Prepared for Defeat and yet you will never be defeated

Apr 21

Osho
Day in day out couples have been quarelling over love. A wife complaining that her husband does not love her as much as she loves him. And a husband in his turn complaining that his wife is not as loving to him.
A son is full of resentment that his father does not love him. And a father in his turn grumbles equally.
Everybody is complaining but no one asks if he himself is loving or not. Rarely one wants to know if he is loving toward others.

We are not loving; we really don't have love. We don't love the human beings not the plants and flower, the moon, who are all members of the visble world. And we don't even love the seen, the tangible, how can we love that which is unseen, invisible?

Love should begin at home. And you will find that one who loves the visible soon begins to feel the presence of the invisible that is hidden just behind.
You love a flower and you will come in contact with the elan vital that is throbbing inside the flower's heart. You love a person and soon the body disappears and the spirit becomes visible.
Love journey begins and ends with the first step; one step is enough.

To Krishna, a friend can turn into an enemy and an enemy into friends, it all depends on circumstances.
To us, we are friends with some and enemies to others. And so when circumstances change, we find ourselves in great difficulty. Then we try to carry on our old relationships and suffer.
Krishna doe not. He allows life to go on its way and he goes with life.
To Krishna, friendship and enimity are not something permanent, they are fluid.

Soul
I was telling my FM. There is no good or bad person per se. There is only how much or the degree the person's defense mechanism is activated. A friend is pushed into defensive mode can be an enemy.
And our defensive mode is so easily triggered and hence we can easily turn into enemies even among friends.
Just like enemies can turn into friends as the matter on hand doesn't trigger their personal defense mechanism.

Osho
Life is a flux, and so it is difficult to ascertain who is a friend and who is an enemy.
So it is always good to deal with both friends and enemies, with an eye on tomorrow. Tomorrow is unpredictable, even the next moment is unpredictable. Everybody changes with the changing moment. Life is always changing; change is its nature. Life is a play of light and shade.
So a person who lives his life like a river makes neither friends nor foes; he accepts whatever life brings. If someone comes to him as a friend, he is accepted as a friend, and if another person comes as a foe, he too is accepted. He chooses nothing; he rejects nothing.
To Krishna, no one is friend and no one is enemy. Time decides; circumstances create both friends and foes. And Krishna has no grievances against anybody.

Soul
So apt message for my topic on complaints.

Osho
He alone can go with righteousness who has the courage to risk defeat.
Only one who is ready to go through pain and suffering can go with God.
One who wants victory at any cost is bound to land in irreligion. Irreligion is forever in search of the easy way, the shortcut, while the road to religion is long and hard.

Soul
Tot this as msg to motivate me in my quest to follow my Passion to be a well known Transformational leader.
Just do it, have courage to face failure.
That is my issue as a control freak. I don't play if there is a chance of loss. And in this case, the stake is stack high on failure but I will proceed now.


Osho
It is significant that one who is prepared to with religion even at the cost of defeat and disaster, can never be defeated.
But the readiness for defeat is necessary. The road to irreligion is tempting, because it gives you an assurance of cheap success. And nobody ever wins thru evil, evil ultimately leads to utter ruin.
On the contrary, righteousness is a challenge, you have to be prepared for defeat. But its glory is that if you choose it with this awareness, you will never be defeated.
This is the paradox of life. It is truth that wins.

Soul
Tot of me overcoming all my fears and quitting my job. Little did I know that I will be getting time off. Then I tot to have 2 days pay cut and little did I know I need only 1 day pay cut and furthermore with pay reinstatement, m back to original figure.
Amen.

Today card - 6 of club
Card of intuition
Indicates we become aware of a special purpose in our life, something to do with sharing higher knowledge with others. It has also been called the "John the Baptist Card" and the "Way-Shower"s Card". Thus it can be a harbinger of an important mission for you, one which will lead you to a higher purpose and lifestyle in the spiritual sense.

Queen of diamond
If they adopt a spiritual path and realise that they have a mission, they can achieve the heights of spiritual realisation and self-mastery (Queen of Spades in Neptune). This realisation will also dispel ALL of the problems they have with money and love.

Soul
So, the end objective is I am only helping myself by helping others. I will be grateful that this is my destiny instead of lamenting that I have to help.