who won't believe in it and won't agree with you will start fighting with you. I am not...